Realistic League - Foreign Transfers

First topic message reminder :

Managers may make 5 FT enquiries per week, starting at 0900 every Monday morning. The exception to this will be the end of the season, where additional FT enquiries will be granted.

FT enquiries, once made, can continue throughout the week until a deal is agreed. If however a FT enquiry is refused, please do not re-bid – a refusal will not be reconsidered regardless of the bid amount.

FT enquiries should be realistic, therefore we require a legitimate source – the more the merrier – to be convinced that your bid would be successful in real life. The current legitimate source list is currently as follows:

The Guardian
The Telegraph
The Times
Daily Mail
BBC Sport
Sky Sports

The current list of sources NOT accepted is currently: The Mirror, The Sun, Daily Express, Talksport, Daily Star, Metro, Bleacher Report, Trival Football, Caught Offside, Goal, Life’s a Pitch

No players brought in on a Friday may be used for that week’s tactics, as it would allow an unfair advantage for that team.

Players that are brought into the league through FTs are not allowed to be sold within the league for a minimum of 6 league games. This will avoid managers buying players on behalf of ‘smaller’ clubs, then selling them on, leaving a player at a club he would never have agreed to join.

Vincenzo Iaquinta
700k
Juv

he wants to leave Juv and we offer him that chance and Juv want to get rid of him after all he is not going to play for Juv this or next season so what better then to give him a way out of there and a chance at the prem, he was linked to Newcastle previously

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2081877/Newcastle-offered-Juventus-Vincenzo-Iaquinta.html

Will go to £6m for Izaguirre.

you forgot Olly's offer for RVW unless i miss read some where
placed two new bids

I suggest you take a look at Ollý's squad page.

ill take hooper for that price

Bid 2/5
Diego
Wolfsburg to WBA
£10m
he's never really got going in Germany and spent last season at At. Madrid. We're offering him a permanent escape route out of Germany for first team football.

3/5
Antonio Cassano
Inter to WBA
£12m
They'd be making a massive profit from the reported £5m they paid and could bring in someone like Erikson to replace him.

I thought that said Antonio Cessaro for a second

4/5
Matej Vydra
£4m
Udinese to WBA
Bright future ahead of him and prospect of playing in a decent league

Sunderland (1/5):

Mauricio Isla, Juventus to Sunderland, £12m
Reason: Isla has come back from long-term injury this season and not featured for Juventus - he's played in just two league games since the end of November. As he clearly doesn't feature in Juve's plans, we offer them a large transfer fee (a £4m profit on what they paid), and Isla gets first team football with a team that's challenging at the top of this league. All parties are happy, Juve get the cash they need to buy a strike partner for Llorente, sell someone they don't need/use, and we get the CM we are so desperate for.

Sunderland (2/5):

Robinho, Milan to Sunderland, £15m
Reason: Since Balotelli's arrival at Milan - and before that too - Robinho has been cutting an ever more peripheral figure in Milan's side. El Shaarawy has excelled this season, and with Balotelli scoring goals, along with the presence of Pazzini, Krkic and Niang, Milan would welcome offloading Robinho for such a large fee. Add to that they tried to sell him to Santos in January, and this adds up to a great opportunity for him to make a fresh start at a club that will value him.

Nicolas Anelka - 1m - Juventus to Stoke - NO, Anelka is happy playing for the soon to be Italian Champions and Champions League quarter finalists, even if it's only a squad role.

Vincenzo Iaquinta - 700k - Juventus to Stoke - MORE MONEY, He's out of contract in the summer but Juventus are playing hardball and want £1m.

Diego - £10m - Wolfsburg to WBA - YES

Antonio Cassano - £12m - Inter to WBA - NO, Antonio is happy and settled in Milan, and playing regularly as well. The fee is something Inter would accept but not a move Antonio wants.

Matej Vydra - £4m - Watford/Udinese to WBA - NO, keeping consistent with the previous failed bids for Vydra from other Realistic League sides, added to the fact Udinese don't want to sell and Watford are in the middle of a promotion push, it's not happening.

Azzy, your two bids were made after the process to answer these, they haven't been ignored

No worries mate, I'm happy to wait

Sunderland (3/5):

Daniel van Buyten, Bayern Munich to Sunderland, £2m
Reason: Daniel is very much a backup CB at this stage of his career, but we would offer him guaranteed Premier League football once again, which he may well consider after his spell at Man City. It's really down to him - does he want to stay on the bench and play the occasional game with Bayern, or come to us for one final flourish? Bayern getting £2m for a 35 year old CB who's leaving in the summer is good business for them too.

Sunderland (4/5):

Rafael van der Vaart, Hamburg to Sunderland, £16m + £21m release fee to a CL club
Reason: Rafa went to Hamburg to challenge for trophies, which Hamburg aren't doing, and his form hasn't been the best in such a mediocre team. We offer Hamburg a good profit on the fee they paid, and offer Rafa the captaincy, our AM role, and the promise that we will build the team around him. He will be the focal point of a Sunderland revolution - the whole team will be about him. After the break up of his marriage, he may well wish to escape the bad memories that Germany almost certainly holds for him - as the story below says, one of the reasons Rafa left Spurs for Hamburg was because his wife was working as a TV presenter in the city.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2255950/Rafael-van-der-Vaart-splits-wife-Sylvie.html

Silvestre Varela - £8.5m
Porto to Fulham
Showing good form for Porto but there isn't much linking him to any of the big clubs. Portugese clubs tend to sell their top players and we would pay a good fee for the player who would be one of our stars.


Kolo Toure - £2.5m
Man City to Fulham
His contact expires at the end of the season and Man City are unlikely to renew it, so this is a pretty big bid considering. We will offer him a chance at Fulham.

why would Diego go to west brom?

yeah dont agree with that ethier CF, he is happy at wolfsburg now and gets game time now that we have a new manager
deal on iquatea at 1m

and why would diego go from Semi final in cup/relegation battle to just relegation battle?

Sean St.Ledger
Leicster to Swansea
£2.5m

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/sean-st-ledger/profil/spieler_42206.html


Chance to go to a premier league club, also a premier league club thats going places..will be competing for his place and playing in the prem can only help his international ambitions...also £2.5m is double what he's worth and is a good amount of money for a championship club to recieve

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Trebs:
Nile Ranger, Free Agent to Fulham - YES - but he has no value, you cannot release him for a fee, and he must start 2 of the remaining 9 games this season else he'll leave on a free.

This is the bit that shows that Ranger can't be a PO for Trebs, just in case you couldn't find it

Technically thought, Ranger wasn't released he was sold as a fee. I mean, if it's a real problem I can change the player offers for Fulham?

This is one of the reasons I stood down, if you don't dot the Is and cross the Ts people say "oh but you didn't say I had to BLOW my nose, you just said get a tissue"...

All the free transfers into the league have no value - they cannot be sold for a fee, released for a fee, but can be included in deals provided they are treated as £0 value (so he could swap Ranger for Baros for example). And they all have to play a certain number of games, else they leave for free as well.

Obviously when doing the random selection Trebs's team doesn't say all that (nor does mine for Baros), but I think it's wrong for him to be able to "sell" Ranger when he has no value until he's played the requisite number of games.

But do as you wish, I'm not trying to cause trouble

CF wrote:why would Diego go to west brom?

Wolfsburg aren't anywhere near European Football. Currently 13th in the Bundesliga. Diego is 28 years old, has a TM value of £8.8m and the offer of £10m was to the level I saw as required. Only criticism I accept is it could have been more money rather than a straight yes. West Brom are a decent Premier League side with money to spend. In real life, the deal could very well happen if the offer was to be made. And the only reason West Brom are low down the table in our league is that El Dios pretty much left them in the lurch. If it was Week 1, we'd be going by West Brom's real life circumstances, and it is Week 1 for the new manager.

In that case, let's treat all teams like we're starting from the beginning of the season...Diego wouldn't sign for Newcastle just because last season they did well, when this season they're nearly getting relegated

Azzy, now you're just fishing.

To be fair Marky, it's either a realistic league or it isn't. You can't base FT bids on previous circumstances, it's not like Diego would consider Albion's plight when deciding whether to leave or not. But the deed is done, Russ gets the player, move on children, nothing to see here.

1/5
Emanuele Giaccherini
£10.337m
Juventus to WBA

Emanuele is not first choice at Juventus and has only appeared as a sub in recent games. If Scott Sinclair would leave Man City for first team football I don't see why Giaccherini would stay at Juventus to be a bit part player. Juventus have plenty of cover in this position.

2/5
Sergio Canales
£6m
Madrid to WBA

A promising young player, whose career has been blighted by injuries. We want to toughen him up in this league. He'll add the creativity that we desperately need and after the signing of Diego, we're showing we have ambition to climb up the league. We're under no illusion and understand we're currently in a relegation battle but if we can pick up results that situation can change.

Marco Van Ginkel
£10.5m
Vitesse to Norwich

A very promising young player that we feel can come in and lets us push towards the top of the league. A marked improvement on our current CM's he'd be guaranteed a place in our starting XI. Now we know bigger clubs have been sniffing around, but like the Van Wolfswinkel signing, we are prepared to offer the player first team Premier League Football so he can prove himself, then when a big club comes offering we will not stand in his way, with a release clause of £16 million in his contract.

Marco Van Ginkel
£7.2m
Vitesse to Stoke

now we know this is a lower fee but we would have a lower release fee then norwich and would prefer he comes to place where he can play with the likes of muntari but the choice is he's

no side will ever sell for less money bullbo it's just a fact of football

CF, I have four bids outstanding, but I'm being patient. Savvy?

was just making sure not being ignored,

Believe me mate, there is no ignoring you

you've made your point azzy.

Dude I'm on your side, I just think you should be a bit more patient. It's not easy doing FTs all the time. And I should know, it used to drive me mad

?

only asking because of the rule about playing foreign signings...they have to be confirmed before a certain deadline.

I've looked over and sent to admin land. So waiting for Marky to give his thoughts then they'll be up shortly

Thanks for being patient with us...

Sunderland

Mauricio Isla, Juventus, £12m

NEG: Only played a handful of games in both league and cup this season so would be willing to talk to other clubs. Already valued at 12.5 Million, Juventus are only prepared to talk if you can meet the agreed fee of 16 Million.

Robinho, Milan, £15m
NO: Good price, in a season where's he's struggled for goals I'm sure Milan would be open to talks, but Robino in mulitple
recent interviews has stated that he's enjoying Italy and wants to stay for the foreseeable future.

Daniel van Buyten, Bayern Munich, £2m
Yes: Out of Contract at the end of the season and has made a handful of appearences in league & europe. Daniel has requested that he has a clause in his contract, he must start 5 of the 6 remaining games or else he can leave for 2 Million at the end of the season to whoever can match the fee.

Rafael van der Vaart, Hamburg to Sunderland, £16m + £21m release fee to a CL club
No: Hamburg is a club close to his heart and with him being 6 months into a 3 year deal, He'd only consider a move to sides who are in next season's champions league. Hamburg also have a realistic chance of getting into Europe this season themselves.

Fulham

Silvestre Varela, Porto, £8.5m
NEG: Not much transfer talk out there, he's been in great form this season so it would take a good offeer for Porto to
even consider. 14 Million was the set fee rumored for Man City in 2011 so Fulham must match that.

Kolo Toure, Man City, £2.5m
NO: Sunderland bid last week and had the same outcome. Has played in half of City's league games this season and wit Lescott already in the game it's a non starter.

Swansea

Sean St.Ledger, Leicster, £2.5m
YES: Fair Fee

WBA

Emanuele Giaccherini, Juventus, £10.3m
PENDING: If talks break down between Isla and Sunderland, then Juventus will accept the offer. However, if the deal does go through, Juventus will be in a hard place to find cover if they're already loosing another right winger.

Sergio Canales, Real Madrid, £6m
NO: Actually plays for Valencia. Regarded as a high prospect with them and is starting to get some game time with the first team.

Norwich

Marco Van Ginkel, £10.5m, Vitesse
YES: Linked with Norwich in today's newspapers. Fair fee and if you insist on having a release clause then if anybody can match the fee of 16 Million, Norwich automatically accept the fee.

Stoke

Marco Van Ginkel, £7.2m, Vitesse
PENDING: If talks between Norwich & Vitesse breakdown (Olly doesn't confirm by Sunday) Stoke get first priority to bid on Monday but a fee of 9 Million must be matched.

Seb Coates
£8m
Liverpool to WBA

Coates isn't first choice behind Agger and Squirtle and were offering him first team football. They've got Carragher as cover till the end of the season.

Javi Marquez
6m
Real Marlloca to QPR

Always liked Marquez, very talented on the ball and surprised he hasn't been snapped up by bigger clubs in Spain or Europe. Lovely passer of the ball and despite his market value dropping considerably, we are still willing to offer 6m as he's only been at Mallorca for 8 months they'll want a decent fee for him and considering the financial situation of many clubs in Spain, we feel its a very good offer for someone we will look to give first team football.

Since Azzy has left his post at Sunderland can I confirm Giaccherini?

Yepp that's fine with me Russ, confirm away!

1/5
Nathan Ake
Chelsea to West Brom
£2m
Widely reported that Chelsea turn a blind eye to youth and for this guys young career to go from strength to strength he's going to need first team football at the top level of english football! Chelsea have plenty of cover at centre half and it'll be years before Ake surpasses Cahill, Ivanovic, Terry and Luiz.

If Chelsea are desperate to resign Ake we're willing to add a buy-back clause of £10m

2/5
Nathaniel Chalobah
£5m
Chelsea to West Brom
Another decent young player who will have to take his football else where for him to live up to his potential. He's had a great start to his career at Watford but with rumours floating around that Chelsea are after Fellaini, it'll limit his first team oppertunities. Lukaku has loved his time at West Brom after warming the bench for Chelsea and it has done wonders for his career.

Similarly to the Ake proposal we're willing to put a buy-back clause of £12m into Chalobah's contract

Don't think you can sign him mate, as he is on loan at Watford

Varela signed

Seb Coates - £8m - Liverpool to WBA - YES

Javi Marquez - £6m - Real Marlloca to QPR - YES

Nathan Ake - Chelsea to West Brom - £2m - NEGOTIATE - Chelsea want £5m with no clauses.

Nathaniel Chalobah - £5m - Chelsea to West Brom - NO (Not right now) - Chalobah is out on loan and isn't eligable to be transferred again until the end of the season.


All these players WILL be allowed in today's tactics due to the delay in responding.