Loophole Could See Brentford Lose Key Players After Transfer Window Shuts

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   Mark croxford on August 9, 2018 at 8:28 am

   I really can’t see too much of that happening. A majority of teams will be in a very different place on 1st January to where they are on 31st August and priorities change (as well as managers and head coaches!). It’s all very well signing a pre-co tract agreement (ie Marcondes) when the financial outlay is not vast but look at the Swansea/Woods situation as an example.

   Perhaps the deal might go through today, and possibly that could be in the best interests of everyone, but if it doesn’t let’s assume the loan scenario comes into play. Swansea are scrapping to find the funds to pay for him now so are they really going to agree to pay now for someone they won’t get until next year? What if, even if they have a great start, the goals dry up and by January they are desperate for a striker (or a centre-back, or a goalkeeper) and yet they’ve spent valuable money on a midfielder who might not be top of their list then, despite being so now?

   Football is so fluid and unpredictable I reckon those clubs who act on impulse, ie pretty much all of them bar us (!) will get cold feet about entering into such deals.

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     BillytheBee Grant on August 9, 2018 at 8:44 am

     Fair point Mark. Maybe Ryan Woods was a bad example. I used him because he is currently in the transfer spotlight. The truth is it could be any player. And more to the point, like last season, a player who you think is comfortably settled has a few decent matches and next minute the vultures are at the door.

     The whole idea of this window was to allow business to be done early so that teams don’t get disturbed over the course of the month. That’s now not going to happen. We will be on tenterhooks until Aug 31st unfortunately because no-one took this loophole seriously.

     And yes it is happening. Teams truly believe they have an extra three weeks to buy a player. So hets hold onto our horses. And lets home next season the EFL sort this mess out.

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   aussiebee 53 on August 10, 2018 at 1:17 am

   Checked first thing this morning and was ecstatic to see we had not lost any of our gems only to read this article . We can but hope for the best whilst fearing ‘sods Law ‘ for the next three weeks,

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