The Hidden Factors Behind Football Transfers
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- The Hidden Factors Behind Football Transfers
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Why do players choose some clubs over others? Sometimes there are obvious reasons, like money, status and European football. But more often the little factors are decisive. In this Athletic Original, Stuart James explores what really makes the difference when it’s time to choose.
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#footballtransfers #arsenewenger #alexferguson
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This comment section is 🔥 hahah
Tifo: "An England international"
Also Tifo: *puts the silhouette of Harry Maguire*
Me: Hmmmm
@Stan Gable How so? I wouldn't exactly compare a bar brawl to being a nonce tbh mate.
@Stan Gable heard? source? that's a serious accusation
@@kirbyjaeger2506 'just trust him'
@Stan Gable Gotta be a troll for sure lmao nice try mate
@Stan Gable Where've you heard this from mate? Neighbourhood Cat? Fucking deluded
Even as a united fan i must admit Arsene Wenger loved his players ,he always took the bullets for his players and his players would always let him down
Yes, sadly they rarely repaid the hopes and trust he's granted them
Some of the players towards the end were not worthy of his warmth and playing for him but that's just a generational thing. Most of today's players are just big kids!
when you have shitty owner Kroenke who take money from club instead of providing
This is a good video for a lot of modern fans that think real life is like Football Manager or FIFA where you can just move players around like their personal lives don't matter.
Meanwhile in my FM Real Madrid save Benzema kept being homesick and wants to return to France.
Meanwhile in Fifa, a homesick Benzema asking to leave will end up joining Bayern. FM is the truth.
FIFA is in the pits right now. FM has been my go to game ever since I played FIFA 18.
Ruud Boltz they don’t make fifa for career mode that’s the issue they make it to earn money on fut
Exactly, can't just swap half the team every season
I know from the documentary that Sunderland had real trouble attracting players because of their location. Even when offering better prospects and wages and having great facilities.
what is wrong about their location?
@@Wreckedandruinedand Let's just say that the city of Sunderland does not have the reputation (deserved or no) of being a cool place to live in. Being known mostly for being a declined industry and shipping town. Plus North East weather.
@@Hyde_Hill thanks for the explanation
This is why Arsenal can still attract top players even though they ended up being 8th.
@@makatelli arsenal have more than location to attract players . They are and will always be top 3 club in england Liverpool Man Utd and Arsenal
I feel like there is alot that us people on the outside don't get to know about transfers especially the negotiating process player's salary, agents' fees, image rights alot of these are hidden from the public
The image rights stuff sounds like a weird piece of business. I wonder how many transfers are delayed on that alone.
Sign Havertz! Sign Sancho! Sign Thiago! Sign Partey! Announce player! ......
I hate responses under Club Tweets
I work in mergers and acquisitions, and there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes when buying a company that people on the outside don’t know about.. fees and who gets paid what.. with clauses on performance etc, mad really
Schweinsteigers Man Utd contract was published by Football Leaks...it ran to 36 pages. There's a bit more to this than 'x years at x wages plus bonuses', how to get out of your contract early for example, as Leo Messi has discovered.
@@Veaseify Send a link of the contract leak
Imagine Lionel Messi family, already staying in sunny Catalonia for 2 decades. Then Messi & his family move to cold Manchester 🥶🥶
Yes, but with A LOT of more money. So I think that "cold" isn't going to be an issue. Especially for next 3 generations of the Messi family.
@@milosnedeljokvic messi makes 1.3 million euros a week at barcelona, i think he already has enough money to last 3 generations, so money isn't the factor, its about winning the CL which barca are incapable of atm
It's not happening anymore
@@ruudboltz6677 what ? Is Messi staying in Barca ?
@@ruudboltz6677 its kinda ok now
In Brazil the combination of players' lack of education along with corrupt and/or incompetent club managers make a fertile breeding ground for football agents who can become millionaires. Target number one is a transfer to Europe and if that fails target number two is to play for one of the two clubs with the biggest number of supporters: Flamengo or Corinthians. In the transfer scenario, there is neither planning nor presentations but only backroom deals. Gazumping and gazundering is rife and promised transfer fees are not paid so a staggering amount of transfer money end up being claimed in courts with huge interests and penalties. A very sad scenario indeed...
Imagine the scenes if The Athletic starts dishing out everyone's names 😂
This video really puts a positive light on Arsene Wenger and Lee Johnson. Love how personable and in-depth they were when talking to players
Fifa 20 manager career mode:
you call a player (like ampadu) promise him to be starter and put him on the bench
he will send you a letter 😂😂😂
That's soo true bro but i ignore them rarely or they'll be unhappy 🤣
"The hidden factors behind transfers, that we ignore on our popular series, sensible transfers, where we instead recommend every elite team in the world becomes Eintracht Frankfurt"
And buy Sangare
I think these type of videos are great and reminds people that footballers are normal people too. Decisions like transfers a much more nuanced than just money. Also explains why clubs in London switch players a lot more frequently (a recent case being Giroud)
The current England international was blatantly Harry Maguire
what time is that ?
@@charyatayev3645 @2:06 onwards
@@charyatayev3645 2:07
What was the other club interested in him?
@@olivergille8305 Manchester City
Dele Alli, boyhood Liverpool fan, chose Spurs over Liverpool because Steven Gerrard was asleep when he was supposed to meet him.
Fact or fiction? 🤣
Not much of a fan of that’s all it took lol. Now look at Alli, he got the short end of that stick lmaoo
I read "slipped" instead of "sleep" after I saw Stevie G's name
Liverpool have missed out on a few players in the past because of the attraction of London for wives/girlfriends/families... Willian, Diego Costa, and Alexis Sanchez to name a few.
To be fair, if you're from Chile or Brazil, the last place you'd want to live in is Liverpool. Not only is it Liverpool, but it's full of Scousers. Double edged sword. Always waking up with no wheels on your Beamer. Nightmare.
But the accent.... They'd be thinking "I thought this was England!" constantly.
@@jordan_roadhouse4798 oh wow the car wheels stereotype, much funny very original many wow.
@@spoonhanz
Boohoo, so what. Have a cry elsewhere.
Taking a clear joke literally. Because that's so original. As is making a 'bad English' response. And you invoke stereotypes too. 🤣
I bet you think you're clever. Bless. Go back to school kiddo.
@@jordan_roadhouse4798 what about Firmino,Fabinho and Allison
@@spoonhanz how can a stereotype be original tho
Would have loved to see something about Bayern München's strategy about signing players. According to a lot of players, they always get an invite from Uli Hoeneß to his house at the Tegernsee, near Munich. There they chit chat about the player and how he would fit into the team and what they have to offer. They drink tea/coffee and later dine with fine wine.
When the player makes a decision in favour of another club, Bayern officials still hold the contact to that player. That's why players like Sané, Vidal and Rafinha ended up in München, although they went to another club.
And when they are part of Bayern, they get into a comfort zone that feels like being part of a big family. They don't get that much money, like they would in Madrid, Barcelona or England, but that feeling being part of a family together with the fact that they play on a high level, makes a lot of players stay there, although they got better offers, from other clubs!
The biggest example of family and professional boundaries being blurred is at AC Milan with Gigio Donnarumma's brother, Antonio, being made 3rd choice GK on a 1m/year wage. The guy isn't good enough for Milan, or even Serie A, more like 4th division, but if it keeps Gigio happy and performing, I've got no problems with it!
2:50 Roy Keane blammed Sunderlands location when he was manager there
I can see why many players move to chelsea. Great location in London, high wages, basically becoming a superstar
Well one of the big reasons is that Chelsea have the funds to do those moves
Not to mention Abramovich's yacht routine which is what sealed the deal with Hazard
Training ground in Surrey where most players live as well. Rarely do they live in London.
@@amasim86 quite a lot of them actually live in central London. I used to live near David Luiz who has a penthouse near Putney Bridge, and loads of players live in Imperial Wharf
@@hb3393 thats their weekend pads. And they own none of them. All renting.
Would you guys do a video about the structure of football/sports clubs? For example, what are the different responsibilities of a coach versus a manager or director of football?
The responsibilities of each role will vary depending on the people and the clubs.
This was an absolute joy to watch! Incredible quality.
Great video once again, after years of content you still manage to find something interesting that no one else talks about.
"b o u l a n g e r a y s"
Me: I am confused about these player agent club negotiations, transfer fees, loan system etc
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I feel above all agent's temperament , witty and a knack of football plays a massive role .
I think that my club Malmö FF benefits from being very close to Copenhagen. Malmö is a great city but add the fact that Copenhagen is only 20 minutes away makes a big difference to attract danish players. And our manager is former Milan striker Jon Dahl Tomasson. Idon't think that a club in Stockholm would be able to get him
Please do a video on Kaka he was one of my favourite players
Anushisht Rath Kaka has an incredible story behind his success, his career was close to never happening after a tragic pool accident
@Arsenal FC which one can you tell me
@@12thMandalorian I know about his injury I just want to know how he played under Ancelotti what kind of role he had
@Arsenal FC I think he made it for Milan 2007
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Easily the best football channel in any social media platform 👍
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I'm from the Scottish Highlands, originally, and the two (ahem) big teams up there (Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County) often lament how it is more difficult to entice players up there than it is to similar sized clubs in the central belt.
Now this content is more like it. Very insightful.
Kind of a reasons why all the big clubs are major european citys Munich,Madrid,Barcelona,London,Paris these are all major european cities
Absolute gold content this!
Love this kind of content, the world of Football is so interesting.
2:15 That head size...
Transfers were first found in the athletic
I am just looking in the comments to find out the players/clubs/agents/ managers this video was talking about. Just found out one so far at 2:06 it was Harry Maguire with Ole and Phelan.
I honestly just watch these videos because Tifo's voice is very calming
Arsene Wenger is class! One of the biggest men in football history.
Kinda explains why London clubs (Arsenal,Chelsea,Tottenham) have it easy to sign France related players.Alex Lacazette,Laurent Koscielny,Ngolo Kante,Malang Sarr,etc,etc
Can you do sensible transfers for Inter Milan? That would be interesting as they could be a force next season after Conte's first season and Chinese owners promising more money for transfers this off-season
Tifo, the quality is tops
I've always wanted a video like this!
Fantastic Content.
Do a video on the Redbull Club?
Who else clicked by watching wenger in the thumbnail
Me
Sadman Ekanto everyone
Every Fucking Body! One Arsene Wenger!
As a Milan fans, I'm glad we keep Maldini as technical director. Imagine Milan & Maldini approaching you for buy/loan. How can you turn that down?
Piatek ditched Milan for Hertha Berlin what do you think?
Sven Botman
Top notch stuff. ♥️
quality content
thank you
Sponsorships, in particular Nike, Addidas and Puma can be an important factor aswell.
Great video.
Always love your content... would love to see you do African football, I know not much data is available but would love to see one anyway...
this was too short... we need a part 2 explaining everything in depth
Please make a video on Chelsea's DOF Marina Granovskaia
Was it just me, or could everyone else recognize who was being talked about from the blacked out silhouette?
It's actually 4 Fs, Football, Finance, Familiy and Favorable Weather Conditions
Say hi to CR7 in Italy for me.
Christ I put more thought in than this on FIFA. I always check the formation, tactics & competition for places before I allow a player to leave on loan (yes I know it has no impact on their actual development)
I always believed location was a big part of it. I think that's why the three London giants seem to attract more South America and African players than any other club in the PL.
If I was coming to the end or past my peak, I'd swap title challenges and no guarantee of football, for a move to a lower club where first team was guaranteed and it suited my family. I hate this idea of if a huge club comes knocking that it's a no brainer. Family, Wages and length of a contract, stability in life is key.
Most of the reason why North East football is failing - location (shithole) and local economy (even conferences, business meetings, weddings etc contribute to a club's income)
Simply brilliant
Please do a Sensible Transfers Video on Everton
Moral of this story is: Never let Mike Phelan present a sales pitch of any kind. In fact, keep him behind locked doors, and swallow the key. Poor Mike.
How would I become a tactical coach or advisor for a pro football club? Any help would be appreciated
The championship player was Yoann Barbet? Moved from Brentford to QPR and took a lower wage
Please do a video on how united can lineup their midfield
Please tifo do it please
No
Football daily said if u know this player which was baumgartner from hoffenheim, he said apply for Tifo football , how do i
Nabil Fekir's brother-in-law supposedly wanted commission on the transfer to Liverpool at the last minute - and the deal collapsed.
Lol liverpool sucks
Didn't he fail his medical?
@@doomdoktor Yes a knee problem was one of the reasons cited as well - but the agent at the time said that the brother-in-law suddenly demanding more money for himself was a factor too.
As a Real Madrid fan, this is just funny.
We never have to deal with this kind of things except that fax machine thing with De Gea.
Yes but you are £901 million in debt so I doubt you have to deal with transfers
that england international was obviouslly maguire and that championship manager was tony pulis
4:00: How do I go on loan to F.C. Tifo?
Do video of who should Chelsea replace kepa in goal.
A scarecrow
2:17 Is it just me or that player looks like Harry Maguire?
Same
Last time I was this early, in-person school was still the norm
Idk about you guys but this seems pretty self-explanatory. Of course, thank you to Tifo for always being outstanding (i wouldn't even be here commenting on and liking all their videos)
Who's excited for the next PL season??? :D
Go to a top team and ask who is available on loan.
Literally how I play FM with lower league teams
I think the difference is in the phrasing: 1. Who would you consider loaning out so I can evaluate them and see who fit in my team and I could develop for you vs. 2. Who do you have available? I'll have them. 1- Good 2 - what is referred too here.
Hyde Hill 2 is literally the secret of success in FM lower league
The timing of this vid and the alexis sanchez vid 😂
The England international was Maguire.
The first club was City, the second club was Utd.
Please make video on career of paul scholes
Watching this as West Ham fan trying to understand the logic behind selling Grady Diangana
No logic
Can someone please be a legend and let me know the name of the background music for this video? I've literally been trying to find out the song for months! 😥🙏🏻
2:33 oh im not recognizing pe teacher and slabhead.
Now rewatch it, keeping Zlatan in mind.
Most people think football transfer is simple like buying Toy..you got money> buy>done.
Karen:- He's my son I won't let you have him unless you pay me in *6 figures*
If FC Tifo isn't a fully-formed club by season's start, I'm putting it down as a poor effort all round.
Talk about 'most popular club on social media'!
Me watching this after a crazy transfer market 😃😃
It’s like FIFA career mode and Football manger mixed.
Fc Tifo! I like the sound of that
Germany Vs Spain Tactical Analysis please.
Do a video on how to fix barça.
when klop calls you go
This could be a good video for overreacting football fans that keep screaming their club to "sign this player, sign that player" to watch. They though doing a transfer deal is as easy as FIFA lol.
The “championship player” is matty cash im pretty sure
nah mate, it would be a step forward to move from a promotion hunting Championship side to a relegation threatened PL side. This player moved from a promotion hunting Championship side to a relegation threatened Championship side
Danny award Cardiff to Huddersfield. He’s from Huddersfield
Yes danny ward im pretty sure
have ye uploaded this video before? this seems very familiar??
Nope
3:26 that beard gave me trypophobia
the player they talked about who is a current england international was probably Danny Ings
Its maguire
Ings was always going to join Southampton surely since it’s his boyhood club and he was on loan there the previous season. I think it makes more sense if it was Trippier or maybe Welbeck