08 Aug 2014 11:21:40
I'm forever reading about the possibility of these swap deals or player plus cash deals. Just curious, how many of these kinda deals go on between top teams as I can't recall any

1.) 08 Aug 2014
08 Aug 2014 12:32:37
Last well known one I can remember was Samuel Eto'o plus about £30million for Zlatan.

2.) 08 Aug 2014
It's a lot more common in Italy than anywhere else. In the past twenty years Inter have swapped Cannavaro for Fabian Carini, Pirlo for Andres Guglielminpietro and cash, Francesco Coco for Seedorf and Ivan Zamorano and cash for Roberto Carlos.

They aren't too clever when it comes to swapping their players!

3.) 08 Aug 2014
Probably why serie a is in the gutter

4.) 08 Aug 2014
TQ, Is that you Jase? Still rapping?

5.) 08 Aug 2014
TQred; The demise of Serie A is down to the rise of other leagues as much as anything. As the Premier League and La Liga become more desirable it becomes difficult for Italian clubs to attract and hold onto top players. This decreases the amount broadcasters are willing to pay for television rights and in turn the amount the clubs receive. Having less money makes it even harder to compete with clubs from other leagues when it comes to wages and transfer fees. Then there's also the whole match fixing scandal which hit the integrity of the league pretty hard as well.

It's a shame really considering how good the Milan team of the 90's was.

6.) 08 Aug 2014
No, not jase syd

7.) 08 Aug 2014
I've met a lad based in Torquay, he was initially from Manchester.