The pandemic affect: How this transfer window will be different from others?
By Varun Aithal
Increased loan deals and swap deals are expected to take centre stage.
To balance the books, clubs might look to go for loans and swap deals. The swap deal offers both clubs a way out of spending everything in cash. However, the major drawback of the swap deal is the evaluation of players from both sides. Both parties have to agree regarding the fee and wages of the player.
On the other hand, loan deals have been a recent trend in football. There will be no obligation to spend the money permanently which would be an economic burden for the club.
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Loan deal involves a small fee along with the player’s salary. In exceptional cases like that of Alexis Sanchez, the parent club has paid the significant portion of his wages in the deal.
The loan deals also comes with an option to buy. This would help the club to buy the player at the end of the season. Arsenal has signed Kierney Tierney on a long-term loan deal with an obligation to buy the player at the end of the season.
The clubs are facing daunting times and the blockbuster deals are less expected in the transfer window. The previous windows saw the clubs breaking the banks for their players, but it would not be the same.
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The clubs would fill their jigsaw puzzle by adding one or two players, emphasizing on their youth and academy prospects. Is it the start of new things in the transfer windows or a once-off after the pandemic?