Matthew Sullivan

Use this account to write about sport, primarily English Football with a few other bits mixed in. Focus on Sports Business, Data and Politics in Sport.

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@martincnwoch Andros Tonali. Imagine combining Andros Townsend’s shooting from distance and crossing with Tonali’s general play.

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@MalibuMich94 @FabrizioRomano You are failing to explain the mechanism by which the buy back clause forces him to sign a contract with Real Madrid when Como owns his contract.

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

No need to be mean man and I watch plenty of football. In a standard player transaction, the player must agree to the move including agreeing personal terms with the club. He wasn’t out on loan in which case you could be recalled because the parent club would own the contract. It seems based on reporting he wants to back to Como so by what mechanism are Real having his personal terms agreed with them to complete the 9m player transaction? Others in the comments are also perplexed.

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@MalibuMich94 @FabrizioRomano Why isn’t it up to him? That’s not usually how it works…

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@Nas75376 @TRonnie11 @kenyanculerr @FabrizioRomano this is my confusion and what i thought. Why would Paz go back and cost Como all that money if he doesnt need to?

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@TRonnie11 @kenyanculerr @FabrizioRomano This is my confusion. If he wants to remain at como, why let Real buy him back?

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@kenyanculerr @FabrizioRomano But usually a sale even with a buyback is subject to a player agreeing a contract with the repurchasing club...

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@calmdeuter @YoshiJoshi_ @FabrizioRomano Maybe it was negotiated as an alternative to a loan where Como would essentially get this 9m as compensation for his development.

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@calmdeuter @FabrizioRomano I should've said: Why not reject the move back to Real?

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@calmdeuter @FabrizioRomano But if his ultimate objective is to return to Como, why make them pay 51m?

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

Transfer news seems to suggest that clubs are waiting until July 1 to confirm deals. If you are compliant with the rules for the 25/26 season, there is literally no reason to sell a player before July 1.

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

Clubs which go in and out of Europe have this cycle where they sell their depth when they miss Europe only to need it back when they qualify the next season.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔵 EXCL: Trevoh Chalobah can leave Chelsea this summer and Como send initial official bid for the centre back.

🇮🇹 Understand Inter have also looked at Chalobah among centre back options.

English CB focused on World Cup but UCL clubs keen.

🎥 https://t.co/CuT9rly9uZ

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

Why have Chelsea has so few serious links for players this summer?

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@avfcadam0 Being entrepreneurs and using football and football infrastructure to generate actual value should be rewarded. If spending has nothing to do with revenue, it’s a false economy which risks hyper-inflation in transfer fees and wages.

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

@WawyGH I can see Athletico doing something around that but yeah I see a world in which nowhere he wants to go bids enough.

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@mrbradleyg1t @WawyGH Real just re-signed Rudiger and added Konate, hard to see them needing an RCB.

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@ldnwillbeblue @SonOfChelsea They’re playing 75 games?

[Matthew Sullivan @SullysFooty]

Spurs could go with a mass-churn summer where they essentially fire sale a lot of the existing squad to fund big incoming spend. However, Bergvall and Gray who are their most sellable assets become club trained under UEFA rules next year and they have already had issues there.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Tottenham Hotspur among clubs keen on signing Mateus Fernandes from West Ham United - separate to #THFC pursuit of Sandro Tonali. Interest driven by Roberto De Zerbi; wants #WHUFC talent as well as #NUFC midfielder. W/ @DTathletic @SebSB @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/xnahVXnYAZ