26 Feb 2018 20:29:13
Ed002, what's the length of typical payments on buying a player? Not so much interested in numbers, but if both teams agree to a transfer, how frequent and long are payments made? Once a month? A season? I know this changes contract to contract, but is there an average?

Is it similar to buying a house or repaying a loan? I. e. down payment then agreeing to payments and length.

{Ed002's Note - If you are buying from England it would be a shorter period - from abroad there is no average but perhaps at the higher end two payments per year over three years. In England it was changed because Portsmouth sold Johnson to Liverpool but still owed Cjelsea for the player, Liverpool made their payments but Portsmouth failed to pass them on to Chelsea - it ended with the FA stepping in and Liverpool paid what Chelsea were owed directly and Portsmouth could not take the money for what was then a failing business. In the case of Suarez, Barcelona made payments in January and July for each of three years totalling the £64.98M paid for the player.}

1.) 27 Feb 2018
26 Feb 2018 22:47:30
Broke the golden rule and revealed a figure there ed haha. Good question and really interesting read. Thanks guys. I love reading these behind the scenes snippets, one of the great things about this site.

2.) 27 Feb 2018
27 Feb 2018 00:37:55
Seriously, how good is Ed002 and the detailed information he supplies us with. We're very fortunate to have a site filled with such great eds and all the info they pass on. Even the the toffee Ed25 is great to have around.

3.) 27 Feb 2018
27 Feb 2018 01:05:04
Good question, and thorough response as always. Agree with NYR, this site is as much a base for knowledge as it is for banter and rumours. Nothing else like it.

4.) 28 Feb 2018
28 Feb 2018 02:40:54
Ed002,never got a chance to say than you, so thank you! Insightful as always.

{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}