***Offical Summer Transfer Thread***

[TheRenaissance]

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im watching the live argentina/paraguay copa america game right now. the announcers just said "manu has signed carlos tevez".

rad.

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crap.
must hate him now.
so sad.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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This looks far from over.

Not surprisingly, if ManU have to pay a lot up front I don't see this going through. I have been told that the deals for Nani and Anderson have a good portion of the transfer fee being paid later on during their stay, so it appears ManU haven't spent that much, nor do they have that much to spend.

I stole this from another site:

"thegame24 wrote:
United buy now but pay later to stay on budget

How have Manchester United, laden with £660m of debt, suddenly managed to find £71m in one summer to outspend their rivals? It's the question that some fans are asking. And the simple answer is: they haven't.

The headline figures of United's transfer window are £17m, £17m, £17m and £20m. Those are amounts United have agreed to pay for Anderson, Nani, Owen Hargreaves, and, perhaps, Carlos Tevez.

This is not the whole story. The Glazers' expenditure may be below the £25m they originally promised Sir Alex Ferguson.

How? Tevez, 23, will arrive on a two-year loan deal, and although that might cost a yearly fee of £4m to £8m, buying him outright can be deferred to a future year's accounts, if they exercise their option.

Brazil's Anderson, 19, and Portugal's Nani, 20, are being bought effectively on HP. United are understood to have paid £7m and £8m up front, and will pay the rest over the terms of the deals.

And while Hargreaves, 26, has cost a chunk up front, he became a United player only on 1 July, and the outlay falls into next year's accounts.

So instead of £70m, United have spent only £20m already.

Three of the players have a decade of playing ahead, and Hargreaves should have his peak years in Manchester. United are investing in the future, which is when the payments will be spread. "

[KDawg]

TSC, deferring the costs of transfer is SOP and has been for a long time. There is no way that Livercrap is paying Atletico fully up front. What you are posting is hardly news and is far from earth shattering

[THAY3R]

HOLLLLAAAAA

[ThaSaltCracka]

Barca reportedly paid Arsenal the whole 16 mil up front for Henry.

[KDawg]

that's not the norm with big transfers

[ThaSaltCracka]

I realize that, just saying.

Well for some reason that Guardian article indicates that ManU is reluctant to pay more than 6mil for 2 loan seasons. This will be interesting to see once Copa America ends because that is when he supposedly joins ManU.

[JaredL]

Apparently the Sevilla president has said that for Alves he needs an offer of 30 million euros just to start talking. I like this line more than the Chelsea had offered 22 but Sevilla were holding out for 25 one I'd heard before. His clause is 60 million Euros, I wouldn't mind holding out for that.

Barcelona apparently have signed Milito from Zaragoza.

In Spanish English news it looks like Real Madrid are going after Robben. Also, apparently Schuster has plans for Reyes so Real Madrid will likely complete the transfer after all. Real Madrid president said that there should be signings next week.

[TheRover]

Which Milito is that?

Leeds 'may not start next season' = lolol

[PITTM]

its diego.