THE TRANSFER DEADLINE PARADIGM

Ayan Chatterjee
Sep 8, 2017
1 min read

Fourteen Premier League clubs voted in favour, five were against and one abstained. Such figures are sufficient though to herald a new era for English football and shows a distinct boldness on the part of the clubs to go it alone.

The EFL may follow suit in due course but the major European leagues, as it stands, will still have around three weeks to try and snatch star Premier League players. Will La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Serie A now fall in line? Given concerns over English economic dominance continental officials may see this is as an opportunity to exert some form of competitive advantage.

However, English clubs are confident - given their vast financial strength - that they can resist big money offers, just as Liverpool did this summer when Barcelona came calling for Philippe Coutinho.

But Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore insists competition integrity was the main motivation for this move, with clubs eager to stop their domestic rivals poaching players after the first day of the season.

The decision is yet to be made !

Regards,

Ayan Chatterjee.