# European Football (Soccer) Transfer Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968 "2013-08-23T14:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/21 "2013-08-28T13:02:59Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Which is why they are the most hated people in football, with a general reputation for being greedy sleazebags. > > What’s the difference between a player and his agent? The player gives 100%. The agent takes 10%. > > (In reality, though, I suppose they mostly do a job and earn a living, same as everyone else.) Even the lamprey is one of God’s creatures. To quote the song: > [@](#): > > They came for the bungee jumpers, but I wasn’t a bungee jumper so I did nothing > They came for the players’ agents, but I wasn’t a players’ agent so I did nothing > They came for the Charles Manson fans, but I wasn’t a Charles Manson fan so I did nothing > … > Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to > Turn a blind eye, sometimes it’s best to ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/22 "2013-08-28T17:08:13Z")
Another question - is there any particular reason the EPL transfer window doesn’t close until a few weeks after the season starts? ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/23 "2013-08-28T17:46:24Z")
The transferwindow is the same in the whole of Europe and the Italian and Spanish leagues start later. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/24 "2013-08-28T18:58:31Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > To quote the song: Half man half biscuit. That’s one of my favourites, though any lyric that references Danni Behr seems terribly dated now. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/25 "2013-08-29T08:00:32Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > Half man half biscuit. That’s one of my favourites, though any lyric that references Danni Behr seems terribly dated now. Dani. That is the hazard of basing so many lyrics on pop culture references and topical football banter. Tranmere Rovers supporters. Obviously. Of course you occasionally get the other side of the coin, like the alarming lines about Jimmy Saville in "I Left My Heart in Papworth General, from 1985. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/26 "2013-08-29T19:08:45Z")
Though lines like “Shit sellotape: just don’t know where it begins, and even when you do it keeps on straying to the side. Good quality stationary never comes to my house” are absolutely timeless ---
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-football-soccer-transfer-questions/666968/27 "2013-09-01T09:56:28Z")
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