European Football (Soccer) Transfer Questions

[blindboyard]

@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

[zombywoof]

Another question - is there any particular reason the EPL transfer window doesn’t close until a few weeks after the season starts?

[polar_bear]

The transferwindow is the same in the whole of Europe and the Italian and Spanish leagues start later.

[Asympotically_fat]

@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.

[blindboyard]

@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.

[Asympotically_fat]

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

[Shearer]

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