Chelsea sign Jackson from Villareal on eight-year contract

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66007461

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coyootje@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Better squeeze in just a few more exploitative long contracts before UEFA or FIFA steps in

Blither@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y

Have the rules around amortising over a max of 5 years not come in yet?

It seems a bizarre way or circumventing the rules given it is so risky, surely? I could understand it in a sport where the team was less important, the individual more so (possibly baseball?), as it is maybe less likely that a player loses value. The Premier League is littered with players being overpaid and difficult to offload, signed on high contracts by optimistic clubs. Giving relatively unproven players 8 year contracts seems to be asking for trouble...

Uncrasimatic@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

8 years again?!

These absolute morons. Keep it up Todd!

SaltyWailord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Feels absurd to hear these long contracts for players who had performed well for a short period

Blither@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Can't wait to see it all come crashing down

Sentau@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y

It won't. Saudi has given them a perfect get out jail card for underperforming players on long contracts

pol9reff@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Picked up nothing from the transfers last window, eh?

Xanvial@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Kinda weird for Chelsea to keep giving really long term contract

Limes@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y

The American way.

IceCapp@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

8 years? That's some Bartomeu juice they're sipping.

Boondock@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

It’s going to be fun to look at the Chelsea transfer window at end of this summer.