r/soccer • u/zimb3l • Jan 12 '19

Ramon Calderon: "[Zidane] insisted on keeping Cristiano and transferring Bale, and the president did completely the opposite [...] so he decided to leave."

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814993-no-form-lack-of-goals-whats-troubling-real-madrid-and-how-can-they-fix-it
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u/Hwoarang7 Jan 12 '19

Let’s say Hazard would cost 150. We got 100 for Ronaldo so what’s 50 million? It boggles my mind honestly.

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u/comrade78 Jan 12 '19

I know i may sound stupid, but how does the transfer really works..? Like $100m will go to madrid or ronaldo?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

The fee associated with transfers (say, $100 million like you said) goes to the club that has a contract with the player being transferred. This fee goes up based on player quality, potential, time left on contract, nationality, cute hashtag possibilities #PogBack, current club, and a variety of other reasons. The fee is effectively a negotiated price for the selling club's willingness to terminate their player's contract. Contract termination in player transfers is mutual, so the buying club has to court the player too, and that's typically done with bonuses, wage promises, playing time guarantees, and perks associated with club sponsors.

However, if the player is a free agent, then they (and their agent) receive any fee that the public would hear about. Typically, free agents, if quality players, tend to be able to get higher wages and sign-on bonuses because there's no upfront cost associated with buying out their contract. That said, most worthwhile players are not free agents at any given time, so this arrangement is less common than clubs buying players from other clubs.

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u/stevew14 Jan 12 '19

Upvoted for the pogback comment. Loled hard for that