This might be a slightly nooby question but I have always wondered what the co-owned means. I know that it means he owned by two clubs, but how does that work? Because he cannot play for both at once.
when a player is co-owend u can choose who he plays for when you do co ownership and at the end of the season the team that bids more for the player gets the other 50%
the clubs agree where he plays. its usually the smaller one as the bigger club wants the player to develop. at the end of the period (usually two years) the 2 clubs submit hidden bids for the other half of the player. the team who submits the highest bid gets 100% percent ownership. its a good way for bigger teams to buy young talent without having to worry about them geting first teasm action. its like a more secure version of the 'first option' clause which used to be a favourite of mine. just go around paying 500k to have the first option to buy a youngster ahead of everyone else at a set price.
to buy a co-owend player u must agree a fee with both team befoer negotiating a contract.
i have found some very talented players in italy that have been co-owned.
Usually they are around 17-20 years and most of the time a bid of over 1m to each party is needed.
the extra special wonderkids you may have to part with 5 million each.