Hi all,
I've never really got to grips with co-ownership of players. I'm managing a Serie B team and have a promising 20-year-old kid with a current value of £1.2m. I keep getting offers in my inbox from various Serie A teams to buy half of him for £525k, after which he'll stay with my team for 2 years and then we bid for the other half. I've rejected the offers saying 'not good enough' (because surely I want at least £600k), and gone to the transfer status and raised his asking price from 'Unspecified' to £2.5m, but they still keep coming and offering £525k.
The only benefit to me I can see is that in two years' time, if they don't want him I can buy the other half back for peanuts and pocket the difference. But on the other hand, if he's progressed well and grown in value to, say, £5m, I've lost £2m by selling one half so cheaply.
Does anyone know why they keep offering less than market value?
I've never really got to grips with co-ownership of players. I'm managing a Serie B team and have a promising 20-year-old kid with a current value of £1.2m. I keep getting offers in my inbox from various Serie A teams to buy half of him for £525k, after which he'll stay with my team for 2 years and then we bid for the other half. I've rejected the offers saying 'not good enough' (because surely I want at least £600k), and gone to the transfer status and raised his asking price from 'Unspecified' to £2.5m, but they still keep coming and offering £525k.
The only benefit to me I can see is that in two years' time, if they don't want him I can buy the other half back for peanuts and pocket the difference. But on the other hand, if he's progressed well and grown in value to, say, £5m, I've lost £2m by selling one half so cheaply.
Does anyone know why they keep offering less than market value?
just guessing!!!