da lvbet： Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have lost their appeals against one-year transfer bans for breaking rules protecting underage players. FIFA said that the Madrid clubs are blocked from registering new players in the next two transfer windows – winter 2016 and summer 2017.
da winzada777： The transfer ban means that the Spanish clubs cannot buy new additions but can sell or loan out the players. But to compete in the domestic and European leagues, some players have to be retained.
But why should it matter to English Clubs?
Some English clubs were willing to take the certain players from the Madrid-based clubs but with the transfer ban in effect, these English clubs are impacted. Although transfers cannot be ruled out yet, they could be forced to pay an extravagant amount of money.
Here are some of the English clubs impacted…
Arsenal
Prior to signing Lucas Pérez from Deportivo for a reported fee of £17.1million, Arsenal were rumoured to be monitoring the situation of Jamie Vardy and Real Madrid’s strikers Karim Benzema & Álvaro Morata.
But failure to land the aforementioned targets, Arsene Wenger turned to Lucas Pérez. With Arsene Wenger’s parsimonious approach in transfers and now possessing multiple strikers, signing a new striker is not on the cards.
Liverpool
Mateo Kovačić was rumoured to be leaving Real Madrid after seeing his game time limited by the likes of Luka Modrić and Casemiro, and the Croatian central midfielder was a target for multiple English clubs.
Liverpool made a plethora of signings in this window in a bid to strengthen their squad to compete for Champions League places. But they failed to land Real Madrid’s midfielder Mateo Kovačić.
Signing Kovačić could have enabled Jurgen Klopp to reduce his dependency on Emre Can and Henderson. But with the ban imposed, Kovačić won’t come cheap for Liverpool.
Tottenham
One of the big transfer rumour on the transfer deadline day for Tottenham Hotspur was the potential signing of Real Madrid’s attacking midfielder Isco. The Spaniard was rumoured to be available from Real Madrid on a season-long loan and Mauricio Pochettino was keen.
But with Isco staying put, Tottenham signed Moussa Sissoko instead. Isco is quite a talent but is short on playing due to competition from James Rodriguez and Marco Asensio.
Chelsea
Earlier in the transfer window, Diego Costa expressed his desire to leave for his old club and so Antonio Conte was reportedly interested in sign Álvaro Morata as a replacement. But in an interesting turn of events, now neither Costa can leave for Atletico Madrid nor Real Madrid will let Álvaro Morata go.
Another player that supposedly interested Conte was the Colombian superstar James Rodriguez. The Colombian’s rumoured fall out with Zinedine Zidane has led James being demoted to the bench. James was linked to multiple clubs in the transfer window but a move never materialised. The move might happen, but it won’t be a piece of cake as the deal hinges on a lot of factors.
Manchester United
Manchester United were rumoured to be planning raids on both Madrid clubs in the summer as they targeted Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann and Real Mardid’s James Rodriguez, Raphaël Varane and Gareth Bale.
Raphaël Varane is highly valued by both Zinedine Zidane and José Mourinho. But with Varane reiterating his desire to stay in the Spanish capital and fight for his place, Mourinho’s desire to link up with the Frenchman will remain unfulfilled.
Antoine Griezmann was seen as a potential contender to replace Manchester United’s stalwart and captain, Wayne Rooney. Rooney’s underwhelming performances have raised questions regarding his place at Old Trafford and Griezmann would be a perfect replacement. Besides the French forward, James Rodriguez is also seen as a viable option to take over the No.10 role for Manchester United.
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