Comments on: Wow, Actual Non-Fabricated News About Quagliarella

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:02:14 +0000

It totally is, Chris. Imagine being in Rome, standing in line for the third day in a row to pay your cable bill only to hear your team had sorted out the ownership of six players in just the last few hours. You could be excused for a minor explosion of violence, at the very least.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:25:52 +0000

If both clubs bid the same, the player is 100% property of the club he was at. So if Udinese and Sampdoria bid the same, Quagliarella becomes 100% property of Sampdoria.

Also, clubs can renew a co-ownership for another year, but after 2 years they have to resolve it.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:24:53 +0000

This is mostly for players who you would never know actually belong to other clubs. Roma have already sold 4, bought 1 and prolonged another co-ownership. I wanna be co-owned.

Is this officially the only day in Italy throughout the year where things get done quickly?

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:51:44 +0000

Thanks, Francesco, that was confusing me, too. So he stays where he was AND stays co-owned? Meaning, in the case of Quagliarella, he’d stay hard to sell to, say, Man U?

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:50:17 +0000

Damn they got that sucker back up fast! So far it’s sort of disappointing over there — they’re reported stuff even I have known for days. Where’s the Shocking!Breaking News?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:11:27 +0000

tuttomercatoweb has crashed.

What a day!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:04:18 +0000

liars and transactions and blind auctions; Oh My!

If the bids are identical, the incumbent wins a lollipop while the loser trades teams with Inter (with free spanish lessons, of course).

Didn’t Juve screw Fiorentina in a blind auction for Miccoli? I think Florence was the team that bought 50% of Fabicco (you wouldn’t think there’s much to go around @ 5 ft), paid the player for a year, and then lost the player in an auction.

Juve not only kept the player but also made money on the deal, because Juve bought him outright for less than Fiorentina paid for half. He’s been a little cash-cow (or um, maybe rabbit?), with all the money Juve has made renting him out.

He’s no Maradona though, I don’t know what he’s smoking… Oh, mabe THAT’s why he thinks he’s Maradona.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:52:17 +0000

then the player stays with the team he was at during this season.

So for example, let’s say Sampdoria and Udinese both bid 6 million euro, then Quagliarella stays at Sampdoria.

By: Paolo

Paolo — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:42:55 +0000

What would happen if the bids submitted were indentical?

By: Francesco

Francesco — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:15:42 +0000

Today is a fun day to follow during the calciomercato, it’s Co-Ownership day, where club officials are all at the ATA Quark Hotel in Milan and are frenetically trying to make last minute negotiations to avoid the blind auction which takes place at 7 PM Italian time.

http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com is being updated almost every 5 minutes it seems with new updates from the Hotel.