daba
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With Utd effectively becoming part of the INEOS sporting portfolio, could we start seeing the other two football clubs (Nice and Lausanne in Swiss League) sign players with a long-term view of them playing for Man Utd in the future.
The Red Bull clubs have done this to great effect over the years with players such as Upamecano, Szoboszlai, Naby Keita, Haidara and in summer 23 both Sesko and Seiwald made the move. The City Group are the other obvious multi-club project doing transfers between clubs, however after looking at their transfers, it doesn't look like many if not players have really graduated up to Man City's first team yet (although I could see Savinho moving from Girona to City very soon) and Man City have largely used the other clubs to sell-on young players (I expect with buy back clauses) or loaning out young players to the likes of Girona, Troyes and Lommel SK for development.
The reason I'm starting this thread now is that we potentially might be seeing the first piece of action for the INEOS multi-club strategy with Lausanne set to sign highly rated Italian wonderkid Simone Pafundi on loan for 12 months with an option to buy for €15m. Any Football Manager 24 players out there should know this guys name (*spoiler* he's very good). Correct me if I'm wrong but €15m sounds like a lot for a Swiss League team to be splashing out on a player, so this certainly smells like a more strategic signing for INEOS.
I'm hoping we take a bit of a hybrid approach between what the Red Bull clubs have done with Salzburg effectively being a strategic feeder club for Leipzig where both clubs benefit, and how City have used the other portfolio clubs for strategic loans or players sales, again to the mutual benefit of both clubs. For example, could we buy Todibo or Thuram from Nice in exchange for a more modest fee and send Kambwala or Hannibal in the other direction as part of the deals (loans or perms).
Could we also sign cheap young players like Oscar Zambrano and send him straight to Lausanne or Nice to get used to European football before coming to the Utd 1st team similar to what Brighton did with Caicedo. Brighton although not part of a multi-club portfolio have been the most successful at doing this with young players in recent years, hence why they are now winning deals like Barco from Boca who is touted to be the next big thing at LB over clubs like City and Barcelona. All we need is for a few success stories of our multi-club strategy working (effectively like a business having customer case studies to show ROI) and suddenly it becomes a very attractive option for young players with ambitions to play at the top level.
Naturally this will take a few years to get into full flow, but it is an exciting prospect if executed correctly.
EDIT: added in the Twitter link to Pafundi
The Red Bull clubs have done this to great effect over the years with players such as Upamecano, Szoboszlai, Naby Keita, Haidara and in summer 23 both Sesko and Seiwald made the move. The City Group are the other obvious multi-club project doing transfers between clubs, however after looking at their transfers, it doesn't look like many if not players have really graduated up to Man City's first team yet (although I could see Savinho moving from Girona to City very soon) and Man City have largely used the other clubs to sell-on young players (I expect with buy back clauses) or loaning out young players to the likes of Girona, Troyes and Lommel SK for development.
The reason I'm starting this thread now is that we potentially might be seeing the first piece of action for the INEOS multi-club strategy with Lausanne set to sign highly rated Italian wonderkid Simone Pafundi on loan for 12 months with an option to buy for €15m. Any Football Manager 24 players out there should know this guys name (*spoiler* he's very good). Correct me if I'm wrong but €15m sounds like a lot for a Swiss League team to be splashing out on a player, so this certainly smells like a more strategic signing for INEOS.
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I'm hoping we take a bit of a hybrid approach between what the Red Bull clubs have done with Salzburg effectively being a strategic feeder club for Leipzig where both clubs benefit, and how City have used the other portfolio clubs for strategic loans or players sales, again to the mutual benefit of both clubs. For example, could we buy Todibo or Thuram from Nice in exchange for a more modest fee and send Kambwala or Hannibal in the other direction as part of the deals (loans or perms).
Could we also sign cheap young players like Oscar Zambrano and send him straight to Lausanne or Nice to get used to European football before coming to the Utd 1st team similar to what Brighton did with Caicedo. Brighton although not part of a multi-club portfolio have been the most successful at doing this with young players in recent years, hence why they are now winning deals like Barco from Boca who is touted to be the next big thing at LB over clubs like City and Barcelona. All we need is for a few success stories of our multi-club strategy working (effectively like a business having customer case studies to show ROI) and suddenly it becomes a very attractive option for young players with ambitions to play at the top level.
Naturally this will take a few years to get into full flow, but it is an exciting prospect if executed correctly.
EDIT: added in the Twitter link to Pafundi
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