cam a22 4500 555225828 CHVBK 20201007092654.0 190201s2018 xxk||||| |||| 00 |eng d 1-78531-452-1 pbk 978-1-78531-452-0 pbk (RERO)R008892297 AU@ eng OCLCO RERO neueth rda s1td rero 796.334069 23 Gernon Alan (RERO)A027338226 cre The transfer market inside stories Alan Gernon ; foreword by Jim White Sussex Pitch Publishing 2018 255 p., [8] ill. 22 cm sti rdacontent txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Almost as much is written in the soccer media about transfers as about the game itself. Records are smashed and billions spent each transfer window, but how does the transfer market work? How does a transfer come together? How do you become an agent, and what do they actually do? And what are the effects of a move on the main stakeholders? For years, transfer gossip columns have been Alan Gernon's guilty pleasure. Now, he explores how many of these rumors are accurate, planted by agents, or simply made up-and how easy is it to plant a transfer story in the media. Along the way, he discovers how the market works and how a transfer happens ; what a move actually means for a typical player in a world where you could buy over 160,000 League Two players for the price of Neymar ; and that almost 30% of transferred players worldwide are moved between clubs against their wishes. He also uncovers how to become a soccer agent overnight, and why British players are reluctant to move abroad. He speaks to players about the pressures and real-life effects of a move, and tries to figure out how much the stars of yesteryear would be worth in today's crazy transfer market-where Premier League clubs spent a record £1.4 billion in the summer of 2017 alone Soccer Economic aspects Soccer Physiological aspects Soccer players Trading of Soccer teams Finance Football (RERO)A021001421 rero Joueurs de football (RERO)A021001935 rero Équipes sportives (RERO)A021052929 rero Recrutement (RERO)A021069005 rero Agents sportifs (RERO)A021060712 rero BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 RERO RE31015 RE31015 RE310150002 YCIES9/ 197 RERO 100 1- Gernon Alan (RERO)A027338226 cre