Matarrita to Dortmund?

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Ok, I was able to get it sorted.

There is NO agreement with Dortmund.

There have been transfer offers but NYCFC want to buy out his full transfer rights first.

There are no meetings between the teams today. The only discussions being held are in regards to his transfer rights.

There have been offers but NYC wants to come to terms with Alajualense before accepting any

If Ala knows what offers are coming in, why would they accept lower than half the best offer for the buyout? I don;t understand NYCFCs negotiating position here at all, other than to say ok we will accept no offers and you can wait a year for your money.

 

[canchon]

Alajuelense, his former club, will be very aware of the news, as he still holds 50 percent of the player's chip and in an eventual sale, would receive a large sum of money.

I bet half of the twitter stories are Alajuelense fanning the flames to try to make this happen. Do you see anything from German sites saying he is signing with Dortmund?

 

[joe]

I don;t understand NYCFCs negotiating position here at all, other than to say ok we will accept no offers and you can wait a year for your money.

I think this is it; NYCFC has the decision rights, so they control if Ala gets anything at all.

 

[NYCFCfan]

In your sense, what are the odds of Matarrita staying in New York for another year or half year? Close to zero?

I'd say there's a very good chance of it. Maybe we lose him in the summer.

Question on if we buy his full transfer rights, does that additional amount then get amortized over the remaining part of his contract were he to stay?

Or could it somehow be amortized over the full part of his contract (including last season)?

I'm not sure tbh. MLS rules aren't the clearest on this situation because it's a strange one to be in.

 

[NYCFCfan]

If Ala knows what offers are coming in, why would they accept lower than half the best offer for the buyout? I don;t understand NYCFCs negotiating position here at all, other than to say ok we will accept no offers and you can wait a year for your money.

My theories:

1) Ala might need the cash now
2) They may not want to risk his value going down
3) They might be worried about NYCFC working around it, for example selling Diskerud and Matarrita to Dortmund, Diskerud for $5 million and Matarrita for free.

 

[Keith Putnam]

Diskerud... to Dortmund

Lol.

 

[NYCFCfan]

Lol.

Exactly. A player you don't want or need sells at a high price and the real trade value is free.

Spurs and Swansea did something similar a few years ago. Ben Davies had a sell on fee so Swansea included him "for free" on a deal for Michel Vorm.

 

[Kjbert]

NYCFC has all the power here. They have the only voting share here.

We have him on a 4 year contract. We can just keep him and let him walk if we wanted to after his contract is over.

 

[mgarbowski]

Exactly. A player you don't want or need sells at a high price and the real trade value is free.

Spurs and Swansea did something similar a few years ago. Ben Davies had a sell on fee so Swansea included him "for free" on a deal for Michel Vorm.

I can't believe you can get away with that. I not disagreeing with you on the facts, but I just find it shocking it's possible.

 

[NYCFCfan]

smh today was supposed to be my day off.

Alajuelense issued a statement today saying NYCFC & MLS hold his transfer certificate and that any negotiations must go through them. They also said they're not talking about the matter any further.

If you want the details:
http://thenycfcnation.sportsblog.co...atarrita-transfer-rumors--defer-to-nycfc.html

 

[NYCFCfan]

I can't believe you can get away with that. I not disagreeing with you on the facts, but I just find it shocking it's possible.

FIFA said it was fine but Utrecht took Swansea to court over it and won.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-win-court-battle-11398740

 

[mgarbowski]

FIFA said it was fine but Utrecht took Swansea to court over it and won.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/swansea-city-win-court-battle-11398740

The article says Swansea won.

 

[NYCFCfan]

The article says Swansea won.

Today I learned I may be dyslexic

 

[Ulrich]

Today I learned I may be dyslexic

Well, maddog...

 

[sbrylski]

The last few posts were a rollercoaster.

 

[joe]

Hey intern, we'd feel better if you could photoshop Mata into this next time...

https://twitter.com/x/status/807359178956218369

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

 

[NYCFCfan]

I'm reading too much into Matarrita following these German clubs on twitter right?