I'm at a loss to understand how people think Pompey being allowed to 'sell' players outisde of the transfer window gives the Fratton club an 'advantage'.
If they were buying players, yes, I could understand it then. But knowing they are to lose their star players in a couple of months is hardly going to improve the strength of the current squad.
And let's be clear, on the face of it, the only exceptional thing about this 'special permission' is that the money will change hands.
Pre-contract deals between clubs and between clubs and players are often signed 'outside' of the transfer window. They're just not made public.
Look at the conditions which are being applied.
1. Players may be sold to other Premier League Clubs but may not play first team football for the new club before the end of the season.
2. Players may be sold to a Football League or foreign club, subject to Fifa's approval .
3. Portsmouth FC may enter into an agreement with another Premier League, Football League or foreign club that a player will be transferred to that other club in the summer.
So, effectively, unless the players are allowed to play for their new clubs immediately under 2 - and that should not be permitted - the only difference is that money will change hands. Money which will go a long way towards preserving a grand old football club for future generations.
I am, however, puzzled as to how any players 'bought' by another Premier League club might be 'loaned' back to us for the remainder of the season. Do we not already have the maximum number of allowable loans?
Don't buy into the media hype. This isn't that unusual and it certainly doesn't give us an advantage. If we were looking to gain an advantage we should have sold one or two of them in bloody August! South Africa's captain my a***!
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