English laughing at Australians...and I don't like it.
Nicky Carle (Genclerbirligi, Turkey) to Bristol City for $1.3 million, David Carney (Sheff United, England) to Anderlecht or Bayern Munich for maybe $3million or $4 million.
Only six months ago these guys were A-League players.
Someone is making a lot of money out of cheap A-League and Australian Internationals and it's not former clubs Newcastle Jets and Sydney FC.
Socceroo and former Sydney FC star David Carney scored the only goal in Sheffield United's 1-0 win over Premier League Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup overnight.
Carney has already turned down a $3 million dollar transfer to Belgium side Anderlecht and is waiting to see if reported $4 million interest from German giants Bayern Munich comes to anything.
It was only six months ago Carney was running around for Sydney FC.
Last seasons A-League Player of the Year and Newcastle Jets Tricky Nicky Carle has just moved from Turkish side Genclerbirligi to Bristol City (who?) after just six months. Transfer fee is $1.3 million.
So have these players improved in six months?
Not on your life.
Imagine what that money could do for the Newcastle Jets or Sydney FC.
If our players are going to leave, and clearly they are, then Australian clubs need to be able to increase the transfer fee.
Clubs should be able to use Nicky Carle and David Carney, both Socceroos, as an example of the standard of player in our league.
Nathan Burns, Bruce Djite, Danny Vukovic, Nikolai Topor-Stanley and co need to be signed to long-term deals then sold, if they must go, for a transfer fee somewhere significantly higher than the $50,000 Sydney were reported to get for Carney.
Come on Australia the English are taking us for a ride, and it hurts!
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Dear Eamonn,
This is a snippet from a report from the Guardian website
Robson, meanwhile, sent out a team similarly short of full strength, but who looked from the start more aware of the needs of the game and more positive in all departments. His own judgment could not have received a bigger endorsement, for the man of the match and match-winner was Australia international David Carney, who scored a superb 42nd-minute winner - and he was signed on a free by Robson, who saw him play in the Asia Cup last summer. Previously released from Everton's youth academy, Carney timed a run from the left side of midfield perfectly for the vital goal.
Because our season is too short and the league is so new and we have a salary cap in place I reckon agents are telling our young players to sign only 1 or two year contracts. Thus allowing them to leave on free transfers or they are including ridiculous release clauses. I asked George Perry on the Sydney Fc forum about this and he said carney's situation was "unique".
I also think the players price goes up when he makes the second move. Now that Carney and Carle have been semi-succesfull this will help the A-League in the future.
Stama that's why you rock, coz you're right.
The league is way too short, and hopefully Sydney sign Milligan to a long-term deal with and release him early for a $1 mill dollars at least.
Also let's hope Sydney and co are putting the sell-on clause in place..ie 30% - 70% of any further transfer fee..that I like...
Carney was rated at $1m before he left, but Sydney disappointingly let him go without forcing Sheffield to up their offer (I think it was actually GBP50K = AU$125K).
But don't forget that Carney came free to Sydney - just like most of the players in the A-League that have joined as free transfers or after leaving somewhere else.
What's the record transfer for a player joining an AL side? Wouldn't be much...
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