by YorkshireRoyal99 »
21 Jul 2022 12:29
Nameless YorkshireRoyal99 blythspartan
Yeah, I can’t see it taking that long but I honestly don’t know. I can see that discussions with players and their agents might take a while. I’d have thought that as these 2 players have been with us for about a week we might have already started dialogue with the EFL. Saying that there’s possibly little point until you decide to offer them a contract.
I could imagine they run alongside each other, i.e. we ask the EFL what we can offer x player at this time and then propose an offer to the player for approval. Seems the way that would speed the process up there, but yeah I think the majority of the time would be taken up in negotiations with player/agent.
The Hutchinson deal was held up waiting on the EFL as was the Long deal I believe.
Notmsure how easy it would be to run things in parallel, especially if you are talking to several players not all of whom you might actually sign. Knowing whether Deal A might be approved might influence whether deals B, C or D are needed, and if you actually go with deal B you might be able to do deal F as well.
I think the question was "a few weeks", as I just can't see it being that long personally, but ultimately I guess it will be on a case by case basis.
I'm sure it will all get taken into consideration, or there may be times where we can't offer certain players deals because we are currently in discussions to offer player x a deal etc. I can imagine that's where the difficulties in negotiating deals really begin to apply.