Transfers between rival clubs in England and in Italy.

• Marco_Simone

  2 Dec 07, 19:31

  Do you know that there have not been any direct transfers amongst the Top 4 in EPL?
  
  Can you imagine Liverpool selling even just a squad player such as Finnan to Arsenal or MU?
  
  But in Italy,such transfers are commonplace especially between the two Milanese clubs.You know that Seedorf and Pirlo were directly bought from Inter?
  
  The rivalry fiercer in England?
• 798

  2 Dec 07, 19:34

  i think spain n italy has such things like buy-out clause.
  
  if a rival club want to buy ur club player at certain price, the club will be lan-lan n let him go.
  
  one case is Figo transferred from Barca to RM.
• Kuali Baba

  2 Dec 07, 19:38

  Ashley Cole...
• HyuugaNeji

  2 Dec 07, 19:41

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  Ashley Cole...

  william gallas...
• HyuugaNeji

  2 Dec 07, 19:44

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  Do you know that there have not been any direct transfers amongst the Top 4 in EPL?
  
  Can you imagine Liverpool selling even just a squad player such as Finnan to Arsenal or MU?
  
  But in Italy,such transfers are commonplace especially between the two Milanese clubs.You know that Seedorf and Pirlo were directly bought from Inter?
  
  The rivalry fiercer in England?

  inter and ac milan share the same stadium, just different dressing room. I think it is easier for them to approach one another's players and sign them over. Just a change of dressing room.
  
  Not much of a hassle for the players at all. He doesnt even need to move house or even change his carpark.
• monoslayer

  2 Dec 07, 19:47

  tats y i dun like to watch serie A.
  
  ridiculous transfers everywhere.. no loyalty at all.. players transfer like nobody business.. national team always got new faces.. plus all the corruptions scandals...
• Deunamist

  2 Dec 07, 20:16

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  But in Italy,such transfers are commonplace especially between the two Milanese clubs.You know that Seedorf and Pirlo were directly bought from Inter?
  

  Ancelotti transformed Pirlo into a midfield maestro. something he would never have achieved in Inter.
  
  Dario Simic (1998-2002) and Giuseppe Favalli (2004-2006) also played for Inter before directly transferring to Milan. Favalli was also at Lazio during their success form in the early 2000s.
  
  indirectly, Crespo also played for Inter before going to Chelsea and being loaned out to Milan from 04-05 and then Inter from 2006 onwards.
  
  Pippo was also from Juve, Rui Costa from Fiorentina, Nesta and Oddo from Lazio (Oddo was part of the Milan youth system).
  
  several other such transfers have occured, such as Cristian Chivu from Roma to Inter, and Ibrahimovic and Vieira from Juventus to Inter (as a result of Juventus' financial disability following Calciopoli).
  
• Deunamist

  2 Dec 07, 20:16

  damn it. double post. sorry.
• Marco_Simone

  2 Dec 07, 20:41

  Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:

  william gallas...

  Ya I forgot this two...paiseh but other than that,no more examples liao...
• omgukilledkenny

  2 Dec 07, 20:48

  There's one..Veron. Man Utd to Chelsea.
  
  and another one almost made it ..Heinze, Man Utd to Liverpool.
• Deunamist

  2 Dec 07, 20:50

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
  There's one..Veron. Man Utd to Chelsea.
  
  and another one [b]almost made it ..Heinze, Man Utd to Liverpool. [/b]

  halfway there..
  
  by the way, nobody has ever transferred between Man Utd and Arsenal for the past 20+ years right?
• Marco_Simone

  2 Dec 07, 20:50

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:
  There's one..Veron. Man Utd to Chelsea.
  
  and another one [b]almost made it ..Heinze, Man Utd to Liverpool. [/b]

  Gerrard to Chelsea almost took place also.
• omgukilledkenny

  2 Dec 07, 20:53

  Remembered one more..
  
  Mark Bosnich
  
  Man Utd to Chelsea also.
• omgukilledkenny

  2 Dec 07, 20:54

  Originally posted by Deunamist:

  halfway there..
  
  by the way, nobody has ever transferred between Man Utd and Arsenal for the past 20+ years right?

  Cant think of any
  
  i only remember there were plenty of rumours about Viera jumping ship.
• monoslayer

  2 Dec 07, 20:54

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  Remembered one more..
  
  Mark Bosnich
  
  Man Utd to Chelsea also.

  chelsea was not a top 4 club back then.
• Marco_Simone

  2 Dec 07, 20:55

  Originally posted by Deunamist:

  Pippo was also from Juve, Rui Costa from Fiorentina, Nesta and Oddo from Lazio (Oddo was part of the Milan youth system).
  
  

  Now no more Seven Sisters...
• omgukilledkenny

  2 Dec 07, 20:55

  Originally posted by monoslayer:

  chelsea was not a top 4 club back then.

  true
• The man who was death

  5 Dec 07, 19:54

  Originally posted by monoslayer:

  tats y i dun like to watch serie A.
  
  ridiculous transfers everywhere.. no loyalty at all.. players transfer like nobody business.. national team always got new faces.. plus all the corruptions scandals...

  There are a lot of loyal defenders at ac milan.....perhaps too loyal for milan's own good....
  
  at least their managers merry go round is not as ridiculous as the epl.....
  
  i think it's good the national team always got new faces....shows they're producing players....and they can deliver....very much unlike england of course...
• Trump_Card

  5 Dec 07, 20:00

  Sol Campbell ( Spurs to Arsenal)
• Marco_Simone

  5 Dec 07, 20:06

  Originally posted by Trump_Card:

  Sol Campbell ( Spurs to Arsenal)

  Its a free transfer,so dont really count.