00:00Here are three reasons why the World Cup can completely ruin the transfer market.
00:04Number one, players are insanely overvalued off the back of a good tournament.
00:07After 2022, was Enzo Fernandes really worth 120 million euros?
00:12Who knows?
00:12But if that's the new baseline for a midfielder,
00:14it's no wonder Nottingham Forest wants similar figures for Elliot Anderson.
00:18We're even at the point where a newly relegated West Ham
00:20want over 80 million pounds for Maceos Fernandes.
00:22He's good, but let's not pretend that's not a little bit over the top.
00:25Secondly, one injury can ruin a club's planning for the entire window.
00:30Instead of spending the summer relaxing,
00:32one moment can change everything in yet another busy summer of football for a player.
00:36For example, Nico Schlotterbeck's injury has now seen his potential move to Real Madrid off the cards,
00:41meaning they have to look at a different defender,
00:43and Dortmund have to contend with not getting what they thought would be a hefty fee
00:46for one of their style players, and instead hoping he comes back the same player.
00:51And finally, just because the player looks good at the World Cup
00:53doesn't mean they can translate those performances at club level.
00:57The systems, the tactics, the football, it's all very different from one to the other.
01:01And watching one player fit into a football ecosystem at international level,
01:04then fail at club level, is a story as old as time.
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