Yasin Ozcan (now out on loan at Anderlecht)

[Brend'Watkins]

It’s Homes under the Hammer football club style. Buy players that have potential. Do them up and sell them for a decent profit.

[Ian.]

I’m sure when they made these rules they hadn’t really thought it through too well. It’s not a good look for football. I wonder if this is also hampering the lower end of the leagues. Less of their potential staying a bit longer at the smaller clubs and instead the bigger boys snapping them up far sooner in the hope they make the profit instead of the Exeter City’s and the like.

[PaulWinch again]

They did for that when the Premier League basically dangled the carrot to the Football League that they’d give them money they desperately needed if they agreed to wave the rules around academy players so that PL clubs could basically sweep them up from anywhere in the country.

[Steve67]

Are Anderlecht a step up from the league Ozcan was playing in?

[Brazilian Villain]

It’s Homes under the Hammer football club style.

I've bad news for you, we've just signed Robert HutH.

[cdbearsfan]

We just buy players as stock, now, to be sold on when their value increases. We've basically become Chelsea, but with much less money and none of those pesky trophies.

[garyellis]

We just buy players as stock, now, to be sold on when their value increases. We've basically become Chelsea, but with much less money and none of those pesky trophies.

Well yes, but we haven’t had the luxury Chelsea had under Abramovich and our strategy always included this approach given the constraints. Left sided centre backs come with a premium if they make it so you can see the logic.

[ozzjim]

According to some Anderlecht has a buy option on the deal. If true, it makes zero sense at this stage for Villa. This summer has been weird.

[Olneythelonely]

According to some Anderlecht has a buy option on the deal. If true, it makes zero sense at this stage for Villa. This summer has been weird.

It doesn’t make sense for the player either. Presumably they could have just bought him directly a few months ago.

[PaulWinch again]

According to some Anderlecht has a buy option on the deal. If true, it makes zero sense at this stage for Villa. This summer has been weird.

That would be odd and disappointing. I understand young players don’t make it, but if we are loaning with an option to buy within 6 months of getting a player it is grim.

[OCD]

I guess it gives Emery the chance to have a close look. When he thinks they're not right, you benefit from amortization. 5.5m euro's over 5 years is around 1m euro's. You only have to to sell at the price  you bought at and you 5x your money on the books.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah it’s still bollocks though.

[ozzjim]

Yeah it’s still bollocks though.

All of it is.

[Villatillidie25]

I guess it gives Emery the chance to have a close look. When he thinks they're not right, you benefit from amortization. 5.5m euro's over 5 years is around 1m euro's. You only have to to sell at the price  you bought at and you 5x your money on the books.

You have to write off his remaining value as well when you sell though so if he’s only been here 5 minutes then there’s still €5m on the b/s (less whatever gets amortised during this season). Would seem a bit strange and pointless to be honest if it’s true re a clause in the Anderlecht deal 

[PaulWinch again]

It might amount to nothing and he might go onto to have a great Villa career. But I had real high hopes when I heard about him, the idea that we’re potentially looking at him as a financial transaction is just grim.