David Henen

bluemangroup · September 4, 2014

Bungle said:
When is he not?

As long as there are people like neil about we'll never fully kick racism out of football.

Good point Mik....heyyyyyy.

paultheblue · September 4, 2014

Pabbers said:
Henen walked out on Anderlect, so has no club.
But still part-owned by a company - THIS IS NOT ALLOWED IN ENGLAND
Olmpiacos take him (the the part not owned by 3rd paty) for free
We take him on loan with Loan fee.
We then pay them the £1.5 million fee
They then pay the £1.5 million to his "Owners"

So we only loaned part of him,come on Bill I know things are tight but you can't go out getting players who's left leg is owned by someone else your just going to confuse the kid

DANNOJ · September 4, 2014

Isn't Henen now fully owned

neil999 · September 4, 2014

bluemangroup said:
Is Neil being a racist again?

how dare you

bizzaro · September 4, 2014

madkiwi said:
Doing my best @bizzaro ...

Some players do not belong to the clubs they play for, but to other investors or agents. Is this allowed with financial fair play?
This is called third-party ownership and is currently allowed according to FIFA regulations. However, within UEFA's financial fair play regulations clubs are required to disclose information on third-party ownership arrangements and, in addition, any income arising from these arrangements is delayed until the player is sold.

UEFA has asked FIFA to prohibit this worldwide. Should FIFA not take the appropriate steps, UEFA would be ready to implement its own regulations to ban third-party ownership arrangements at least for UEFA competitions.

Its 100% banned in England under Premier League and FA rules.

To protect the integrity of the game. Uefa is moving that way now over three years. By 2016 its banned in Europe

marty mcfly · September 4, 2014

elf said:
I honestly think we got gazumped in the deal and we had to save face with a loan

That's the simplest explanation. While we where haggling olypiakus stepped in, we didn't want to loose him and the player didn't want to go. We agree to pay olypiakus more money in a year if we decide to keep him.

Librarian · September 4, 2014

I've finally worked out the Henen deal lads, you see if you...

No wait, I forgot to carry the one

elf · September 5, 2014

Adversus said:
That's the simplest explanation. While we where haggling olypiakus stepped in, we didn't want to loose him and the player didn't want to go. We agree to pay olypiakus more money in a year if we decide to keep him.

Exactly, at least if he turns out to be crap we can just send him off to Greece

Rupert's Tower · September 5, 2014

Adversus said:
That's the simplest explanation. While we where haggling olypiakus stepped in, we didn't want to loose him and the player didn't want to go. We agree to pay olypiakus more money in a year if we decide to keep him.

Having read about it I think it's more the case of the club penny pinching because Anderlect wanted too much money from our point of view. Henen had his heart set on Everton so we've basically had him sign for Olympiakas on the proviso he basically never plays for them and comes here permanently next summer. In someways it's reassuring the club are so savvy and aware the words Premier League make clubs across the world see pound symbols but you have to wonder if we're not pishing off clubs who we might need to deal with in the future. I'm convinced this is the reason the Tom Cleverley deal didn't happen - relations with Man Utd still sour after the Fellaini saga, not as if Cleverley didn't want to come or we couldn't afford him

Deleted member 28206 · September 5, 2014

Sick of his selfies.

Librarian · September 5, 2014

What's in it for Olympiacos? Wait a minute, did we just accept a gift, from a bunch of Greeks?

AndyZ · September 5, 2014

Librarian said:
What's in it for Olympiacos? Wait a minute, did we just accept a gift, from a bunch of Greeks?

IRO1977 · September 5, 2014

Anyone think it might be because Anderlecht asked for too high a sell on fee? This way we can buy him off Olympiacos for say £500,000 more than they paid for him in 12 months time and avoid having a any sell on fee at all for the future, which would suit both clubs

Professor Toffee · September 5, 2014

AndyZ said:

Jesus, David Henen is a big lad, he'll make an excellent target man so long as he stays away from fire!

Professor Toffee · September 5, 2014

Rupert's Tower said:
Having read about it I think it's more the case of the club penny pinching because Anderlect wanted too much money from our point of view. Henen had his heart set on Everton so we've basically had him sign for Olympiakas on the proviso he basically never plays for them and comes here permanently next summer. In someways it's reassuring the club are so savvy and aware the words Premier League make clubs across the world see pound symbols but you have to wonder if we're not pishing off clubs who we might need to deal with in the future. I'm convinced this is the reason the Tom Cleverley deal didn't happen - relations with Man Utd still sour after the Fellaini saga, not as if Cleverley didn't want to come or we couldn't afford him

I think youre probably right but we either have the influence and power to simply subject our will or we duck and dive.
ManU thought they could bully us last summer but we hung tough.
We tried to hang tough again this summer but ManU werent having it boo hoo.
I think we'll survive without Cleverly.
Then we weant all ManU ourselves over Henen with Anderlecht.
Maybe we're growing up a bit and getting down and dirty.
It wont always work but good to see