Registration rights for Royston Drenthe..

Warzycha's Caterpillar · September 1, 2011

Hi all,
This was released by Real Madrid FC on twitter not long ago:

realmadrid Real Madrid
Real Madrid has tranferred the registration rights of player Royston R. Drenthe to English club Everton FC. #realmadrid #DRENTHE
16 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Does this mean we now "own" the player or have the rights to own him at the end of the loan period after his contract expires?
Any ideas?

Leonard Rossiter · September 1, 2011

i reckon it just means he signed for us.

Baines' left foot · September 1, 2011

I would imagine that it just means that we have received the rights to use the player in competition.

I may be wrong like.

Hibbert&Ernie · September 1, 2011

Are image rights different in Spain?

Matt Damon · September 1, 2011

Warzycha's Caterpillar said:
Hi all,
This was released by Real Madrid FC on twitter not long ago:

realmadrid Real Madrid
Real Madrid has tranferred the registration rights of player Royston R. Drenthe to English club Everton FC. #realmadrid #DRENTHE
16 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Does this mean we now "own" the player or have the rights to own him at the end of the loan period after his contract expires?
Any ideas?

Its called a "temporary transfer of registration" if its a loan.

or "transfer of registration" for a purchase.

We could indeed have a "pre-contract agreement" with him... but I doubt that would be made public.

Warzycha's Caterpillar · September 1, 2011

It seems odd that on their site they say they have loaned out Gago, but signed registration rights over to Everton for Drenthe. Sounds to me like he's been cast off?

Leonard Rossiter · September 1, 2011

Warzycha's Caterpillar said:
It seems odd that on their site they say they have loaned out Gago, but signed registration rights over to Everton for Drenthe. Sounds to me like he's been cast off?

might have a point if they have made different statements.

Pootsy · September 1, 2011

I thought he was on a year loan but only had a year remaining on his contract so maybe the loan was setup in case our outgoings didnt appear. Now hoever we may own the player.

COYRD

Dublintoff · September 1, 2011

Pootsy said:
I thought he was on a year loan but only had a year remaining on his contract so maybe the loan was setup in case our outgoings didnt appear. Now hoever we may own the player.

COYRD

Could be right. We probably couldnt commit to a long contract until yak officially left, so to make sure everything went through on time we signed him on loan forms for now.

teppic · September 1, 2011

Taking him on a loan is better than on a free because now we can get assistance from Madrid to pay his wages.

kenada_blue · September 1, 2011

teppic said:
Taking him on a loan is better than on a free because now we can get assistance from Madrid to pay his wages.

I read he's only on 40k a week and we are paying it.

If he ends up being THAT good over his loan period, he won't be an everton player

Abraders · September 1, 2011

kenada_blue said:
I read he's only on 40k a week and we are paying it.

If he ends up being THAT good over his loan period, he won't be an everton player

Why not though? If we do well and he helps us do well, then why would he leave? He's been unsettled everywhere he's been so far for a while so if he does well here and so do we i really don't know why he wouldn't want to stay

nsmith1721 · September 1, 2011

Realmadrid.com

Real Madrid has tranferred the registration rights of player Royston R. Drenthe to English club Everton FC.

COMPARED TO

Realmadrid.com

Real Madrid C. F. and AS Roma have reached an agreement for the loan of Fernando Gago to the Italian club.

Warzycha's Caterpillar · September 1, 2011

Indeed. Also the telegraph released the story as him signing on a free transfer rather than a loan. Seems there is more in it perhaps? If so, it is a great coup for a player who cost £12m ish in 2007.