Player transfer betting allows you to bet on a certain player (or manager) moving to a certain club. Markets can come in the form of ‘Transfer Specials’, ‘Next Club’, ‘To Stay at Current Club’, ‘Club After Summer Transfer Window’ and ‘Club After January Transfer Window’. These are the main key factors of transfer betting to consider.
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All information you need to know about a transfer window
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Deadline day deals dampen days! here are the biggest dramas in history
Transfer windows dates and meanings.
Transfer windows give football clubs the chance of bolstering their respective squads. This will be the time for the managers, scouts and owners of the clubs to attempt to buy and sell players in order to make their team stronger. However, more importantly from a betting perspective, they also provide great opportunities for punters to profit on the players moving via the player transfer specials betting markets.
The transfer windows in the English leagues happen from 17 May – 9 August and then another window which opens midway through the season which opens 1st January and closes 1st February. In this period a club can sign a player, sell a player, put players out on loan and bring players in on loan. When it comes to managers being sacked or getting a job at another club, this can happen at any point during the year, this is not limited by the transfer window. Players can also extend their contract with the current club they are with at any point during the year and players who are out of contract (Also known as free agents) can sign with a club at any point also.
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This is one of the only betting markets which has actually become limited over the years. The reason being is that certain clubs do not like to have rumours about their current players or players they wish to be brought in, leaked. This information can be classified, and clubs can actually take certain legal action against betting companies who propose ‘false claims bets ‘. So, if you are scrolling through the transfer betting options and you come across a potential bet, this is most likely already a rumoured transfer which has been leaked by either the media or some other source, which makes this perfectly acceptable to bet on if you wish.
It’s also important to note that you can also bet on managers getting sacked. This can be popular and not too much research needs to be done into this. For example, if 6 months into the premier league a club is bottom of the league and not showing any signs of getting out of the relegation zone, the chances are that the club will part ways with the current manager in order to get somebody else in to help them out. This can be something that you predict, just keep an eye on the clubs social media and news outlets and how the teams who are in bad form are doing.
Fun Facts on Transfers.
Most expensive transfers in History – As you can see from the table below, here is a list of the most expensive football transfers ever:
Player: From: To: Fee (Million):
| Neymar | Barcelona | PSG | £198 | ||
| Kylian Mbappe | Monaco | PSG | £116 | ||
| Joao Felix | Benfica | Atletico Madrid | £114.1 | ||
| Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | Barcelona | £107 | ||
| Philippe Coutinho | Liverpool | Barcelona | £105 | ||
| Ousmane Dembele | Borussia Dortmund | Barcelona | £97 | ||
| Paul Pogba | Juventus | Manchester United | £89 | ||
| Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Real Madrid | £89 | ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Juventus | £88 | ||
| Gareth Bale | Tottenham Hotspur | Real Madrid | £86 | ||
Deadline Day Transfer Dramas.
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Benjani to Manchester City – The Zimbabwe International Benjani, didn’t want to sign for Manchester City from Tottenham, however Spurs boss Harry Redknapp insisted he goes as it would be a good move for the player. At the airport Benjani ‘fell asleep’ and missed the flight to the club causing a delay in the negotiations. Luckily the relevant paperwork was signed just in time for the players transfer to go through successfully.
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Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll – Torres to Chelsea from Liverpool for £50 million seemed to be slightly above the price range at that current time, but Chelsea fans would have been happy regardless as the player himself was insane. Carroll, from Newcastle to Liverpool for £35 million however is a different story. Extremely overpriced and Liverpool fans were not happy at all with the supposed ‘like for like’ replacement. Ironically, both players ended up having miserable careers at both clubs until there short spell ended. Arguably the biggest waste of money deal in the history of the Premier League.
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Peter Odemwingie to QPR – Unhappy at West Brom, and extremely keen to sign for QPR after finding out there were rumours about him signing for them, he asked West Brom’s chairmen if it was true in which he got a reply that didn’t satisfy whether it was or not. So, Peter took it in his own hands, drove from the Midlands to West London to QPR in order to sign for the club, only to find out that the rumour was false and that the club was not in fact interested in the player. Sure enough, Peter Odemwingie didn’t start a single game that season for West Brom.
Transfer deadline day dates.
| League | 1st Window | 2nd Window |
| English Premier League | 2019.06.11 to
2019.09.02 |
2020.01.01 to
2020.01.31 |
| Spanish La Liga | 2019.07.01 to
2019.09.02 |
2020.01.02 to
2020.01.31 |
| German Bundesliga | 2019.07.01 to
2019.09.02 |
2020.01.01 to
2020.01.31 |
| Italian Serie A | 2019.07.01 to
2019.09.02 |
2020.01.02 to
2020.01.31 |
| French Ligue 1 | 2019.06.11 to
2019.09.02 |
2020.01.01 to
2020.01.31 |
