Football is returning but it already looks very different because of the coronavirus pandemic. The impact on how clubs do transfer business will be considerable too AFP/Tilo SCHMUELGENPARIS: Around Europe, football is waking up from the coronavirus shutdown, but it is different to before for players and supporters and it is changing behind the scenes too.
The ex-Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur sporting director told AFP he foresees fees dropping by"between 30 and 50 percent compared to the usual prices, and a reduction of 70-75 percent in terms of activity." "I would expect to be abroad every week at some point," says Glover, who previously worked at Everton.
"I do often think to myself when will be the next time I'm actually sat in a football stadium watching a game? Who knows!" In any case, how can a Premier League club plan for the summer window without knowing if they will still be a top-flight club next season, or if this season will restart, with all the financial consequences?"We are not a club who might spend 80 million on a player anyway.
"If I had one chance to go and watch a player live or one chance to meet him and his family, I would take the opportunity to go and meet him."