Uncertainty abounds as football's transfer industry grinds to a halt

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With football having ground to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic, the usual transfer rumour mill has fallen silent and nobody cares much where Neymar or Paul Pogba might be playing next season.

Nobody even knows when next season might be, and the financial impact on football clubs, and therefore the transfer market, is likely to be significant.

Nevertheless, beyond worrying about who Mbappe, Neymar or Pogba could sign for, there is a more pressing concern.Uefa's commitment to ending the European season by June 30 was surely partly because it is common practice for contracts to run until that date. Swiss outfit Sion cancelled the contracts of nine players who refused to go on temporary unemployment.

"Things are on hold for these players who are in a precarious position. They are the ones who are the most in danger," he says.

 

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