The Ultimate Transfer, Footballer signs for club for one pound, or approximately 100 Rupees, which might not even buy a cup of coffee in the U.S.A.
Bradford City buy goalkeeper Colin Doyle for £1 from Blackpool
10 Jul, 2016
ESPN Staff
The transfer window is normally a time for absurd price tags, inflated wages and chaotic bidding wars among the game's top clubs, all of whom are vying for the best players. But Bradford City may have found the ultimate bargain in Blackpool goalkeeper Colin Doyle:
You read that correctly: the Bantams successfully activated Doyle's release clause ... of one British pound. That's right: £1. (In U.S. currency, you're looking at a steep price of $1.29, which might not even buy a cup of coffee.) That's a deal so good, Arsenal could even make it.
The Bantams, fresh off a successful playoff run that sees them in League One for 2016-17, needed help between the posts and, as it turns out, Blackpool's recent turmoil on and off the pitch led to some interesting contracts and clauses for some of their higher-paid players. The Tangerines were relegated to League Two in 2015-16 after a dismal season, finishing 22nd of 24 teams to mark a second successive campaign ending in the drop.
The League Two demotion triggered a clause in Doyle's contract whereby he'd be available for just £1. Apparently, he's not the only one with such an arrangement, though other names weren't available at this time.
And so he'll shuffle along to the Bantams, where he'll hope to keep them above his former club, and all without much of a fuss. Just a pound.
Sunderland Manager Sam Allardyce is hot favorite to become next England Football Manager. This reminds me of the days when Venkys were instrumental in removing him from Blackburn Rovers. Hopefully he will be able to improve England National Team chances with better Team Selection.
On July 13, the high speed Spanish Talgo train broke the record of India’s fastest train, the recently launched Gatiman Express, by achieving a maximum speed of 180 km per hour on the Mathura-Palwal stretch.
It covered the distance of 84 km, which normally takes about 90 minutes, in 38 minutes. The train had nine empty coaches hauled by a Varanasi-made 4,500-HP diesel engine.
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The Ultimate Transfer, Footballer signs for club for one pound, or approximately 100 Rupees, which might not even buy a cup of coffee in the U.S.A.
Bradford City buy goalkeeper Colin Doyle for £1 from Blackpool
The transfer window is normally a time for absurd price tags, inflated wages and chaotic bidding wars among the game's top clubs, all of whom are vying for the best players. But Bradford City may have found the ultimate bargain in Blackpool goalkeeper Colin Doyle:
The Bantams, fresh off a successful playoff run that sees them in League One for 2016-17, needed help between the posts and, as it turns out, Blackpool's recent turmoil on and off the pitch led to some interesting contracts and clauses for some of their higher-paid players. The Tangerines were relegated to League Two in 2015-16 after a dismal season, finishing 22nd of 24 teams to mark a second successive campaign ending in the drop.
The League Two demotion triggered a clause in Doyle's contract whereby he'd be available for just £1. Apparently, he's not the only one with such an arrangement, though other names weren't available at this time.
And so he'll shuffle along to the Bantams, where he'll hope to keep them above his former club, and all without much of a fuss. Just a pound.
We wish Colin all the best.
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On July 13, the high speed Spanish Talgo train broke the record of India’s fastest train, the recently launched Gatiman Express, by achieving a maximum speed of 180 km per hour on the Mathura-Palwal stretch.
It covered the distance of 84 km, which normally takes about 90 minutes, in 38 minutes. The train had nine empty coaches hauled by a Varanasi-made 4,500-HP diesel engine.