When football returns after the coronavirus lockdown, agent Vincenzo Morabito believes the transfer market will be transformed to “pre-Neymar levels.”
Clubs are scrambling to suspend pay for their players and balance the books, as calling the entire season to a halt for weeks due to the pandemic will inevitably hit their finances hard.
Agent Morabito expects this to have a long-lasting effect on the transfer market, particularly the huge figures that were being exchanged at the very top level.
When football returns after the coronavirus lockdown, agent Vincenzo Morabito believes the transfer market will be transformed to “pre-Neymar levels.”
Clubs are scrambling to suspend pay for their players and balance the books, as calling the entire season to a halt for weeks due to the pandemic will inevitably hit their finances hard.
Agent Morabito expects this to have a long-lasting effect on the transfer market, particularly the huge figures that were being exchanged at the very top level.
“The transfer market will go back to pre-Neymar levels, based above all on player exchanges, with the top stars remaining where they are,” Morabito told Radio Sportiva.
“I think Sergej Milinkovic-Savic would’ve left Lazio this summer, if not for the coronavirus.”
Neymar’s move to Paris Saint-Germain for his €222m release clause from Barcelona proved a turning point for fees in the summer of 2017.