Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici agrees more swap deals will come out of the COVID-19 outbreak, bringing football “closer to the NBA”.
Cashflow is proving a serious issue for clubs as the football season remains on pause, and Paratici – like Inter rival Beppe Marotta – expects coronavirus to take its toll on transfer fees.
“There will be many swap deals, a situation that will bring football closer to the NBA,” he told Tuttosport.
Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici agrees more swap deals will come out of the COVID-19 outbreak, bringing football “closer to the NBA”.
Cashflow is proving a serious issue for clubs as the football season remains on pause, and Paratici – like Inter rival Beppe Marotta – expects coronavirus to take its toll on transfer fees.
“There will be many swap deals, a situation that will bring football closer to the NBA,” he told Tuttosport.
“It’s likely that some clubs, for example those in Germany, can benefit from this general crisis situation through [Germany] having a more stable underlying economy than the others.”
There are no transfer fees in NBA, with its players moving through trades or as free agents.