{"id":20674,"date":"2022-06-10T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/10\/a-season-like-no-other-agent-carlo-goncalves-explains-how-the-qatar-world-cup-will-affect-transfer-windows\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T13:00:39","slug":"a-season-like-no-other-agent-carlo-goncalves-explains-how-the-qatar-world-cup-will-affect-transfer-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/10\/a-season-like-no-other-agent-carlo-goncalves-explains-how-the-qatar-world-cup-will-affect-transfer-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"A season like no other: Agent Carlo Goncalves explains how the Qatar World Cup will affect transfer windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in its history, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place in the winter rather than the summer, due to its host nation Qatar being too hot during the summer months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">16 years ago today, Philipp Lahm let it fly six minutes into the opening of the 2006 World Cup ?<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FIFAWorldCup<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFrhrpDaBv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fFrhrpDaBv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1534864294466183169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has changed plans dramatically. The Premier League season will start a week earlier, on August 6th, but will take a 6-week break for the tournament, with the final game taking place on 13th November, and resuming again on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p>The English top-flight will then end a week later than 21\/22, with the final game on May 28th, and the Champions League final due to take place on Saturday 10th June.<\/p>\n<p>An elongated season, with extra games and the potential for burnout towards the end of the campaign, could well change the dynamic of the transfer windows, both summer and winter.\u00a0<strong>101\u00a0<\/strong>sat down with football agent Carlo Goncalves to find out how it could differ, and just how the World Cup could play a role.<\/p>\n<h2>All change, or business as usual?<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the tournament taking place midway through the season, Goncalves does not, for the most part, expect a drastic change in the way that clubs approach the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018It will always affect it, because it\u2019s the first time ever that the world cup will be played in the winter\u2019, Goncalves claimed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018But I don\u2019t think it will change too much, to be honest, I think the clubs will do the same thing and keep doing most of the transfers in the summer window and then some adjustments in January.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Of course, we don\u2019t know how the players will be after the World Cup \u2013 whether there are injuries or anything that will force clubs to return to the transfer market. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if not, I think the transfers will be more or less the same.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those of a Manchester United or England persuasion will of course be aware of just how damaging a summer move can have on a player\u2019s international hopes- Jadon Sancho made the switch to Old Trafford from Borussia Dortmund, where he was excelling.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1573200\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1573200\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1573200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"A season like no other: Agent Carlo Goncalves explains how the Qatar World Cup will affect transfer windows\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-2048x1424.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-110x76.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1344742607-910x633.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1573200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jadon Sancho has found his England spot the price for his Manchester United summer switch. (Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, poor form at Manchester United saw him dropped from the England set-up, and even a spark of form in the months since has not seen him enter Gareth Southgate\u2019s consideration. As it stands, he seems likely to miss out on the World Cup squad in November too.<\/p>\n<p>And, while that may serve as an example to some, Goncalves feels as though that will be a minority, rather than the rule.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Most of the national coaches have already drawn up their squads in their mind, and I don\u2019t think a player not performing for one or two months will make the difference over their selection\u2019, he suggested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018I don\u2019t think that they will think about the impact of the transfer immediately\u2019, he added. \u2018I think that if they have the chance to go to a better club, to have minutes and to play with a better salary, I think that they will do it without thinking too much about the World Cup\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>January to be as normal?<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about potential movers in January beyond clubs looking for potential injury cover, Goncalves was quick to claim that he had not planned, nor was he anticipating, a particularly busy winter window despite the elongated season.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not expecting a big transfer Window in January, I\u2019m expecting all this to happen during the summer as normal\u2019.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018With some cases it will [busier] be but most of the clubs know exactly which players they are scouting and which players they want\u2019, he revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This, he added, was in part due to the lack of credible alternative destinations for players, with other leagues that traditionally finance the winter window now severely limited.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The January market has lost impetus\u2019, Goncalves explained. \u2018The Chinese League, which was an important market for January, has stopped. The MLS is not doing as many transfers, even Russia is now out of the market for a period. So I think movement will increase but not too much\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What about hidden gems?<\/h2>\n<p>Often, a World Cup has thrown up players immediately destined for great things and big moves in the aftermath. 2010 saw Mesut Ozil burst onto the scene, and 2014 will long be remembered as the tournament that James Rodriguez shot to stardom.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On this day in 2014, James Rodr\u00edguez produced this stunning volley. ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CIq792qG3b\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CIq792qG3b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 90min (@90min_Football) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/90min_Football\/status\/1277180222555803649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>More recent tournaments have seen the likes of Denzel Dumfries and Manuel Locatelli both get moves following impressive showings at Euro2020. It is becoming increasingly hard to do that, however, with modern scouting as thorough as it is.<\/p>\n<p>And, Goncalves gave the impression that seeing more examples of this will be unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It might happen with one or two players, but to be honest I think all the clubs know exactly which players they are following, which players they want, which players adapt to their squad and I think it\u2019s a question of anticipating\u2019, he told 101.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Of course, if you have doubts over a player and he performs well at the World Cup, you might want to do the deal immediately, but there is no player that will be at the World Cup that clubs don\u2019t know about so they are already preparing the value of the players\u2019, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, despite all the changes in format for the season, it seems that the transfer market may remains the same.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/fridays-transfer-rumours-rashford-martinez-kimpembe-botman-antony-more\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Friday\u2019s transfer rumours: Rashford, Martinez, Kimpembe, Botman, Antony &amp; more<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/emerging-concerns-over-reece-james-future-as-real-madrid-man-city-set-sights-on-chelsea-defender\/\" rel=\"v:url\">\u2018Emerging concerns\u2019 over Reece James\u2019 future as Real Madrid &amp; Man City set sights on Chelsea defender<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 For the first time in its history, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place in the winter rather than the summer, due to its host nation Qatar being too hot during the summer months. 16 years ago today, Philipp Lahm let it fly six minutes into the opening of the 2006 World Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}