Tam wrote:Claudius wrote:If we contract the money, then St. Etienne can plan around it. That’s probably part of why we agreed what feels a rich figure. It would be odd to pay a large amount up front before receiving a good or a service. There are very few markets where I’ve seen this done. You’d typically pay a small deposit to show you’re good for your contract. And then the seller can use the contract with financiers to raise capital. The big fee could effectively pay for any interest that St Etienne has to face. We stretch money for both clubs in the process
That sounds like a number of huge jumps you’re making there, applying standard business principles to a very much non-standard market.
In any case, no matter how much it is, the cash we have to put up will certainly impact what we have to spend elsewhere this summer.
See this link that Steak shared. What is so non-standard about this market?