retired_hollymolly

In real life Javier Mascherano is on loan from West Ham to Liverpool on an 18 month loan. On FM08, he is fully contacted to Liverpool. I know he is still a West Ham player because I have heard that Liverpool want to buy Mascherano for 18mil in the Jan transfer window. Any thoughts?

May66

Is he not on loan from some agency like Tevez? West ham aren't entitled to any of the Mascerano transfer fee as far as I understand it.

retired_halfshell69

He is not a west ham player at all.
He is on loan from the company owned by kia jorbachim (i forget the name MSI maybe?) who own his sporting rights.
Or at least that is my understanding of the situation.

firefighterhilf

Although he is technically on loan I don't think he has anything to do with West Ham anymore but is in fact owened by the same company that Man Utd had all the hassle with when getting Tevez.

But I'm pretty sure you're correct in the fact that Liverpool don't currently own him outright.

retired_hollymolly

thanks guys, but it still doesn't say he is co-owned. Many of the Italien players say they are co-owned.

retired_denis

Mascherano is owned by MSI who are loaning him to Liverpool for something like 5 mil a season with the option of purchasing outright for 17 mil. Much the same as Tevez at Man Utd, which i think is a 30 mil outright to purchase him. SO when the 'loans' finish unless Liverpool and Man Utd purchase the players, MSI can tout them to other clubs.

retired_halfshell69

Yeah SI have done the same with tevez, it just says he's a man utd player, when utd still have a lot to pay for him. Yet another SI shortcut

retired_denis

I think because of the unusual nature of the deal, i.e. there are probably only a handfull of deals like it in the world it is difficult for SI to implement it correctly, especially as i think FIFA are currently looking into reviewing the laws surrounding 3rd party ownership.

retired_mssa007

As MSI is not a team, it's pretty difficult to put them into the game. West Ham have nothing to do with Mascherano now. If he were to leave Liverpool, MSI would just set him up with another club until they got what they want for him, which seems to be around £15m.

retired_ciccu

SI Shortcut?

don't talk bloody rubbish. How the frig do you expect them to implement something like these deals? and really, what difference does it make to the game?

some people.