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Why did the transfer not happen?
Because Real Madrid failed to register David de Gea with the Spanish football League (LFP) before Spain’s midnight transfer deadline.
Were Manchester United in anyway to blame?
Their responsibility was to register the transfer with FIFA’s Transfer Matching System (TMS) which they did.
How does TMS work?
United would have logged in on Monday night, put their password in, and then filled out the on-screen form answering questions such as 'Are you the buying club or selling club?' 'Name of player?' 'Name of agent?' 'Fee?' Etc. At the same time Real Madrid should have been doing the same. If the two independent registrations of the deal match then both parties get a message: ‘This transfer has been registered with Fifa’.
And did this happen in time?
Madrid say they received paperwork at 11.59pm and that they have proof of this. In theory there is no exchange of paperwork so presumably they mean that at 11.59pm both clubs had registered the deal and FIFA had confirmed it. The transfer was done.
So if the transfer was done before the deadline time of the country of the buying club then surely De Gea is a Real Madrid player and Navas is a Manchester United player?
No, because Real Madrid then needed to register the player with the league and they did this at 12.28am – 28 minutes after deadline.
Can Real Madrid wangle this? Will the LFP not give them special dispensation?
Madrid are trying to claim that because they have proof that the transfer had taken place before midnight they have effectively met the deadline. But the rule is clear – the player must be registered with the league before midnight. The precedents say there will be no wriggle-room on this. Real Madrid tried to sign Guilherme Siqueira and sell Fabio Coentrao to Manchester United in September 2013 and the deal was not done in time. And Levante tried to take Bryan Ruiz on loan from Fulham in January of this year but the paperwork arrived a minute after midnight at the LFP offices and so the deal never happened despite Levante’s attempts to get Fifa to over-rule the LFP.
What now?
We wait for the LFP to issue a statement. Either they will give in and bend their regulations or they will say ‘Sorry rules are rules’.
Could Keylor Navas in theory still go to United? After all the transfer was registered in time. And Navas didn’t need to be registered with the LFP?
Now you’re just being mischievous. And the answer is no. The two transfers would have been drafted in such a way that the failure of either club to properly register the player would make the deal null and void. So unless the LFP give in, it’s all off.
Why did the transfer not happen?
Because Real Madrid failed to register David de Gea with the Spanish football League (LFP) before Spain’s midnight transfer deadline.
Were Manchester United in anyway to blame?
Their responsibility was to register the transfer with FIFA’s Transfer Matching System (TMS) which they did.
How does TMS work?
United would have logged in on Monday night, put their password in, and then filled out the on-screen form answering questions such as 'Are you the buying club or selling club?' 'Name of player?' 'Name of agent?' 'Fee?' Etc. At the same time Real Madrid should have been doing the same. If the two independent registrations of the deal match then both parties get a message: ‘This transfer has been registered with Fifa’.
And did this happen in time?
Madrid say they received paperwork at 11.59pm and that they have proof of this. In theory there is no exchange of paperwork so presumably they mean that at 11.59pm both clubs had registered the deal and FIFA had confirmed it. The transfer was done.
So if the transfer was done before the deadline time of the country of the buying club then surely De Gea is a Real Madrid player and Navas is a Manchester United player?
No, because Real Madrid then needed to register the player with the league and they did this at 12.28am – 28 minutes after deadline.
Can Real Madrid wangle this? Will the LFP not give them special dispensation?
Madrid are trying to claim that because they have proof that the transfer had taken place before midnight they have effectively met the deadline. But the rule is clear – the player must be registered with the league before midnight. The precedents say there will be no wriggle-room on this. Real Madrid tried to sign Guilherme Siqueira and sell Fabio Coentrao to Manchester United in September 2013 and the deal was not done in time. And Levante tried to take Bryan Ruiz on loan from Fulham in January of this year but the paperwork arrived a minute after midnight at the LFP offices and so the deal never happened despite Levante’s attempts to get Fifa to over-rule the LFP.
What now?
We wait for the LFP to issue a statement. Either they will give in and bend their regulations or they will say ‘Sorry rules are rules’.
Could Keylor Navas in theory still go to United? After all the transfer was registered in time. And Navas didn’t need to be registered with the LFP?
Now you’re just being mischievous. And the answer is no. The two transfers would have been drafted in such a way that the failure of either club to properly register the player would make the deal null and void. So unless the LFP give in, it’s all off.
