The 2020-21 winter transfer market has ended without any "blockbuster" deals taking place. Not in the numbers on the transfer table, what is noticed is the numbers on the debt collection invoices of the teams. From big teams to small clubs, the COVID-19 black ball has not let anyone go.
COVID-19 has caused financial problems for football teams over the past year and now there are still no signs of improvement. Liverpool are so lacking in players, but the result of the huge buying and selling rumors is just the "unknown" contracts at the last minute from the Premier League or the Bundesliga bottom team. Barcelona is in crisis, no one is looking after it, no one is buying, no one is selling because it is expensive and there is no money to buy when Messi's debt collection invoice is still hanging on the rooftop of Nou Camp.
Kylian Mbappe - the most sought-after star in the Premier League this season has said he will leave PSG to find a new destination. The French striker probably did not expect COVID-19 to cover the ball for so long, making the 180 million euros he has for unreasonable for any rich club. Mbappe is being rumored to be staying to continue to nurture his Champions League dream with Neymar because he does not know where to go at the moment.
The player transfer market for more than a month and possibly for the whole summer has been likened to an afternoon market, where "exhausted" items are pushed out at surprisingly cheap prices, both selling and giving. "A piece of food when hungry is worth a package when full", at that time, you can save up a sum of money or something. In addition to being able to tie up their belts and belly, the ability to do sophistication and handle "inventory" is given top priority.
No one wants to be sued by their own star for money just because they cannot pay the players, like the case of Messi with Barcelona right now.
