The football transfer market could face changes because of coronavirus

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Football could face a historical change in the market because of the coronavirus. EFE

The end of the competitions is in the air and, if it happens, it will leave very little room for transfers between the end of one league and the beginning of the next.

Among the many variations that the coronavirus is causing, world football could face one that has not yet been fully considered.

Depending on whether competitions successfully come to an end or not, the pandemic will affect the next campaign, with the dates for the next season still to be determined.

The clubs are still in favour of finishing the championship and, based on the latest UEFA data, there could be matches well into the summer.

All this will have an inevitable impact on the transfer market, which usually has very well-defined dates that are now up in the air.

Many clubs have requested that the market open soon and not be completed until the end of the year. Renewals, transfers at zero cost and exchanges still have to be dealt with and will become even more of a priority now that clubs will be needing revenue to deal with the economic crisis.

Several sources point out that the bigger clubs would prefer it if the market lasted longer, to have more margin to face operations with imagination, while the small ones want the dates that have always existed to be maintained.

It seems unimaginable, but if no changes are announced, players who have not yet renewed their contract will end the season at another club after having left at no cost on June 30th.

A lot of unanswered questions still remain, and marketing, another one of football's economic engines, is also being mortally wounded by the situation.