Italian Co-Ownership

Can someone please explain this system to me? Its very confusing, any help appreciated

I am not entirely sure but here goes.

1. Another team must have a bid accepted by both clubs involved in the co-ownership if the player is being sold to a different club.

2. Both clubs own 50%. He plays for one club only and the deal lasts for 2 years.

3. At any time either club can make a bid for the player. Then the other club must make a bid. The one who makes the higher bid get's total ownership of the player.

4. At the end of 2 years if the co-ownership is still in progress then both clubs must make an offer and point 3 above applies.

That is all I know on them and am not 100% certain that I am fully right but it does work something like that. Someone else may be able to confirm it.

italian teams can buy other italians teams player on co-ownership like AC Milan could buy Aquallani from Roma on co-ownership (very unlikely) for 13mil for 2years you get the option how many years and he will then play for AC Mialn for them 2 years and at the end of the 2 years both teams have the choice to buy him and the highest bidder gets him permanently Hope This Helps!

Basically, you can "own" 50% of players' rights in Italy.

If Player A is owned by Team B, and Team C offers to co-own Player A, then they bid for roughly 50% of the player's value (usually higher), and then they get 50% of the rights. Player A stays with Team B.

You can buy these partial rights - Team D could attempt to buy Team B's 50% rights or Team C's 50% rights in the same way.

In order to fully own the player, Team D must buy both Team B and Team C's 50% shares to get 100% of Player A. Team B and Team C, of course, are free to bid for the other 50% at any time.

At the end of the season, a blind auction can be conducted. This is an auction between the two co-owners putting in bids to the Italian FA, neither side knowing what the other's bid is, for the full 100% of the player. The highest bidder wins the rights. This blind auction can be postponed for 2 years, in which a blind auction must be conducted.

What is it useful for? Promising youngsters. If you get 50% of their rights, you will get at least 50% of their future transfer value if the player moves for a good price, but you don't have to buy the whole player so the cost is less. You also get to negotiate this 50% seperately, so you can sabotage moves (say you don't want Player A to move to your rival). You also get the chance to get a promising youngster later through the blind auction. Lastly, but probably not exhaustively, if you co-own a player at a lower tier, and you're fairly sure of being able to win the blind auction (i.e. that other team is financially insecure while you're Milan), it works like a loan. For that lower tier team, it also works as a fairly good way of getting short-term revenue, although at the expense of your promising youngsters - weigh the risks when you do this.

Thank you all for your response, very helpful. Less confused now!

Another note is that if both teams bid identical amounts in the auction, the player stays with the club he has been playing for