Credit insurance facilitates financing of transfer debts, says Nicolas Blanc of Sport Value

"During a transfer (credit insurance in football) is, for a selling club, coverage for the risk that the buying club can not meet its commitments, concerning the date and/or the amount of payment(s)," stated Nicolas Blanc, a founding partner of Sport Value Credit Management (SVCM), in an interview with News Tank on 10/06/2014. "Thanks to this insurance, it's easier to finance the debts that come out of transfer contracts."

SVCM was founded in December 2012. The company analyses the ability of the buying club to meet its commitments and connects the selling club with a credit insurer, which offers insurance on the debt, and with a financial institution, which finances the debt. SVCM is part of Sport Value, a consulting firm specialising in the sports sector that was founded by Nicolas Blanc in 2005.

SVCM rates clubs using over 250 key indicators in its FIRST software (Football Innovative Rating by Scoring Tool).

"We used the methods of conventional rating agencies; namely, identifying the broader and then the specific indicators with rigorously scientific rating methods," said Blanc…