The new Bosman?

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

This ruling could have implications for football transfers as significant as the Bosman one

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/04/fifas-transfer-rules-go-against-european-union-law-rules-eus-highest-court-lassana-diarra

[PhyllisStant]

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This ruling could have implications for football transfers as significant as the Bosman one

https://www.theguardian.com/football...lassana-diarra

The whole concept of 'buying' players is bonkers when you stop to think about it.

What if, in real life, Jones Motors had a top mechanic and Evans Garage wanted him. There would be no transfer fee he'd hand in his notice and bugger off. Or if he was on a fixed term contract compensation would be paid.

I'll never understand how football, and a few other sports, are such an exception.

[PontBlue]

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It'll be interesting to see how this affects transfers, I thought football had some form of exemption from some employment rules due to the fear the sport would collapse, clubs would go under and loads of people would end up out of work as a result if transfer fees were banned.

The initial complaint stemmed from someone having their contract terminated and then prevented from joining a new club which obviously can't be right. But the contract was terminated because the player was refusing to train and play so perhaps the player should owe the club in this scenario for breach of contract.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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It'll be interesting to see how this affects transfers, I thought football had some form of exemption from some employment rules due to the fear the sport would collapse, clubs would go under and loads of people would end up out of work as a result if transfer fees were banned.

The initial complaint stemmed from someone having their contract terminated and then prevented from joining a new club which obviously can't be right. But the contract was terminated because the player was refusing to train and play so perhaps the player should owe the club in this scenario for breach of contract.

Under EU law a player over the age of 24 can terminate his contract at any time by "paying it up" (as can any worker on a fixed term contract), the exemption for football under the freedom of movement rules is that this does not apply to players under 24 as this would unduly complicate and compromise the development of young players.
As you state this case is about a club terminating a players contract and then trying to prevent his employment elsewhere by effectively retaining his registration by refusing to complete the documentation to authorise transfer of registration between different international jurisdictions.

[PhyllisStant]

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Under EU law a player over the age of 24 can terminate his contract at any time by "paying it up" (as can any worker on a fixed term contract), the exemption for football under the freedom of movement rules is that this does not apply to players under 24 as this would unduly complicate and compromise the development of young players.
As you state this case is about a club terminating a players contract and then trying to prevent his employment elsewhere by effectively retaining his registration by refusing to complete the documentation to authorise transfer of registration between different international jurisdictions.

I'm not saying you're wrong but if that is the case how are there such huge transfer fees paid. Even for a player on 100k a week with 4 years left the 'pay up' amount is roughly £20m???

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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I'm not saying you're wrong but if that is the case how are there such huge transfer fees paid. Even for a player on 100k a week with 4 years left the 'pay up' amount is roughly £20m???

I would expect that the majority of players would not fancy the financial risk involved nor the "reputational" risk of exercising their rights in this sort of scenario.
Siopis was said to have bought his contract out to join Bulut's "project" in Cardiff, although AFAIK he only had six months or so left on his contract.

[bluesp]

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I’d love to see something done about the ridiculous amount of money that goes to agents. Absolute leeches bleeding the game dry.

[WJ99mobile]

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So without reading in detail what's the potential outcomes?

[light up the darkness]

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So without reading in detail what's the potential outcomes?

For us? Not much at all really