Quote Originally Posted by steve davies View Post
The original contract between the club and sala was rejected by the premier league as sala had insisted on the signing on fee in one payment to which the club had agreed. EPL rules allow that a signing on fee must be paid across the length of a contract so in salas case a 3 year contract meant 3 seperate annual payments.
That's interesting, Steve. I wonder if the contract would have been considered fine in France? It seems odd (to me at least) that a British club would consider a transfer null and void simply because the contract they had produced had been deemed unacceptable under their own league's rules. It sounds very one-sided if those are the only grounds for appeal. I'd have thought the transfer itself would be a separate issue to the player's contract, but it's all guesswork on my part of course.