The History of the Football Transfer System Explained

This video explains the history of the football transfer system.
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Transfers have become an integral part of the entertainment product that football is today. The excitement over the movement of players used to fill the back pages in the summer when domestic football had a break. Now, transfer gossip columns are updated on a daily basis.
While we are familiar with the processes that lead to a transfer today, the system has taken many different forms over the last century and a half.
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[@jonaht2145]

Since you brought up the Neymar transfer, I would’ve assumed you’d talk about the origins of buyout clauses, especially in Spain. I’d be interested in learning more about how those came about.

[@Liofa73]

Jonah Tauber --- What don't you understand about the phrase 'a brief history'?

[@jingzhouhua1697]

@@Liofa73 Whaddaya mean there's no such phrase anywhere.

[@GrahamKali]

@@jingzhouhua1697 my guy, the thumbnail

[@izzojunior]

Jonah Tauber very good question hope they address it in a future vid...

[@Flinstone_Edible]

Also since apparently in the French league clauses don't exist

[@Flinstone_Edible]

As an arsenal fan the transfer market is always the time to get hopes crushed

[@muhdahnaf7927]

I'm ok if there is somebody, maybe Sheikh or Russian oligarchs force Kroenke to sell your club to them

[@wilfredv1930]

LOL im not an arsenal fan, but I feel u

[@jaibeats]

Tbf we got laca and auba last few years it's gotten better

[@zeinfahmidwireskiwibawa4329]

@@jaibeats we also got mustafi so 😌

[@Ese96Agoaye]

Ah yes! The £40m +£1 scenario!

[@parth2302.]

Wow. Very informative. I figured the Bosman ruling had to be there, but I had no idea about the rest of the legislative changes that came before it. Brilliantly written.

[@Gustavovskiy]

I'd argue the power has shifted to the agents rather than the players. Those are the ones pulling the strings.

[@santiagocarreno5881]

You look like the mix of an ugly dwarf, a bald fuck and a pansexual hipster :I

[@firefox1234ize]

Player power = Agent power. Agents are simply representatives of players.

[@firefox1234ize]

@André Antunes do agents have an affect on players? Yes. However, agent’s powers come from player power. If player power was to diminish in some way that allowed clubs greater control of their players like in the pre-Bosman ruling era then agent power would also diminish.

[@immadebe6043]

@@santiagocarreno5881 Wha?

[@oslonorway547]

Bielsa studies your current players, the players you plan to buy next season, and your cooking staff.

[@teufelhunden8308]

What do you think about muslim migration

[@oslonorway547]

@@teufelhunden8308 Check the video on my ch9nn3l.

[@LivingInTheCornfield]

"Studies" odd way to spell spying but ok

[@carmeloanthony6424]

And wins fuck all.

[@antonydandrea]

I find it crazy that rules had to be made to allow players to basically not sign a new contract once it expired. Surely once a contract is over, they were always under no obligations to sign a new one.

[@Taeerom]

I assume they could not sign the new contract, but they would still be registered to their former club. Which means that they could not play football, at least in the same organization. I don't know if that means FIFA or the English FA. Maybe they could travel abroad for free once the contract is up, but I also don't think that was a thought crossing many English players mind to go to South America or USA. Alternatively they could start working wiht something else for the time their former club held their registration.

[@fbaallied]

Eaxtlty, I was like..."this sounds like slavery!!!"

[@86kickass]

In North American sports they mostly do trades where the whole contract gets traded and the player has no choice but to go unless they put a no trade clause in their contract or had been with the current team for 5 years

[@kibicfutbolu8718]

Very creative writing. I suggest you could do a video about Piast Gliwice, the sensational new champion of Poland. A similar story to Leicester when the team was fighting for relegation just a year previous. Love your channel and keep up the good work. 😊

[@my1mcfc]

That's what i waited for. Thanks. Very informative

[@johna5229]

I have been wanting to know this information for a long time now thank you!!!

[@trevorwilson9916]

Thanks for this. I didn’t know the history of the transfer market. Very cool!

[@FionnKirwan]

Fantastic work well impressed with the level of detail in your videos

[@marcgodfrey331]

Can u make a video on Zdenek Zeman and his influence in Italian football culture?

[@SalasDiana92]

Pure class tifo. You guys should have much more views and subs

[@melovesblues]

Currently there is too much power on the player side. It all depends on player being honest. Check the Robin Van Persie and his Fenerbahce deal. Besides the injury, he literally didnt bother to play. He didnt run, he didnt put an efford, he lied about being injured; He told the team that he has pain and injury and cant play, literally 2 days later in national team, he was performing bicycle kicks and giving interviews he is ready to be starting 11. Clubs not able to do anything even with such a disgraceful situation without paying huge amounts of money is just wrong.

[@NoobKing-lz2hb]

Nothing wrong with it

[@HAMID___]

You guys should make an updated video about Manchester City’s leaks

[@wimwoler]

It’s all just become false allegations at this point. Governing bodies can be sued for this

[@wadeyone12]

King of Class no it hasn't. The leaks are there to be seen. Action will be taking it's just a matter of when not if

[@HAMID___]

King of Class leaks can’t be false

[@stevenclark6209]

The leaks came from a German paper...

[@chaitanyagite2636]

Insightful.. Excellent information presented in crisp manner by Tifo Football.

[@michealflaithbheartaigh4139]

I'm loving the cameos of the 1987 title Winning Everton kit and old 1930's Everton badge .

[@magnuswallin3417]

Great upload! Let me know if you're considering doing a video about scholarships for Universities in USA and NCAA rules.

[@iprofessionalamateur]

Hey Tifo, I never made a request before but can u please speak about how some clubs have monopoly of the importing of players from developing countries.

[@stevenclark6209]

Like who and what countries..

[@turkmcturk5604]

i’m assuming wolves with portugal

[@shraeygangwar3966]

Maybe not monopoly regarding all of the clubs but just expertise...

[@jesuspinto9805]

Bayern with Germany, Poland, Austria...

[@islam7657]

@PSG_English and @ManCity just unsubscribed to your channel!

[@eljee102]

Why man city?

[@islam7657]

@@eljee102 because they are being investigated over financial fair play, duh!

[@purushothaman6698]

@@islam7657 Tottenham would have unsubscribed too because they are on the other side of the spectrum

[@islam7657]

@@purushothaman6698 Dude, how did I miss the self-inflicted transfer ban by Spurs!

[@Flinstone_Edible]

@@purushothaman6698 lol

[@Vazo999]

Great topic for a video

[@shaungavin5685]

Do a feature on Deportivo La Coruna - What happened to them?

[@sergiopiresbras830]

Fantastic description!!! Many congratulations! Is it possible to access the full text?

[@MrTroll-wr3kd]

My brain got so twisted by the layout of the newspaper @ 0:22 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. Great video as usual. Cheers!

[@dsg1992]

Could you please explain why?

[@MrTroll-wr3kd]

@@dsg1992 My brain thinks that the headline "double boost for seagulls" is the frontpage (page number 1). But my brain also thinks that if you want to get to a higher page number in the western world you have to fold a page from right to left. These statements contradict each other.

[@dsg1992]

@@MrTroll-wr3kd Ah, I see. Thank you!

[@danabc322]

It’s because the sports headlines are traditionally on the back page of papers.

[@sibusisoenockcebekhulu9318]

This video deserves 10 billion views, this is epic!! 🙆🏾‍♂️👏🏾

[@alexispadilla8217]

Great video AGAIN Tifo! Was wondering if you’d do a video on how the Mexican national team never performs when it comes to the World Cup. Otherwise known as the “5th game” curse in Mexico! Cheers.

[@lukemclellan2141]

Mexican players are not exposed to the highest quality opposition often enough, either at club or international level.

[@alexispadilla8217]

Luke McLellan yeah, there’s a lot more to it that you and I both don’t know. That’s why I asked, no luck though.

[@plol]

Should do a detailed profile of Jimmy Hill, is there a part of football as we know it today he didn't touch, what was discussed here, 3 points for a win, the modern pundit, abolition of maximum wage and success as a manager too

[@leandrometfan]

*Insert Bielsa joke here* I like how it become an instant channel meme

[@jg7088]

Great video talking about the history of transfers. Seems like they get discussed every single day in the news. Perhaps a less talked about topic for video purposes would be positional play?

[@officialmw2king]

You never covered the UEFA semi finals. I'm really interested to see the tactical breakdowns!

[@legendborntoday8403]

I hope in the future there will be a channel about tifo tennis 🎾 I love this channel 👍

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@Nauman Khan pfft Tennis has the most busiest schedule in all of sports.

[@melomay6185]

I wish this cane a couple months ago, could have used it for my dissertation.

[@fooaloysius7179]

Hi Tifo. Can you make a video about the tactical philosophy of the current Leeds manager?

[@johnd.hernandezrey8577]

They did, 4 maybe.

[@aymensnoussi9384]

can you please make a video on borussia dortmund finances ? it's so intresting as their mercato always is .

[@giraldogerm]

The Italian transfer system would be a very interesting video. With the now abolished co-ownership of players...

[@cleanproductions1262]

Who needs college classes when we have you guys!! Also u need to go in deeper in the transfer fees. I want to know how the buyout clause came about.

[@HailToTheVictor503]

A brief History of Max Allegri please! Juventus just let go a great manager, who never gets the credit he deserves, and it doesn't look like there will be many big clubs looking for a new manager. It will be a interesting summer for him. Any guesses where he ends up?

[@stevenclark6209]

He could get a job no problem but I was listening to gab Marcotte on ESPN .. he was saying he was going to take a break and he thinks he should learn better English and come back next year after a nice refreshing break...get a job in England or whoever offer's a contract cause plenty of clubs would love to have him..

[@lukemclellan2141]

Manchester United?

[@aldomeylano9278]

@@stevenclark6209 i kind of wish that allegri would coached arsenal but we'll see about it

[@stevenclark6209]

@@aldomeylano9278 Emery still has plenty of time at arsenal I know the fans are inpatient for them to be far better but Emery will get time..

[@aldomeylano9278]

@@stevenclark6209 fair point but yeah... Honestly, hope that Emery will learn from his mistakes but yeah. I'm kind of skeptical at best probably due to liverpool and spurs game

[@bhaalmindersingh5246]

Hi Tifo,can u make a video on scouting devolopement of manchester united as i have doubt of their obligations and role on thier jobs.

[@subbed2xcal]

great work again boys and girls

[@deadboygaming_]

They can make a movie about some of these situations I would watch

[@OberonStudios]

Thanks Tifo, Danny Blanchflower.

[@RudyKing91]

The Transfer System was influenced by Bielsa

[@Lufc-cd9tg]

Ahaha yes lad

[@rodrigobarenco]

You should make a video about the "pele law" that made ease to players leave braziliam clubs and brought a larger lost of talent to the national league.

[@niazgulhazarboz9043]

Tifo uploads a video *Me likes it before watching* *The trust is real *

[@chalmersa675]

Ok

[@herrhamster3542]

What were the rules about foreign players on the starting line up, before the Bosman law was applied? I read about the 3+2 rule on a forum but wasn't very clear.

[@tab7madeup]

Max of 3 on a starting 11 for every club

[@luke3949]

Okay but this has nothing to do with Bielsa?

[@surajit0000]

Please make a video on Agents like Mino Raiola..

[@santiagocarreno5881]

You look like if Milhouse Van Houten was Indian and extremely gay

[@generalgrievous9947]

Do you guys have a vid on whatever the heck is going on with the Europa league final

[@Jfieldsend94]

I don't get how the Neymar situation in particular shows a move towards player power. He had a buyout clause which was agreed by the club so it's not like he forced himself out. Even Neymar himself kind of shows the opposite considering this summer he went to brazil and tried to force himself back to Barca but ended up sticking at the club after a while. Though other examples like with koscielny would show that he forced himself out.

[@amfitness5598]

Please do a video analysis on the effects of a possible salary cap in the PL at some point. it works great in the NFL and it promotes parody while forcing teams to develop their own talent first and foremost while only singing FA players to fill in the gaps.

[@justme-hh4vp]

The NFL doesn't have any other competing leagues. I think the salary cap would only work if it was UEFA wide. Otherwise the best players would go and play elsewhere in Europe (or China).

[@asifshahriar4503]

i believe Bale has a clause in any contract that says the club will supply him unlimited golf accessories

[@CompagnoPietro]

We need to reintroduce salary and transfer caps.

[@the_one_the_only4651]

Watching transfer Deadline day is better than watching the FA Cup final (even in January) ; )

[@Veaseify]

You could have mentioned that pretty much all transfers are paid in installments, this explains how teams get around financial fair play rules by spreading out payments over several financial years. It also explains why Sunderland were still shelling out 7 million quid for Lamina Kone 3 years after they 'bought' him.....while in League One :)

[@topman8565]

Well how does it balance really because then they'll just buy the players the same

[@Veaseify]

@@topman8565 If financial fair play worked properly PSG could not have bought Mbappe for 165 million and Neymar for 220 million in successive years because they are supposed to break even over a 3 year period, but because the payments are spread over 4-5 years they can find ways to match the expenditure...

[@topman8565]

@@Veaseify but yes successive transfer over the period the smaller payments will add up to equal

[@Veaseify]

@@topman8565 Yes the fee is the same but it isn't all paid at once for accounting reasons - look up the TIFO video on player amortisation for an explanantion.

[@topman8565]

@@Veaseify yes bbutlong term ampristan will overlap and be useless maybe if they're planning on slowing down or see alot of growth from the move then yes otherwise its stupid

[@vincejet]

I have a question though- in the case where players are acquired by activating their buyout clause (like in the case of Neymar), does the player have the right of refusal to transfer? To what extent does the decision by current club or player to leave or stay affect the completion of the transfer?

[@davideacquafresca5503]

Vincejet Ejera if they reject the contract they technically refuse

[@vincejet]

@@davideacquafresca5503 so my understanding is that unless both the player and the club agree, there would be no transfer, even with the activation of the buyout clause? I have had a few people telling me Neymar didn't have a choice.

[@sumerrana6805]

If a player isn't allowed to leave when he wants then it's not football it's slavery

[@darkleader5962]

Problem at 4:30 , dates are mucked up

[@thomson4678]

It’s not 1959 was the contract 1960 was the move

[@ColeITrain]

Isn’t the neymar deal a separate point to the one you’re trying to insinuate? He had a release clause in his contract, which compelled Barca to accept the bid and enabled Neymar to make the ultimate choice as to whether he stayed or left. Barca set this buyout fee, surely on the basis that they deemed that to be an appropriate value for his services. How is that Neymar having too much power?

[@yourdadhasadogfilter2505]

Whatever people think of the post Bosman era, it sounds very dodgy that you couldn't just walk away after your contract expired

[@syteanric1868]

All it will take is 1 player to challenge the Transfer Window (under restriction of movement) and they'll drop it in a flash

[@RickyMcSpanish]

What about the webster ruling?

[@2in1soccer]

So what’s the deal about the club where the players grew up? How do these small clubs get compensated when their former player is bought by bigger clubs for large amounts of money.

[@theskankingpigeon965]

Do you mean sell-on clauses? Sometimes the smaller clubs that find and develop a talented player will write a 'sell-on' clause into the transfer contract, so that the smaller clubs get some percentage of the next sale of the player, expecting that an even bigger club will one day want to buy the player. Clubs tend to do this when they think they have found a player with world class potential. It's a sort of compensation from losing out on a massive transfer fee when their good youth players are lured away before they've developed into world class players. An example would be Southampton selling Gareth Bale to Spurs with a 'sell-on' clause - when Real Madrid eventually bought Bale, a small part of that transfer fee went to Southampton.

[@2in1soccer]

@@theskankingpigeon965 This is good to know. But then again, if Gareth Bale for example, played for a Sunday League team until 11; that team never gets anything?

[@alexism1635]

@@2in1soccer Sunday league teams don't have official transfer contracts do they? Because thats what they would need to get any money. And then they wouldn't be a sunday league team anymore..

[@diogomelo7897]

In brazil at leats, the clubs that formed the players have a right to 5% on any time he gets transfered to another team, but hte clubs must meet some conditions to get the certificate of forming clubs, but I think this happens in other countries too. Sometimes the clubs also keeps part of the players economical rights, like if Southampton sold Bale to Spurs, but kept 20% of his economical rights and then Real Madrid pays his buy-out clause of $100 million, so Southhampton will receive $20 million for this transfers, but this is only valid while his contract is "active". In this case, Spurs could also had bought Southampton 20% before selling, so they could receive all the money on a transfer

[@christophermotte7532]

I'm assuming the shirtless guy with the bottle up to his mouth is George Best.

[@inquisitive871]

I love club football.

[@zacwoods]

I think a salary cap should be in place for clubs in certain leagues that the balance of power in leagues such as Bundesliga and Ligue 1 can spread the talent out and be more competitive overall lessening the need for a Super League in the future. Also off topic but im gonna say it: Cristiano Ronaldo shouldve stayed in Manchester. And plenty of other stars like that should stay with the original top clubs that gave them a chance to shine. I strongly dislike when superstar footballers leave their clubs to just create super teams. We get enough of that over here in American sports I dont need my football to be tainted as well!

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

A wage Cap wouldn't be good for football. A person wages shouldn't be limited by one arbitrary limit tbh. And CR7 didn't go to Madrid to form a 'superteam' he left United because it was his dream to play for Madrid and felt like he achieved everything at United

[@zacwoods]

RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 limiting the cap ensures fair play for every team. Its not limiting a players salary, its limiting a team’s salary. So like a team cant spend over $1,000,000 in wages or something along those lines. Players can continue to ask for $150,000+ wage per week but it will have a effect on how many other players of that caliber can be on the same squad due to my idea of a salary cap being in place. Leagues like Ligue 1 and Bundesliga are a complete joke because all the talent leaves for bigger leagues due to domestic competition being dominated by 2-3 clubs every single season and those teams are usually filled to the brim with talent already so there is no room for a youngster to actually stay and compete for Champions League glory leading them to leave which is sad.

[@Mad_Intalect]

@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 Nah it would actually work, but it has to be implemented correctly, now pretty much seven-ish clubs with prestige, money and a secure worldwide fan-base (City, Bayern, Juve, Madrid, Barca and PSG being the main ones) can keep poaching talent from other clubs which keeps them from growing. Young upcoming footballers are also 'bandwagoners,' no loyalty to local teams anymore. The days of a club like Red Star, Steau, PSV, or even a Nottingham Forest having world class players and competing in Europe are well and truly over. This season was an anomaly, and Ajax (a club with prestige even) will be gutted in the summer smh.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@Mad_Intalect they competed at the time because they were the best team in their respective countries at their time not because of equality and spread of talent. Football is a sport where naturally the best players will migrate towards the best team it's never been a fair sport imo

[@englishmastiff542]

Many people slate City's spending but look at City's transfer policy now. Example United want £105m rated João Felix and are willing to pay his release clause, against City's signings roughly same price market value Leroy Sane £37m, Bernardo Silva £43m, Gabriel Jesus £27m total £107m.

[@vihaankulkarni9109]

£107m for Joao Felix is prepostrous

[@ryuk3950]

So....it's not Bielsa week hmmmmm

[@Flinstone_Edible]

Spying wasn't enough lol

[@SuperSirianRigel]

It's gotten out of hand with all of the ridiculous fees and wages in football these days. Why is it people that don't really do anything super important get paid so much? Meanwhile people that like, firefighters, policemen, and soldiers get paid so little in comparison... These people in these professions can die at anytime and deserve to get paid more than people who can kick a ball into a net. It's sad really.

[@WillArb95]

AdamNetherton makes perfectly logical sense in a capitalist economy, whether you believe it to be ethical or not. You get paid what the market seems you are worth. There aren’t billion dollar industries behind policemen and firefighters...

[@SuperSirianRigel]

@@WillArb95 Yeah. Capitalism says entertainment is worth more than people's lives. I don't see that being okay really. But I'm not in charge of the way people think and how everything works so I guess it's just how it's going to be. People rather be entertained than care about each other.

[@jeeersh]

something something something Bielsa

[@GuinessOriginal]

Well, Kane wants to leave but levy is holding him hostage

[@Ese96Agoaye]

With Brexit looming, how will that affect player movement?

[@DarkshadeMusic]

Simple: Work permit. Other EU players transfered into the UK will need work permit to be able to play. Obviously there are other footballing implications, but this is what it narrows down to majorly in my opinion.

[@izzojunior]

Eric Mbogu 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@gordusmaximus4990]

Its the same way that non EU players get (Ukranians, Russians, Brazillians, Argentinians etc).

[@MurrayC_11]

What is the Webster Rule

[@Taeerom]

I like the Bielsa cameo.

[@sloppyy]

EPL team revenues aren't that far off NFL team revenues so i don't understand the distinction between the two business models except as some sort of unnecessary gotcha toward the US

[@javidproductions9353]

The EPL has promotion and relegation the NFL doesn't. The NFL also has a monopoly on their sport so have way more bargaining power. All this means lower spending and more stable income for NFL franchises compared to EPL clubs. NFL franchises can exist while making a profit, EPL clubs are basically all vanity projects that the owner makes a loss off.

[@Truthseeker450]

a video on possible a Allegri's United?

[@Tamermadinah]

Real Madrid champions of the transfer system.

[@stevenclark6209]

Neymars transfer has really fucked up the prices big time.. average player's going for £60m it's madness...

[@electricbassist]

Please do a video on why Aaron Ramsey left Arsenal for Juventus for free.

[@justme-hh4vp]

Arsenal didn't offer a new contract/couldn't agree terms for an extension, so he was free to leave. As there was no transfer fee involved, he could negotiate a big salary as any club were already saving 10s of millions by not having to pay Arsenal for him. Arsenal managed to swap Sanchez for Mkhitaryan with six months to go to avoid that situation.

[@badmanno.1650]

A law should be passed for a transfer fee not to exceed 100m .... This is madness now

[@devynclaybrooks5338]

Can you do a video on how colonialism has effected football? Like Brazilian players frequently going to Portugal, Hispanic players in Spain, many black English players having Nigerian/ Jamaican roots and Frances World Cup team? Thanks

[@tab7madeup]

You mean naturalization ?

[@LeeDixon2]

Would Brexit have any implications for the transfer system within the British leagues? For example, limits on the number players born outside the league's nation, or the reversing of the Bosman ruling, if Britain could rewrite their laws?

[@VirgilValentinenWo]

Judge WHAT?

[@Reck]

Remember Man City got caught paying there players too much and were fined and Man Utd took all there better players for next to nothing. Was a looong time ago but, City being caught doing naughty financial things is rather topical.

[@zanamandaza]

How would Brexit affect the transfer system in future?

[@michaelanderson9168]

In theory Article 39 would no longer apply to the UK so the Bosman law could be reverted. This depends on what labour laws the UK government decides to retain from the EU though.

[@Ben_PN]

Remember when player agent used to be a side job?

[@ralfrudi3963]

Well it usually was a family member often wifes or later own parents or siblings. The same concept is still in play for some players though.

[@sriramkarthik8568]

Why are players so adamant on increasing their wage deals when they already earn so much? Case in point: Pogba, Sanchez etc

[@sbellaharris]

It's a focken contract, all parties respect the terms of the contracts.

[@RollOnToVictory]

Why transfers and not trades?

[@TheRedSphinx]

Because there are no salary caps, and no limit to how many players you can have under contract. If a rich club wants a player, they'll just buy him, without trading or selling any of their current players.

[@faizolmai5844]

How comes players in Spain have to pay their own buyout clause ?

[@ralfrudi3963]

They dont? The clubs they are moving to usually do it. If you are talking about the thing with neymar where he "payed his own buyout clause" was a move to avoid ffp or atleast try to. The guys at PSG named him as a representative of the world cup at katar (as they are the same people) and payed him for that "work". This way the club wasnt involved in that signing or atleast that was the idea.

[@faizolmai5844]

Ralf Rudi it’s cause kepa had to pay his own release clause in order to join Chelsea

[@elcochiloco1456]

I hate how players sign big time contracts only to want out for a year. I understand you wanna get paid but don’t try to break your contract and still get paid.

[@teufelhunden8308]

Contracts are made to be broken.

[@elcochiloco1456]

I understand that. But I mean when players sign a deal an a year later they want to force a move out by not coming to training and basically trying to hold the team hostage. Now if I was a club looking for a player and I saw he did that. Why would I sign him knowing he can do the same to me?

[@teufelhunden8308]

You’re assuming humans are inherently bad. Sometimes things just don’t work out. We move on.

[@AlanHernandez-jn2mp]

First

[@tshepo1799]

Well that just sounds like Slavery with extra steps

[@andrewsylvia7774]

no relegation in any US sport.

[@tab7madeup]

That's why they have draft system

[@shanewright2772]

Has it ever been the case that a club could transfer a player without him having requested a transfer, or him having agreed a pre-transfer deal with the new club? By way of example - Imagine a scene amongst the dark satanic mills of Yorkshire in 1927.: Bradford City tell their star player: "Eh-o Sonny Jim, them at 'uddersfield offa wee umpteen o' brass for you, so pack thy bags, son, Thas off teur t' gurt city. Thas on thy own for brass. Av fun i' 'uddersfield" and the player's like : "Thas jokin! Theur daft dingy! Thas orl a'' sixes'n'sevens! Ah won't doa it. and the chairman says "Tough jouce, sonny jim - that's 'a we doa things i' 1920's Yorksha!" So he toddles off to Huddersfield town (unfortunately Herbert Chapman has left but they are still a top side) and has to negotiate with their chairman, who is an even more stereotypical 1920's Yorkshire man, for a wage. "Ah wor earnin 30 bob eur week a' Bradf'd, sa ahl tek t' sem ta laik for theur." "30 bob? luxury! when ah wor young ah used ta li' i' shoobox i' middle o' ruwad....." "don' be takin' uz for a croggy down the ginnie" "Lad, where there's muck there's brass" "Ah reckon nowt ter that, sir" "Quit yer mithering - tha'll get a clip rahnd lug'oil! Ahm gettin' right mardy w' thee" "Aye, does thee av t' contract? Wang it o'er. Can ah av extreur brass for scorin goals?" "If tha's 'ad beef dripping for dinner tha's not 'avin' a chippy tea. Besides, thas t' goalie" "That's a threp in't steans, bain't it? Still, theear theur av it." (signs contract for 2 quid a week) "Eeh by gum! I'm 'appy as a pig in mook. I'm chuffed t'bits , that's right champion, lad. Put wood in 'ole on thy waoy oot" Chairman (to himself). Ay, it's true. There's nowt as queer a folk.

[@GigglyWalrus]

Interesting how many cite the Bosman ruling as 'the end of football". Yes it hurts clubs who are less monied, but it vastly improves player rights in what is an already short career. I think it was a necessary change

[@tab7madeup]

Wasn't necessarily for the better

[@oldhauntedbat424]

i just hope neymar knows he’s ruined football

[@ananthakrishnanj7013]

I dont see how neymar deal is a disrespect to this system He could hav gone to PSG for free but he signed which had a RC that was 2 times the current transfer record then left.... hows that disrespectful?

[@joshwhittonmusic2381]

Brexiteers wont like to hear this lol

[@timrthoward7007]

I hate this voice over voice 😖😖😖