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More info?)
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:21:07 -0000, "John E" <La-la-land@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>"Steve H" <vj531@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:32r0ieF3q6dl5U1@individual.net...
>> Can someone help with explaining "contract not protected"
>
>After a certain period of time (3 years I think) after a contract has been
>signed, anyone can negotiate a contract with the player and the player's
>club can't do anything about it. If the player agrees a contract then a fee
>is decided by a tribunal and the purchasing club has to pay the selling club
>this fee in order to sign the player.
>
That's correct. If a player is under 28 when he signs the new
contract, then it's protected for 3 years. If he's over 28 it's
protected for 2 years.
-Nick