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The normal scenario is that a club signs a player up for X years. If another club fancy that player during the length of the contract period they negotiate with
by cloudfifty 5y ago
The normal scenario is that a club signs a player up for X years. If another club fancy that player during the length of the contract period they negotiate with both the club and player to break that contract for a fee. If the contract expires, the player is free to sign for any club.
Clubs usually make sure to not have important players on a soon-to-expire-contract, and if they do, they rather sell that player than let the contract expire.
There are more complex cases where some players have multiple owners to their rights etc. Another more common case is that previous clubs usually have some sort of cut of future transfer fees as compensation for their "development" of the player.
Loans are basically "We got this young player John Talent contracted, but we can't give him enough first team experience atm due to competition in the team, so we'll loan him out to a club in a less competitive league where he'll gain it". So that club will pay some amount for that loan during a year.
- slantyyz 5y agoThanks, that's much clearer than the explanations I've seen before. So it's basically the price to void the existing contract instead of moving the player with his contract.
- cloudfifty 5y agoExactly.
- jonwinstanley 5y agoYou aren’t only voiding the existing contract, you also have to pay the market rate for the player. The contract is between the club and the player, nothing to do with the league. A club “owns” a player under contract, so if someone wants to buy the player, they can ask for whatever price they want and turn down any offer if they choose. Often the costs have a lot of conditions included to protect the buyer and incentivise the player. Such as more money after a number of games played and more money if they win a trophy etc.
- notdang 5y agoWhat happens when the club wants to sell the player and the player does not agree to sign the contract with the new club, and vice-versa?