Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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From your link:
"Training compensation happens for players under 23 who either get their first professional contract from another club or who transfer to another club before their 23rd birthday."
I can see from that that we probably paid Southampton something when he signed a professional contract with us, but that 23rd. birthday milestone still looks significant.
Looking at the actual FIFA rules -
"Training compensation is due when:
i. a player is registered for the first time as a professional; or
ii. a professional is transferred between clubs of two different associations (whether during or at the end of his contract)
before the end of the season of his 23rd birthday." - still looks like a cut-off point.
Still, whatever, I'm sure the club's lawyers and accountants will be busy - and right on it!
There are two different kinds of payments, training compensation and solidarity payments.
From the same link under the solidarity payment table
only upon the international transfer of a player who is already a professional.
only payable if a player is transferred for a fee, between clubs belonging to different national associations, prior to the expiry of his employment contract.
– also includes transfers occurring after the season of a player’s 23rd birthday.
Also from another site https://fullcontactlaw.co.uk/2013/1...lidarity payment,transfer that involves a fee.
When is a solidarity payment due?
Under FIFA rules that were introduced in 2001, any club involved in the education of a player aged between the ages of 12 to 23 is entitled to these payments whenever that player is involved in a cross-border transfer that involves a fee. Importantly, and often not appreciated by clubs, the rules remain in place throughout the entirety of the player’s professional career – so even if the player is transferred to an overseas club well in to the twilight of their career, a club involved in the education of that player even twenty years earlier would (subject to the 2001 implementation date) be owed money.
This is why it is only payable if we sell a player to an overseas club even after the player turns 23. If we sell Ben White to another English club then no-one will be due any further payment as the window for training compensation has closed.
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