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05-06-2014, 03:15 PM
to court over the sum he needed to pay them in order to buy out his contract. He had 3 years left on his contract, so had to pay Genk 3 years of wages.
He has now won the case and it has been decided the maximum sum that can be charged by any club is 1 year's wages, no matter how long the contract still has to run.
In fact, if players have 3 years and 1 month left on a contract, they just need to pay the value of the wages for the remainder of the current season (1 month), but there will be a bottom limit of 1/2 year's wages, so the 1 month will become 6.
I know there is kind of a gentleman's agreement between clubs, where club A do not want to cajole players from club B into buying out their contract in order to join Club A. But now the door has been opened for players to just quit on their own initiative, pay half a year's wages and then offer their services anywhere they like.
He has now won the case and it has been decided the maximum sum that can be charged by any club is 1 year's wages, no matter how long the contract still has to run.
In fact, if players have 3 years and 1 month left on a contract, they just need to pay the value of the wages for the remainder of the current season (1 month), but there will be a bottom limit of 1/2 year's wages, so the 1 month will become 6.
I know there is kind of a gentleman's agreement between clubs, where club A do not want to cajole players from club B into buying out their contract in order to join Club A. But now the door has been opened for players to just quit on their own initiative, pay half a year's wages and then offer their services anywhere they like.