Quote Originally Posted by Rich View Post
What is the Diarra ruling? Isn't it something that makes this legal - technically. I think City signed someone from Villareal (or at least Spain) this window after they terminated their own contract?

I see Arteta said the club is exploring every option. If someone like a Liam Delap decided to buy their way out of their own contract and leave themselves a free agent - surely we could sign them as such.
I really don't know, r. I suspect that any effort to do that might result in a legal challenge from the governing bodies so nothing could happen quickly - and it would be impossible to register the player