Louis Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 There's been a huge court case in Belgium, a player walked out on his club and was told to pay 880k euros, he's appealed against the amount and now it's been reduced to 220k euros. Essentially, players in Belgium can buy out their own contract for six-twelve months worth of wages and walk away on a free transfer. I suspect we'll see a lot more Belgians in the richer clubs (who'll pay the voiding fee) as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_E Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 They're beginning to compare it to the Bosman case right now over here. Dahmane's lawyer, Luc Misson, was involved in that case as well. Basically they're being treated the same as any other labourer would be now. The club's general manager has said this is disastrous for the competitiveness of Belgian clubs and if this ruling expands to other European countries than we're seeing the final days of transfers for megabucks right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 It'd also mean astonishingly high wages for players because there'd be i) no transfer fee ii) competition for the best players would increase wages and iii) increased wages would increase the amount owed to the club. Matt and Steve_E 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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