... ases which reached the European Court of Justice in the 1970s confirmed it was illegal to restrict movement on the basis of nationality. The Bosmanruling should have put an end to all this. Yet we ...
... United, what was the point of moving anyway? Until Bosman, moving clubs was still often more trouble than it was worth. In the idealised world of football past, it was “loyalty” that bound players to ...
... often noticed is that with the Bosmanruling and so few English players being bought from lower division teams, they are really now at the mercy of the big clubs. The boy from York who went to Sheffield ...
... country (the European Union plus another few countries, such as Norway and Iceland) and those who are not. The Bosmanruling, apart from guaranteeing out-of-contract players free transfers, also established ...
... a club hopelessly ill-equipped to compete with the big boys, with a small home support and no guarantee of transfer fees for talented youngsters thanks to the Bosmanruling. The plans for the Scottish ...
The relaxation of restrictions post-Bosman has seen clubs across Europe experimenting with bulk importation of foreigners. Some have got their fingers burned, but Spain's Celta Vigo are a surprising ...
... matches after another stalemate against Liverpool. Afterwards Roy Evans admits that Steve McManaman may be sold during this season rather than being lost under the Bosmanruling in the summer. The McManaman ...
... for a few seasons then selling them. The BosmanRuling is likely to reduce the amount of money Vale can generate in this manner. Attendances don’t pay the wages, which means that Vale need to diversify ...
... 1995 Bosmanruling, which allowed out-of-contract players to move clubs on free transfers, has most changed domestic football and they will talk of the hundreds of foreign players who make a living in ...
... presided over the most important case since the Bosmanruling. If the De Boer brothers Frank and Ronald won the right to tear up their contract with Ajax, players around Europe would be able to follow ...
... f his own association. Those who finally make it into First or Second Division squads are confronted with one major obstacle: the Bosmanruling often makes clubs take the easy option and sign experienced ...
... But whilst Chelsea have launched a £10 million double swoop for Pierluigi Casiraghi and Dino Baggio, West Ham have announced that they have already signed two players under the Bosmanruling. The Chelsea ...
... been in a much stronger position to demand more money thanks to the changes in the transfer system prompted by the Bosmanruling. If the huge rise in club revenues provided the fuel for the fire underneath ...
... brothers, who had spent the previous two years literally stripping the club of anything that was of value, and a few things that weren’t. Blaming the Bosmanruling, which they claimed would make it impossible ...
... This post-Bosman beast preys on unsuspecting clubs, wooing them into his bed by negotiating trendy new contracts before striking them down with a killer sub-clause and fleeing into the night, crisp tenners ...
... and Lindberg, on the Bosmanruling, we will struggle to compete with teams such as Dundee, Raith Rovers and Airdrie who have superior resources. Most important figure? Undoubtedly, this onus falls on ...
Sara Gilmore explains why the latest attempt to deal with the aftermath of the BosmanRuling may prove to be in the best interests of the bigger clubs but a disaster for the rest Currently if an out-of-contract ...
... legal challenge on behalf of two Premiership players – one of whom is thought to be Vinnie Jones – against the transfer system. They will be seeking a ‘domestic Bosman’, namely a ruling that players out ...
... in the Bosman case. Rex Garton, a solicitor and vice chairman of Scunthorpe, hopes that the increasing number of football-related court cases will make the authorities sit up and think. Despite the money-grabbing ...
... the “Wenger” loop-hole, – only French clubs have agreed to the charter. According to European law and backed up by the Bosmanruling, Anelka is within his rights to refuse to sign a new contract with ...