This is surely a wind up?
I mean, WTF.
Anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)
n professional
football, a
transfer is the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs. It refers to the transferring of a player's registration from one
association football club to another. In general, the players can only be transferred during a
transfer window and according to the rules set by a
governing body. Usually some sort of compensation is paid for the player's rights, which is known as a transfer fee. When a player moves from one club to another, his old
contract is terminated and he negotiates a new one with the club he is moving to, unlike in American, Canadian and Australian sports, where teams essentially
trade existing player contracts. However, in some cases, transfers can function in a similar manner to player trades, as teams can offer another player on their squad as part of the compensation.
As well as this type of regular transfer, which results in the player being owned by one club, other forms of transfer are used throughout
South America and southern Europe.
Co-ownership is a system whereby a club will buy 50% of the rights of a players' contract for one year and pay the wages, while also deciding which of the two clubs he will play for.
[1] At the end of the year, both clubs can choose to place a bid in an auction, where the highest bid wins.
[1] The co-ownership of
Alessio Cerci by
Torino and
Fiorentina proved fruitful for Cerci and Torino,
[2] who had paid €2.5m for the first 50%,
[3] and picked up the remainder of his contract after a successful year for just €3.8m.
[4] The practice has proved a controversial issue for
Martin Samuel, who described it as being similar to a "cattle market".
[5]
Third party ownership is ownership of a player's economic rights by third-party sources, such as football agents, sports-management agencies, or other investors. The transfer of
Carlos Tevez to
Manchester City for £47m in 2009 was controversial for the part played by third-party owner
Media Sports Investment.
[6]
Another method of transfer is a
loan. This is where a player is allowed to temporarily play for a club other than the one he is currently contracted to. Loan deals may last from a few weeks to all season-long and can also be for a few seasons. Rarely, a loan of a player can be included in the transfer of another player e.g. the transfer of
Dimitar Berbatov from
Tottenham Hotspur to
Manchester United for £31m in 2008 included the loan of
Fraizer Campbell in the opposite direction.
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