How Footballers FORCE Transfers 😡

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If a player is set on a move, clubs are often powerless to stop them. But what do footballers actually do to force their way out?

Let's find out 🤝

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[LD-bjxc]

Annoy them enough to sell you but not enough for the owner to keep you out of spite

[BeefdayCZ]

Player also gives up his loyalty bonus by handing in a transfer request. Usually a sizable part of his contract.

[danielfrancis]

Agent, You need to move. Player, Why? Agent, Because my wife wants a new house!

[gonufc]

I'm still so suspicious of the Kane one- he says he was explicitly given permission not to be at training but then Levy put out a statement implying he went on strike- I think it's entirely possible the people at Spurs wanted to put a bad light on Kane to make selling him less controversial with the supporters.

[JJJackson]

had 9 Guinness and three curries last night, I'm on the verge of passing a groundbreaking transfer rn

[anubhav]

You went from football daily to the athletic, I didn’t knew that

[gltch]

"Gallas made own goal vow" lmao, didn't think Chelsea were that bad back then 😂

[jeffhender]

I wish i could do this in my career mode

[anthonybariek]

Angel Di Maria at Man United was the worst. Faking a burglary to insinuate an entire city is unsafe just to force a transfer, is next level.

[TheLitRight]

Handing in a transfer request should send the transfer to an employment tribunal - with the point being to iron out a “fair” fee, rather than rule on whether a player can leave.

EU laws, which the UK grandfathered in with Brexit, allow you to quit unilaterally after 3 years at any company. It applies to footballers, they just haven’t tested it. Realistically Kane could have handed in 2 weeks notice and left for United, and would have won the lawsuit if UEFA tried to deny United registering his license. Any provision in the contract to the contrary would be defunct, because it’s a legal right that cannot be signed away.

It’s the next Webster/Bosman ruling, 100%. Football operates in a technically illegal way, and it will be forced to change the first time a player challenges it.

[Jordan-mc]

Seems like the agent just wants a pay day

[bionicgeekgrrl]

The only time a billionaire owner being upset doesn't make a jot of difference is when the player is in the final year of contract, they can just run the contract down and go on a free.

This also means they can get a much bigger signing on fee, which is why some players and agents deliberately use this as a means to force a move as the club will sell for something rather than nothing in most cases.

Better for the club to get 20m rather than nothing after all.

[ccityplanner]

Has a player ever bought themselves (paid their own minimum release fee clause)?

[PreludeOW]

Its basically the concept of getting fired vs. quitting. You wont get severance so your overall payout is smaller and you seem like the bad guy for leaving the company out of nowhere.

[AliveDenzow]

Thankyou for teaching me on the transfers on Football⚽💶

[twinklesheep]

financial fair play probably makes this like abit more permeable

[abdiraoufmuse]

That last bit is such bs, especially in recent times. First of all, I can’t think of a single billionaire owners that so invested into the club that they specifically get annoyed by a player. Not the manger or the DOF but the owner? 😂. Also, clubs don’t really hold onto players that want to leave that badly, especially at the top level. Normally your priority is to bring in as much money for them and replace them asap. Keeping them around just upsets the teams in the longer run

[NguyenNguyen-fegm]

That explains Harvertz's constant lack of performance

[vale.r]

Already competing with alpine on who has the most unstable corporate structure lol

[yt.personal.identification]

Asking for a transfer has negative financial implications for the player and can save the club money.
Why was that left out?