Players no longer third-parties: everything you need to know
On 8 May 2019, FIFA published its 2019 Edition of the “Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players” (“the FIFA Regulations” or “FIFA RSTP”) which, having entered into force on 1 June 2019¹, amended the definition of ‘third-party’ in relation to art. 18-ter of…
Wyscout Talks: ProEleven
Among all type of professionals working in the football world, one of the less known, more misunderstood and less described – if not from a very superficial point of view – is the football agent. We are talking about a critical role of the Beautiful…
Transfers and Agents regulations: FIFA reform’s proposal explained
Introduction The present article examines more in-depth the arguments discussed at the roundtable on “The FIFA reform proposals on transfer and agents regulations: latest developments and discussion” held at the 2018 Wyscout Forum at the Johann Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, moderated by the author of this…
5 rules (with examples) you must not forget when you are closing a new transfer deal
Many of the readers of this blog are active protagonists of the football transfer market that opened last week in several countries. As our readers thus know, a transfer of a football player is a complex transaction, which requires the perfect combination of multiple different…