coulsonblue
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Damocles said:Jasondh said:There is a clause I've read about that states if a senior player who is fully fit is not played even though available after a period of time he gets to leave on a free.
I want to specifically address this as it's important.
There is a FIFA ruling known as Article 15 that states that any player who has not appeared in 10% of the games that he is eligible for has the option to walk in a summer transfer period.
This 10% though, is taken over the lifespan of his contract. Tevez will hit nowhere near this even if he doesn't play for City ever again.
The much more pressing concern from us is the Webster Ruling, which says that any player under 28 who has a contract signed more than 3 years ago will be eligible to leave for a small compensation dependent on future wages/earnings. If my timing is right, he SHOULD be able to take advantage of this in the summer shouldn't he? If we take his wages at £200k per week and he'll have two years on his deal, it will only personally cost him £21 million to buy his contract out.
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Wrong. It's over the course of a season:
An established professional who has, in the course of the season,
appeared in fewer than ten per cent of the offi cial matches in which
his club has been involved may terminate his contract prematurely
on the ground of sporting just cause. Due consideration shall be
given to the player’s circumstances in the appraisal of such cases. The
existence of a sporting just cause shall be established on a caseby-
case basis. In such a case, sporting sanctions shall not be imposed,
though compensation may be payable. A professional may only
terminate his contract on this basis in the 15 days following the last
offi cial match of the season of the club with which he is registered.