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Glossary

The words the job runs on

Sell-ons, solidarity, training compensation, mandates. Defined plainly, with a worked example where the numbers matter, and the regulation each one comes from so you can check it yourself.

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Agents ChamberThe Agents Chamber is the chamber of the Football Tribunal that decides disputes involving football agents.

B

Bridge transferA bridge transfer routes a player through an intermediate club to disguise the real transaction, and it is prohibited outright for clubs and players alike.
Buyout clauseA buyout clause is a figure written into a player’s contract at which their club is obliged to let them go, removing the club’s ability to refuse an offer at or above it.

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D

Dual representationDual representation is one agent acting for more than one party in the same transaction, which the regulations permit only between a player and the buying club, with prior written consent from both.

E

Electronic player passportThe electronic player passport is the consolidated record of where a player has been registered across their career, from the calendar year of their 12th birthday onwards.

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Just cause for unpaid salariesA player whose club unlawfully fails to pay at least two monthly salaries has just cause to terminate, provided they first put the club in default in writing and allow at least 15 days to comply.

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N

National transferA national transfer is the movement of a player’s registration from one club to another within the same association.

O

Overdue payablesOverdue payables are amounts a club has delayed paying to a player or another club for more than 30 days without a prima facie contractual basis, which may be sanctioned.

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