Why is there a transfer window??

[Deleted]

Anyone know why clubs cant sell and buy players all year round?

Seems like an extension to the Bosman ruling to me - restriction of trade/job opportunities ?

[Lakeland Potter]

It is a FIFA idea - and like many of their ideas, it is crap.

[Menorca Stokie]

I think it's a super idea, it gives us Stoke fans something else to maon about.

[twitters]

It was basically have a transfer window or have no transfers at all and players can buy out their contracts at any time, so they would hold all the aces.

It is NOT the fault of FIFA, this is a common misconception. This is the only way they could stop the EU ruining football.

[Lakeland Potter]

So why does it also apply to transfers between two clubs not in the EU then?

[MrMagic]

This section of an artical from the Sunday Mirror is from 2003 before the Window applied to the football league. It indicates that the EU never intended the restrictions to apply domestically, only for international transfers.

Unfortunatley, and this is only my opinion, the window suits the clubs with financial clout, as they can stock-pile players to cover for all eventualities. This serves to maintain the status quo, and as they call the shots, the window is unlikley to be lifted.


"THE Premier League have accepted FIFA's insistence that transfer windows should apply to both domestic and international football, although admitting that some clubs aren't happy with the system.

A spokesman said: "The Premier League were forced to implement FIFA's rules on transfer windows following the world governing bodies negotiations with the European Commission.

"After an agreement was reached with the Commission, FIFA and UEFA were united in the belief that transfer windows was the price football had to pay to maintain contractual stability.

"It is fair to say that there are mixed views about the impact transfer windows have had on the game. We have backed the Football League in their representations to change the domestic system. The decline in transfer activity may also be reflecting a more sensible approach to spending."

THE Football League's head of operations Andy Williamson insists his organisation will continue their stance of not implementing FIFA's proposals domestically.

Williamson said: "We are implacably opposed to the domestic application of transfer windows and we will be part of an international conference in the autumn to co-ordinate the lobby against domestic transfer windows.

"The European Commission never intended transfer windows to be applied domestically and we have taken this up with them.

"We have no qualms with the international application of transfer windows, but we will continue to fight their use for domestic transfers. They have been an unmitigated disaster for English football.

"There has been a 47 per cent reduction in transfer turnover in the last 12 months and we are convinced that transfer windows are the biggest single factor in that slump."

PROFESSIONAL Footballers' Association boss Gordon Taylor believes FIFA could relax their stance on domestic transfers when the situation is reviewed in the summer of 2004.

"The Football League is rightly concerned that the present transfer arrangements have a detrimental effect on their income, while the Premier League believe they have had a stabilising effect on the game and are willing to abide by FIFA's rules

[markscfc72]

holloway has just been on sky sports news moaning about it. hes well funny saying it is like they are asking you to get enough shopping in 1 month but you cant do that because you always need your bread and milk and papers to keep you ticking along or words to that effect ;D