PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION V
SECTION V: PLAYERS – TRANSFERS OF REGISTRATIONS
V.12. All transfer arrangements in respect of Contract Players are subject to the
approval of the Board.
V.13. The Transferee Club will hold the registration of the Contract Player upon receipt
of the Secretary’s certificate to that effect.
Retired Players Old Rule
V.14. A Club that, pursuant to Rule U.27.5, holds the registration of a Retired Player who
is under the age of 24 years, shall be entitled if his registration is transferred to be
paid a Compensation Fee by the Transferee Club.
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Out of Contract Players Old Rule
V.15. An Out of Contract Player may seek to be registered by any Transferee Club. M.15
V.16. Upon receiving a formal written offer to effect the New Registration of an Out of
Contract Player whose registration it holds, a Club shall forthwith notify the Player
and the Secretary in writing to that effect.
V.17. Provided that the following conditions are satisfied, a Compensation Fee shall be
paid to a Transferor Club by a Transferee Club upon effecting the New Registration
of an Out of Contract Player:
V.17.1. the Out of Contract Player in question must be under the age of 24 years;
V.17.2. on or before the third Saturday in May in the year in which the Player’s
contract is to expire or, in the circumstances mentioned in Rule U.31, within
4 days of the last relevant F.A. Cup match or League Match in that year having
been played, the Transferor Club must send to the Player Form 30 offering
him a new contract on the terms therein set out, which must be no less
favourable than those in his current contract;
V.17.3. any offer made on Form 30 by a Club to a Player under the provisions of
Rule V.17.2 shall remain open and capable of acceptance by the Player for a
period of one month from the date upon which it was sent by the Club by
ordinary first class post to his usual or last known address;
V.17.4. a copy of Form 30 must be sent forthwith to the Secretary.
V.18. Contract terms shall be deemed to be no less favourable if, disregarding any
provision for a Signing on Fee in the Player’s current contract which is stated to be a
once only payment, they are at least equal in value to the most favourable terms to
which the Player was or is entitled in any year of his current contract.
The Player’s Options Old Rule
V.19. Upon receiving an offer on Form 30 a Player may either:
V.19.1. accept the same within one month of its date and enter into a new
contract with his Club in the terms offered; or
V.19.2. decline it in writing.
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