Many well -known names without a club
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There are currently 50 club-free players with a market value of at least one million euros, but where can you start playing directly even after the end of the winter transfer window? The European top 10 leagues have different rules in this regard. Transfer market gives an overview.
In Germany, it is only allowed after the summer change period to oblige contractless footballers outside the regular transfer phase. In contrast, there have been protests by the VDV (Association of Contract Football Players), which speaks of a “professional ban” for years, but has not yet been changed. The DFL insists at its point of view and argues that such new additions could lead to a distortion of competition. Even in the Austrian Bundesliga and in Turkey, clubless people may only be registered again from July 1st.
Similar regulations are also available in France. There may only be subject to the case in an emergency if the case occurs that a “medical joker” is needed, as it says in Article 213 of the league statute. However, the replacement must come from another French association or have its last license at a club in France.
Transfers of clubless: deadlines in Italy and Belgium
In Italy, on the other hand, clubless can still sign until February 23 – provided that they had already dissolved their working papers before the transfer period ended. In Belgium, a contract without a contract must be registered by March 15 at the latest in order to be able to take part in national competitions in the current season.
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In the meantime there are no deadlines in England, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands. “If a player leaves his contract before the end of the transfer window, he can sign from a new club outside the transfer window, but the association must have the approval of the board of the board Premier League catch up “, it says in the regulations of the highest English division.
In Spain it is the case that contractual professionals can always sign as long as this does not exceed the maximum number of squad places (25). In addition, a maximum of three players from outside the EU may be registered for a team.
Overview of the still open transfer window & without a club
In some European countries and also internationally, changing windows are still open. These include, for example, Croatia, Switzerland, Poland or the Scandinavian states of Sweden, Norway and Finland – and in overseas, among others, Brazil, Japan or the USA.
The list of the most valuable clubless currently leads a trio: Alexandru Mățan (25), Daniel Amartey (30) and Wissam Ben Yedder (34) each have a market value of 4 million euros. The latter should be in front of a transfer to Italy to Venezia FC. The highest rated German footballer without a club is Christoph Kramer (33) with a market value of EUR 1.2 million. But other well-known names can also be found in this list, such as ex-barcelona professional Rafinha (32), the former Munich Bouna Sarr (33) or (36), which generated transfer revenues of around 100 million euros in its career.