PREMIER LEAGUE

SECTION V: PLAYERS – TRANSFERS OF REGISTRATIONS
V.20. If the Player considers that the terms offered by his Club and set out in Form 30
are less favourable than those in his current contract, he may give notice to that
effect to his Club and the Secretary in Form 31 and apply for a free transfer.
V.21. Such application shall be determined by the Board and if it succeeds:
V.21.1. the Player’s Club will not be entitled to a Compensation Fee upon a Club
effecting his New Registration; and
V.21.2. the Player will receive severance pay in accordance with his contract.
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The Club’s Options Old Rule
V.22. If a Club makes an offer to a Player on Form 30 and the Player declines it, upon the
expiry of the Player’s contract the Club may either:
V.22.1. enter into a Conditional Contract with the Player in such financial terms as
may be agreed; or
V.22.2. enter into a Week by Week Contract with the Player; or
V.22.3. if neither a Conditional Contract nor a Week by Week Contract has been
entered into or a Week by Week Contract has been determined by the
Club, continue to pay the Player the amount of the basic wage under his
expired contract;
and in any such case the Club shall be entitled to a Compensation Fee upon
a Transferee Club effecting the Player’s New Registration provided he then
remains under the age of 24 years and the other conditions set out in Rule V.17
have been satisfied.
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V.23. The financial terms of a Week by Week Contract shall be those contained in the
Player’s expired contract, excluding any Signing-on Fee, except that the Player
shall be entitled to receive such incentives (if any) as are payable by the Club to its
Contract Players with effect from the date of his new contract.
V.24. An Out of Contract Player who continues to receive from his Club the amount
of his basic wage under the provisions of Rule V.22.3 shall not be entitled to play
for that Club. If such Out of Contract Player unreasonably refuses an offer of
employment by another Club (or club), his Club may make application to the
Premier League Appeals Committee for an order that payments to the Out of
Contract Player may cease without affecting his Club’s entitlement to a
Compensation Fee.
V.25. A Club which having continued to pay the Player the amount of his basic wage
under Rule V.22.3 intends to cease making such payments shall give to the Player
2 weeks’ notice to that effect and upon a Transferee Club effecting the Player’s
New Registration the Club shall not be entitled to a Compensation Fee.
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PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION V