PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION V
SECTION V: PLAYERS – TRANSFERS OF REGISTRATIONS
Transfer Levy Old Rule
V.38. Subject to Rule V.39, upon payment of a Compensation Fee, a Contingent Sum or
a payment made pursuant to Rule U.37, a Club shall forthwith pay to the League
a levy equal to 4 per cent. of the sum paid (net of any Value Added Tax) and in the
case of a Compensation Fee payable by instalments, the levy upon the whole of it
shall be paid as aforesaid upon the Transferee Club applying to register the Player
to which it relates.
V.39. Levy shall not be payable on a Loan Fee unless the registration of the Contract
Player who is the subject of the Temporary Transfer is transferred on a permanent
basis from the Transferor Club to the Transferee Club during, or within four
months of the expiry of, the Temporary Transfer, in which case a levy equal to 4
per cent of the aggregate of any Loan Fee and Compensation Fee shall be paid to
the League.
V.40. The sums received by the League by way of levy shall be used to pay premiums
due under the Professional Footballers’ Pension Scheme and any surplus shall be
added to the Professional Game Youth Fund.
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M.38
M.39
M.40