Post by QPR Report on Dec 17, 2008 13:53:09 GMT
Interesting rule! Wonder if a loan is prohibited?
Goal.com/Peter Staunton - Rule L19 KOs Keane's Tottenham Hotspur Return
The speculation ends here; Robbie Keane will not be leaving Liverpool for Spurs in January. Why? Because it's against the rules...
Speculation linking Robbie Keane to a return to Tottenham Hotspur is ultimately pointless, with a Premier League stipulation ending the possibility of Keane making the trip back to his old stomping ground.
Rule L19 states, in no uncertain terms, that a Premier League outfit may not re-sign a player with whom they have cancelled terms, within 12 months of his original transfer away from the club.
It goes thus; Premier League’s Rules of The Association and Laws of the Game Season 2008–2009, Rule L19: "A Club which transfers or cancels the registration of a Player may not apply to register that Player within a year except with the prior written consent of the Board."
The clause exists to prevent clubs from manipulating the strict loan system; were it not in place, clubs would be free to 'sell' players to other clubs before 'buying' them back at the end of a specified period, within a year.
There still exists however, a misconception about Keane's eligibility to sign for Spurs in January, which is more-or-less an impossibility. Appeals can take place, but it is a rare occurence that the governing body would see grounds to ratify a transfer.
Dispensation has been granted in the past for the rule to be circumvented with Chris Powell moving back to Charlton from West Ham in 2005. The former England international was permitted to do so only because he was at the time a free-agent, having being released from his contract at Upton Park.
Peter Staunton, Goal.com
www.goal.com/en/news/1713/liverpool/2008/12/17/1016443/rule-l19-kos-keanes-tottenham-hotspur-return
Goal.com/Peter Staunton - Rule L19 KOs Keane's Tottenham Hotspur Return
The speculation ends here; Robbie Keane will not be leaving Liverpool for Spurs in January. Why? Because it's against the rules...
Speculation linking Robbie Keane to a return to Tottenham Hotspur is ultimately pointless, with a Premier League stipulation ending the possibility of Keane making the trip back to his old stomping ground.
Rule L19 states, in no uncertain terms, that a Premier League outfit may not re-sign a player with whom they have cancelled terms, within 12 months of his original transfer away from the club.
It goes thus; Premier League’s Rules of The Association and Laws of the Game Season 2008–2009, Rule L19: "A Club which transfers or cancels the registration of a Player may not apply to register that Player within a year except with the prior written consent of the Board."
The clause exists to prevent clubs from manipulating the strict loan system; were it not in place, clubs would be free to 'sell' players to other clubs before 'buying' them back at the end of a specified period, within a year.
There still exists however, a misconception about Keane's eligibility to sign for Spurs in January, which is more-or-less an impossibility. Appeals can take place, but it is a rare occurence that the governing body would see grounds to ratify a transfer.
Dispensation has been granted in the past for the rule to be circumvented with Chris Powell moving back to Charlton from West Ham in 2005. The former England international was permitted to do so only because he was at the time a free-agent, having being released from his contract at Upton Park.
Peter Staunton, Goal.com
www.goal.com/en/news/1713/liverpool/2008/12/17/1016443/rule-l19-kos-keanes-tottenham-hotspur-return