City frustrated as FIFA refuses to clear star signings

[Schumi]

What's the point of this rule anyway?

[A face]

What's the point of this rule anyway?

I suppose to stop all the shady stuff going on. But it is clearly effecting other situations as well.

[SligoBrewer]

What's the point of this rule anyway?

was jus thinking of that myself.

[A face]

Article 6, section 1

[Student Mullet]

What's the point of this rule anyway?

I presume it's to stop players hiring themselves out to different clubs when their big match comes around. There is\was a similar rule in the LoI that said if you go to a foreign club you must wait 8 weeks before playing LoI again, to stop player swapping with IL clubs.

[Poor Student]

Well Romario pimped himself out to Adelaide United in Australia for one month, just 4 games for $1m and he's had an exception made for him.

[galway-united5]

bad buzz i wanted to see healy play this season.

[pete]

Well Romario pimped himself out to Adelaide United in Australia for one month, just 4 games for $1m and he's had an exception made for him.

If FIFA make exceptions it undermines the rule. How can you make exceptions for individual cases? I rule for big names & another for the rest?

Mascherano case:

The Single Judge's ruling was that 'upon registration for Liverpool FC during the present registration period, the player Javier Mascherano is eligible to play in official matches with the said club with immediate effect.'

After careful study of the case put forward by the Anfield club, the conclusion was reached that it would not be justifiable to prevent Mascherano from moving to Merseyside during the current transfer window and being eligible to play in official matches.

Particular emphasis was given to the safeguarding of sporting integrity and the crucial element of overlapping seasons between the relevant associations.

The Single Judge made it clear, however, that such permission can only be granted under very strict preconditions. In particular, he stressed that, "a series of elements related, on the one hand, to the duration and the positioning of the relevant sports seasons as well as to the respect of the registration periods and, on the other hand, to the duration and respect of the employment contracts concerned, need to be cumulatively met."