Via Circular no. 1437 dated 23 July 2014, FIFA informed its members that on 22 March 2014 the FIFA Executive Committee approved an amendment to Article 5 paragraph 3 Annex 4 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP), which came into force on 1 August 2014. Although this (remarkable) amendment was already implemented two years ago, the amendment still creates doubts and debates among the clubs in relation to training compensation for minors.
Introduction
In general
In accordance with Article 20 of the RSTP, 2016 edition, training compensation must be paid to a player’s training clubs when a player signs his first contract as a professional and on each transfer of a professional until the end of the season of his 23rd birthday. According to Annex 4 of the RSTP, in which the rules regarding training compensation are laid down in more detail, it follows that a player’s training takes place between the ages of 12 and 23 for training incurred up to the age of 21, unless it is evident that a player has already terminated his training period before 21 years.[1]
In order to calculate the compensation due by new clubs for training and education costs to former clubs, all associations of FIFA are instructed by FIFA to divide their clubs into a maximum of 4 categories...
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