Background of the matter
Football player trials used to be a significant process for clubs to identify player talent. However, trials have become increasingly rare as clubs now rely on a network of scouts, their academies and scouting platform tools like Wyscout, Instat and Scisports Index to find talent.
In Australia however, most A-League clubs still use a trial process to assess younger players for professional contracts.
The case of Mark Moric has two aspects which make it fascinating. Firstly, it will affect the long-standing culture in the football business of trialing younger talented players or lesser known players for a long period of time and secondly, it will impact how promises allegedly made by clubs are treated that following a trial period, a professional contract will be made available.
Mr Moric’s trial was from April 2019 (when he returned from Europe) to...
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