Relation with the ban of FIFA
Third party ownership (TPO) -or investment (TPI), as the investors prefer to name it- of the economic rights of football players is among many others topics one of the most controversial to discuss. Maybe only Financial Fair Play rules have been discussed more than this matter in the football world.
To begin with – what is TPO?
It basically is when a football club does not own, or is not entitled to receive, the full amount of the future transfer fee of a player that is registered to play for that club.
Players’ economic rights -in other words- are that transfer fee. Anyone, in theory, companies or individuals, can provide football clubs or players with money in return for owning a percentage of a player’s future transfer fee.
But why would a company or an individual buy a percentage of the future transfer fee of a
player? Obviously, it could be a great...
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