Klaus wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
According to Chris Wheatley the talk of third party ownership is wrong and Bordeaux own his rights.
Is third party ownership even legal in France? I'm fairly certain that they outlawed it at the same time Premier League did, after the Tevez/Mascherano affair.
It's not legal anymore, but any third party agreements in place before the ban in 2015 are still legitimate. I believe that everyone's wish list target Fabinho has some third party ownership thing associated with him; Monaco got him for 10 cents as the Monaco owner and Mendes set up some offshore company to own his rights and manipulated his transfer fee.