27-05-2022, 03:44 PM
(27-05-2022, 01:31 PM)Rick Pumpkin Wrote:(27-05-2022, 09:46 AM)DeepBlue Wrote: Not announcing signings until the 10th makes absolute sense. It stops other clubs being alerted and trying to nick them.
In the meantime let the papers speculate at random. I wouldn't be at all surprsied if several of the new signings we get during the window do not get a mention in the News before they are announced, like last summer.
Has there ever been an instance of a pre-contract agreement being broken? I know they're non-binding legally, but a quick search didn't show up any examples.
They are rarely reported so that is always going to be a difficult one to find, but it is bound to have happened. I wonder if Ipswich had one with Jacobs last year, or if we had one with Morrell when Ipswich came in to try and nick him at the last minute.
But a quick google reveals .....
Under the Bosman ruling, a player can sign a contract with a new club up to six months before his existing contract expires. A pre-contract agreement may be broken by the player or the club, as was the case when Ross County midfielder Richard Brittain signed a pre-contract with St Johnstone.