Third-party ownership in association football

Third-party ownership in association football

Third-party ownership in association football is the ownership of a player's transfer rights by third party sources, such as football agents or sports management agencies. The practice is common in South Americacite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/071029/2/vyt7.html|title=FIFA bans third-party ownership of players|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2007-10-29|publisher=Yahoo Eurosport] and FIFA, football's governing board, has taken steps to ban the practice.

Examples

Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano

The Argentine international players Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano both signed for English team West Ham United from Brazilian side Corinthians on 31st August 2006, for a fee of £12 million. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5301068.stm|title=West Ham sign Tevez & Mascherano|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2006-08-31|publisher=BBC] The deal was brokered by Kia Joorabchian's Media Sports Investments company. [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/sep/01/sport.comment2|title=Eyebrows raised at deal shrouded in mystery|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2006-09-01|author=Paul Kelso|publisher=The Guardian] Due to irregularities in the player's contracts, West Ham United were eventually fined £5.5 million by the Premier League. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6594613.stm|title=West Ham handed record £5.5m fine|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2007-04-27|publisher=BBC] However, despite the fine, Tévez was allowed to continue playing for West Ham United. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6602697.stm|title=West Ham receive Tevez clearance|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2007-04-28|publisher=BBC] Following the controversy, Joorabchian revealed that many Premier League players and teams conceal their third-party ownership, [cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-484657/Joorabchian-Third-party-ownership-concealed-Premier-League-clubs.html|title=Joorabchian: Third-party ownership is concealed by Premier League clubs|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2008-01-17|publisher=The Daily Mail] and the Premier League has taken steps to outlaw third-party ownership. [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/02/02/sfnkia102.xml|title=Premiership third-party ownership set to end|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2008-02-02|author=Jeremy Wilson|publisher=The Telegraph] Both players remain in England; Tévez plays for Manchester United while Masherano plays for Liverpool.

Jô

In June 2008, the proposed transfer of Brazilian player Jô from Russian side CSKA Moscow to English team Manchester City was "complicated" by third party ownership. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7442429.stm|title=Jo transfer hits ownership snag|accessdate=2008-06-18|date=2008-06-18|publisher=BBC] [cite web|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1305472.ece|title=Jo's City move is Tevez II|accessdate=2008-06-18|date-2008-06-18|author=Ian McGarry|publisher=The Sun]

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