by Vision »
14 Jul 2009 11:43
TBM Stranded That would pretty much list every active player in the game.
Ok, a list with the names of players clubs no longers wanted!
The trouble is that plenty of contracts these days involve "loyalty bonuses" that placing a player on a transfer list could mean having to make a payment to the player upon selling him. For the same reason you don't see players ask to be "transfer listed" these days as it could cost them. Effectively release clauses are the same as placing someone on a old style transfer list as its telling everyone that if you meet a price then you can buy the player anyway.
If you add in the fact you can only realistically purchase anyone for about 3 months of the year then it makes the whole notion of a "transfer list" pretty redundant.