Malf said:
webmaster said:
I don't think f*rest understand what the tribunal fee is supposed to be for.
It's not supposed to reflect the value of the player.
The tribunal fee is just compensation for the expenses a club has in training a player. So the compensation amount depends more on how long he's been with the club, and the kind of training he's had, rather than how good he is.
Is value of the player never considered? Because Man Utd had to pay £2 million for Bellion and he had only been at Sunderland for a year or so.
Bellion's fee wasn't set by a tribunal.
Man Utd agreed to pay over the odds to make sure they didn't get punished by the FA for making an illegal approach for the player.
Man U originally wanted it to go to a tribunal, but they realised that the FA would then look into all the details of the transfer, so they changed their mind agreed to pay £2 million to make sure they didn't get caught being naughty. As part of the contract Sunderland were not allowed to repeat the illegal approach allegations they'd previously made.