There have been a lot of moves this summer and there’s currently a lot of drama about where Mbappe and Kane are going to end up, and I don’t understand how the transfer fees work or why players can reject transfers
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The thing that is hardest for Americans to understand is that in Europe (and really most of the rest of the world), the player’s contract cannot be transferred to a new team. When the player’s team agrees to transfer him, all that means is that IF the player and new team agree on a new contract, then the new team will pay a fee to the old team.
In American sports, the contract itself is traded, so the player has significantly fewer rights to stop the move (unless they have a no-trade clause in their contract).
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