Manchester City fear: can their players leave if they are not included in the Premier?

World football awaits the verdict City of Manchester and the consequences for the 115 financial irregularities attributed to him. Word that won’t be known until early next year. As revealed by the British tabloid ‘The Telegraph’ last Thursday, the English club could be relegated to FA Cup and the Carabao Cup, even of Champions League. There is also talk that points can be deducted from premier or may be relegated to the second English category, Championship.

At this point, the question everyone is asking is: What will happen in this case to the footballers? Are they free to leave the English club? According to expert sources consulted by MDfootballers can never leave even if they are demoted. They will have to start the judicial process to break the contract unilaterally and will have to see if they succeed in the litigation. A procedure too, and according to the regulations FIFAestablishes a series of demands and penalties for the player. Like when it happens in the opposite direction. That is, when it is the club that breaks the contract unilaterally and without reasonable cause.

As established by Regulations on the Law of Transfer of Players in its article 17 regarding the consequences of breaching the contract without reasonable cause “the party that terminates the contract is obliged to pay compensation that will be calculated taking into account the national law, the characteristics of the sport and other objective criteria. These criteria must include, in particular, the compensation and other benefits that the player must pay under the current contract or the new contract, the remaining contractual period, up to a maximum of five years, the fees and expenses paid by the previous club (amortized during the validity of the contract), as well as the question of whether the termination of the contract occurs during a protected period”. Protected period that includes the first three years of the contract when the footballer signed it while under 28 years old, or only two years when it was signed when he was 28 years old or older.

The compensation depends on whether the player also has a contract with a new club. If the player does not sign a new contract after the termination of the City of Manchester “The compensation will be equal to the remaining value of the contract that was terminated early.” If he signs a contract with a new club before the decision, “the value of the new contract in the period corresponding to the remaining time of the contract terminated prematurely will be deducted from the remaining value of the contract terminated early.”

But in addition, footballers who break their contracts without just cause and are “protected” are exposed to a four-month disqualification sanction: “Sports sanctions must be imposed on a player who ends the contract during the protected period. The penalty consists of a “four-month restriction on his eligibility to play in any official match. In case of aggravating circumstances, the restriction will be six months.”

Another thing is the City of Manchestergiven this situation, determine the sale of players to release the wage bill and consider the new scenario that the English club has to face.