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Next off-season, the "Barcelona" team plans to work from the shoulder of players in the transfer market. The most desired Catalan purchase has become Paris Saint-Germain's forward Neymar, whom the "La Liga" team can regain using a little-known FIFA rule. According to ESPN, Article 17 of the world organization regulating player transfers has been adjusted according to a decision made by the European Commission in 2001, which equated players to ordinary employees. This means that athletes can leave a club after three years without any reason. This summer, Neymar will finish his third season in France, and "Barcelona" is already looking for experienced lawyers to make such a deal happen. This rule in football is used very rarely. For example, in 2006, defender Andy Webster left Edinburgh Hearts and moved to the Wigan club, with the subsequent Sports Arbitration Court case ending in the player's victory. The judges ordered the player to pay either "Wigan" or "Hearts" just £150,000 in transfer fees, in other words, the player's last annual salary in Scotland. Meanwhile, "Hearts" could have received £625,000 - a sum previously stated by FIFA itself. A similar scenario might unfold with Neymar's transfer - the Brazilian will declare his intentions to the PSG team, and both clubs will have to agree on the transfer fee, otherwise everything could end up in court.
