Protecting minors

Module 3: Transfers and contracts

Lesson four is about minors: the ban on their international transfers, the five exceptions, who must approve a move, how academies must report, and the rules on trials. It is one of the most heavily enforced areas of the RSTP, as the case study will show.

In this lesson

• Article 19: Protection of minors
• The five exceptions
• Who checks a minor’s move
• A five-year contract for a player under 18
• Trials
• Can Jonas cross the border?