I think Fifa have jumped the gun here a bit, or Barca have totally ignored the dealings of under age players into La Masia.
As I said previously, the Eu law could well be there to protect selling clubs, rather than the young players. Many clubs around Europe are known to bring in young kids esp from Africa and Asia, and those clubs are paid virtually nothing. Fifa prohibits this, and demands that buying clubs pay some sort of compensation, in order to protect the selling clubs and it's assets.
One of the issues which normally gets by passed, is that clubs sign before they turn 18, but only offer them a pro contract when they turn 18. In those contracts, normally or most often it states that once they sign a pro contract, their parent club will get money, and further money based on whether the player makes the senior team etc etc...
Those who don't make it at the club, are then shifted around to other clubs, and thus in many instances those players careers are damaged to an extent where they leave football. This is the reason why Fifa are now for some strange reason, trying to make an example. The problem here is that we know most clubs are doing the same, but most clubs do no not offer the type of education, career development skills, football skills and life skills that Barca offer.
Fifa with this decision will basically dash many young players, from actually benefiting from La Masia. Any parent who aspires to seeing their kids not only make a career out of football, but becoming a proper individual on and off the field will lose out, because of a ruling that will eventually hurt the game as a whole.
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