Done Deal
An Insider's Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business
1st Edition
Published on 24. January 2019
256 pages
978-1-4729-4715-4 (ISBN)
Description
'If you want to know and understand how football really works, this is the book for you.' - Guillem Balagué
'A myth-busting and hugely entertaining look at the ever more complex machinations of the beautiful game. Essential.' - Raphael Honigstein
'A must-read for football fans.' - Freddie Ljungberg
Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football.
What really happens inside a club on transfer deadline day? Are football agents overpaid? Which club put a clause forbidding space travel into a midfielder's contract? And which team's players can never wear red boots?
Whether it is a manager being sacked, a star player transfer, billion-pound television rights negotiations or a controversial club takeover, leading football lawyer Daniel Geey has all the insight.
With an accessible and thoughtful perspective, and featuring expert contributions, Done Deal explores the issues that shape the modern game, providing football fans with a fresh and authoritative look at all off-field football matters.
'A myth-busting and hugely entertaining look at the ever more complex machinations of the beautiful game. Essential.' - Raphael Honigstein
'A must-read for football fans.' - Freddie Ljungberg
Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football.
What really happens inside a club on transfer deadline day? Are football agents overpaid? Which club put a clause forbidding space travel into a midfielder's contract? And which team's players can never wear red boots?
Whether it is a manager being sacked, a star player transfer, billion-pound television rights negotiations or a controversial club takeover, leading football lawyer Daniel Geey has all the insight.
With an accessible and thoughtful perspective, and featuring expert contributions, Done Deal explores the issues that shape the modern game, providing football fans with a fresh and authoritative look at all off-field football matters.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
15 line art illustrations and 10 infographics
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-4715-4 (9781472947154)
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Daniel Geey
Done Deal
An Insider's Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business
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Person
Daniel Geey is one of the UK's most highly respected sports lawyers. His clients include Premier League and Champions League football clubs, agencies, rights holders and other sports companies. Named a Next Generation lawyer and 'leading light' by Legal500, Daniel is the media's go-to man when complex legal matters need to be explained to a wider audience. He has appeared on Sky Sports, Sky News, BBC, CNN, BT Sport, Bloomberg, TV2, BBC Radio 4 and TalkSport, and contributed to the Telegraph and the Independent. He has more than 22k Twitter followers. @FootballLaw
Content
Foreword by Gianluca Vialli
The changing game
1. The football ecosystem
2. Player transfers and contracts
3. Agents
4. Clubs
5. Youth development
6. Managers
7. Footballers and managers behaving badly
8. The global game
9. Football broadcasting
Extra time
About the author
Acknowledgements
Index
The changing game
1. The football ecosystem
2. Player transfers and contracts
3. Agents
4. Clubs
5. Youth development
6. Managers
7. Footballers and managers behaving badly
8. The global game
9. Football broadcasting
Extra time
About the author
Acknowledgements
Index
