Source: Eurosport
Moyes calls for transfer changes
Everton manager David Moyes has called for an overhaul of the rules regarding the transfer of young players.
The Toffees face Fulham in the Barclays Premier League with something of a new-look side with £22million of new signings available for selection. But it was another transfer, that of 16-year-old Luke Garbutt from Leeds, which caused controversy this week, with the League One club unhappy about the amount of compensation they were awarded by a tribunal.
While Everton acted entirely within the rules, Chelsea were banned from registering any new players for the next two transfer windows after FIFA found them guilty of inducing a French teenager to breach his contract with Lens two years ago. That led to a slew of allegations against Premier League clubs regarding signings of young players. And Moyes believes the whole area needs new regulation.
"Should clubs be able to take players away from their clubs at such a low age? It has to be looked into," he said.
"There should be set prices for younger players. When I managed Preston I got annoyed when we lost players and just got a bit of compensation. Now I am at a big club, we go to clubs to try to sign their players, so I have a foot in both camps.
"But if we are going to have smaller clubs that prosper, we have to have rules that let them keep their players for longer."
