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meaning that in contractural terms they remain inside the protected period
What is this "protected period" which you speak of?
Richarlison also didnt sign "over 3 years ago"...
Gilmour's deal has been triggered by Chelsea's automatic option. Theres been no extension signed...its merely activating a previously agreed option.
Generally this is done by clubs to hold onto the player for one further year before selling or to increase their market value foe an immediate sale.
Richarlinson is an interesting one because Sportsrac( usually dependable ) dont show any contract extension even though it was heralded on the official Everton site.
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All contracts in football have a end date of 30/6 irrespective of when they are signed. So his current deal has in effect completed 3 football years 2019/20-2020/21 & now 21/22
Under what is called Article 17 players under the age of 28 after completing 3 years can in effect just buy themselves out of their contract. Article 17 is more commonly known as the Webster Ruling. It doesn’t happen often although it’s rumoured that Lewandowski has either applied the Article or at least threatened to use it to get out of his Bayern contract . It’s really only ever used when players want something such as a transfer, a contract uplift or the like.
As for contract extensions any decent agent will have already agreed to pay rises when the original contract includes an option to extend in terms of FIFAs take on how automatic contract extensions move for the protected period I don’t know but any uplift in terms ( which I floated in my original post ) has to be registered at the FA as a new contract so the option that Chelsea triggered is more than likely to be on different terms to the one signed in 20/21 season which even then wasn’t signed 3 years ago
I readily acknowledge that it’s possible that Richarlison cant yet apply the ruling but come December it will be 3 years in calendar terms but that said you cant buy yourself out of a contract in such a manner mid season.