IS TAPPING UP PLAYERS CONTRACTED TO OTHER CLUBS ACTUALLY AN ILLEGAL PRACTICE?
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This is one of the most touched up on topics in football, and it often involves clubs, players, coaches, and even football agents. Tapping up occurs when a football club attempts to persuade a player who is currently under contract with his current club to switch to them by offering him improved sporting and monetary incentives to do so. When looking at it in a larger sense, approaches in the tapping up process are made by player's representatives pushing for a transfer to another club, coaches or other club players openly proclaiming their adoration for a specific player when speaking to the media. This article aims to address the challenges that clubs and players face while dealing with contractual relations at a club level, same time issues that are directly connected with keeping contractual stability in their businesses in football sector.
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