10 years after Bosman

[AreliusIII]

http://www.sundayherald.com/53204

[prk166]

“The thinking among Scottish clubs was ‘why should we bother rearing our own players if we can’t cash in on them?’. Clubs signed what they thought was the finished article from abroad instead. But they did not realise that if you bring through young players you only pay them young players’ wages.”

I think that sums it up. Bosman was the time when the majority of the cost of a player began to transition from being the transfer fee to the wages. Now days we see clubs letting players go in order to reduce their wage bill. It's not that it didn't happen before Bosman but it didn't happen as often as it does now.