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The rules nobody explains to you

Work permits, transfer rules for minors, scholarships, agent fees and academy intakes - written plainly, with sources and a date on every page.

Start with the pathways

Where do you want to go?

Work permits

Can you actually be signed?

The points, thresholds and quotas that decide whether a club in England, Germany or Portugal can register you.

Rules

FIFA Article 19

Why international transfers of under-18s are banned, and the exceptions that actually apply.

Education

The US college route

What a scholarship really covers, what eligibility requires, and what agencies charge you for.

Agents

Before you sign with an agent

What an agent may charge, what the contract may say, and how to check a licence.

Money

Training compensation

What your former club is owed when you move - and what you are not owed.