FOOTBALL TRANSFER MARKETS: Episode 7 – Egypt
Football Transfer Markets continues, this time our episode is about Egypt covered by Nasr Eldin Azzam, the founder of Sport Makers, a member of executive committee of AIAF and a lecturer at CIES/FIFA and ISDE. He practices football law before FIFA ADR, judicial bodies and Court of Arbitration for Sport. This episode touches the professional football regulations in Egypt.
The following topics are discussed:
- The existing system of domestic training compensation system and solidarity mechanism
- Transfer structuring common for Egyptian football transfer market
- Discussion about the enforceability or recommendation about the “Standard Contract Form”
- Problem with the local NDRC
This episode highlights the existing issues existing in the training rewards system at a local level and the development processing and not only.
Join us as we explore these essential topics to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Egyptian football transfer market. Watch the episode now to uncover exclusive knowledge straight from an prominent industry practitioner. For convenience, the episode is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcast.
The guest discussed many topics FIFA’s fixed training compensation effect on the country. Clubs often waive that cost in exchange for sell-on percentages. Big Egyptian sides add performance bonuses, future-sale percentages, and buy-back clauses to domestic deals. Among other, the episode touches the absence of National Dispute Resolution Chamber absence, which creates various obstacles from the dispute resolution perspective.
The episode also touches employment contract form issues. The federation sells a four-page template that every professional must sign four times. The document contains fixed core clauses but leaves blanks for salary, term, and optional provisions. Parties may add rider clauses—such as image-rights terms—if they do not contradict federation or FIFA rules. Some clubs still pressure players to sign incomplete forms, a practice FIFPro condemned.
