Cannot sign u21 players (free agents) from other nations (Euro side issue)

Sammalinen · 12-02-2022, 02:49 PM

Managing an European club, trying to sign u21 player from the free agent pool. If player's nationality is a foreign one, I get a popup message: "xxx hockey association will not approve the transfer of this player due to his young are".

This might be a valid reason for NA clubs, but such rules shouldn't be enforced on European clubs.

If a Finnish club tries to sign a Danish u21 free agent, the transfer can't be blocked as it would violate free movement of workforce from EU country to another. IRL, even 15-16 year old youngsters move from countries such as Denmark or Czechia to develop in top Scandinavian junior leagues.

JeffR · 12-02-2022, 07:23 PM

I think we originally did that to prevent e.g. UK teams from grabbing prospects from major countries. But I think we need an exception there for the countries (Sweden in particular) that attract a lot of U20 players from elsewhere in Europe.

12-02-2022, 02:49 PM	#1
Sammalinen Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2022 Posts: 28	Cannot sign u21 players (free agents) from other nations (Euro side issue) Managing an European club, trying to sign u21 player from the free agent pool. If player's nationality is a foreign one, I get a popup message: "xxx hockey association will not approve the transfer of this player due to his young are". This might be a valid reason for NA clubs, but such rules shouldn't be enforced on European clubs. If a Finnish club tries to sign a Danish u21 free agent, the transfer can't be blocked as it would violate free movement of workforce from EU country to another. IRL, even 15-16 year old youngsters move from countries such as Denmark or Czechia to develop in top Scandinavian junior leagues.

12-02-2022, 07:23 PM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,244	I think we originally did that to prevent e.g. UK teams from grabbing prospects from major countries. But I think we need an exception there for the countries (Sweden in particular) that attract a lot of U20 players from elsewhere in Europe.