Rapid has extended all expiring player contracts until the end of the new season. Would it be correct for affected clubs to continue to employ and pay only some of the players with expiring contracts?
If a contract expires before the end of the extended season, the club is not obliged to extend the contract of certain players. What he could not do one-sidedly – it must always be both sides for it.
WAC defender Lukas Schmitz will be at July 1st Venlo in the Netherlands under contract. Can he – as an example for some affected professionals – still the season for Wolfsberg break up?
This can only “function” perfectly legally if the old and the new contract are interlinked like communicating vessels: If the first contract is extended by a certain period, the beginning of the second would have to be postponed accordingly. If the contracts do not contain such a clause, the player will in any case be in breach of contract with one of the two clubs and may also be liable to pay damages.
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