In recent years, there have been several examples of sought-after footballers not wanting to sign a new contract with their club. As a result, they are free to choose where they sign next time. The reward is that they can take a large bonus from their new club in their own pocket, as well as a higher salary. At the latest today, Alfons Sampsted, who is 1 in 5 with expiring contracts in Glimt, reports that he will disappear after the New Year. The result? Not a red penny ends up in the coffers of the club, which in several cases has made the players flourish. A widely used expression is “bosman player”. Briefly explained, the term describes players whose contract period has expired without their current club being able to claim financial compensation, as in the case of a sale. – It is a completely normal and natural part of top football as of today. The clubs have to keep the contracts to a length that makes it financially transparent, says sports commentator Jan Petter Saltvedt. Vetlesen could be next For Bodø/Glimt, five players are on the run with expiring contracts. Amahl Pellegrino, Alfons Sampsted, Nikita Haikin, as well as the veteran Anders Konradsen. In addition to lightning wing Ola Solbakken. – He (Solbakken editor’s note) is a particularly good example. Glimt could have earned several tens of millions of kroner from him, if they had sold before the season. Then they have also been successful in bringing in players themselves who are in the same situation, says Saltvedt. Amahl Pellegrino Came to Glimt in autumn 2021. The contract expires in the new year. Has had contracts of one year’s duration until now. Has said that he wants to stay, but has expressed that he wants longer than one year at a time. Alfons Sampsted Came to Glimt before the 2020 season. Has confirmed that he is done with Glimt by the New Year, when his contract expires. Ola SolbakkenCame to Glimt before the 2020 season from Ranheim. Said he wanted to leave Glimt before this season, but Glimt refused to sell below what they thought Solbakken was worth. Will leave for free when his contract expires in the New Year.Nikita HaikinCome to Glimt before the 2019 season. Has announced that he will be leaving the club when his contract expires in the New Year. General manager Frode Thomassen would ideally like to see that all the players want to continue in Bodø/Glimt, but Bosman players are part of the game, he says. – In principle, we want long employment agreements with the players. Then there is something about how football is screwed together. We sign longer agreements now than we did a few years ago. Exactly that is correct. The two biggest signings this season, Patrick Berg and Albert Grønbech are both secured with five-year contracts. But the “sins” from the past can already punish them in a year’s time. Hugo Vetlesen, Marius Høibråten, Morten Konradsen and Sondre Brunstad Fet are four A-team players who all have contracts that run until next year. Now the race begins to prevent them from also running out of contract. – The most important thing is to maintain a good product Thomassen says that the most important thing is that they manage to build and maintain a good product. It is the whole that is important. – Sometimes you can get the impression that football is about buying and selling footballers, but that is only part of it. At the end of the day, it’s all about having a good football team, he says. Although some of the profiles in the club already last Sunday played their last match at General manager Frode Thomassen says that the most important thing for the club is to maintain a good product. Photo: Andreas Nilsen Trygstad / news home ground for the yellow team, according to Thomassen, the club is in a better place now than last year. – For those who follow us, you know that we are in a much better place this year than we were at the same time last year. We have a fairly large and solid squad, so we will use the time until the transfer window opens to look at how we can complement and possibly strengthen what we have today. Kjetil Knutsen said this after the game on Sunday about the future player logistics: – We are working hard. There’s a pretty good group left here. One of those things is that we must have players who 100 percent want to be in Glimt. It is an important prerequisite for us to succeed as a team, he says. – Doesn’t look good Sports commentator Stian Høgland in Avisa Nordland believes that there are several of the Glimt players who know their own value and who get offers from clubs that pay more. – It is a balancing act as a club. Of course, it doesn’t look good that the very best players disappear for free from Bodø/Glimt. They have tried to extend more of the five for a long, long time. When you do not get an extension, you have a choice. It’s either sell them, or let time run out. Then there was Amahl Pellegrino. – He has proven so clearly this year that he is good enough and top scorer in the Eliteserien. I would not have hesitated to give him two years, if that was what it took to get him at the club. Both the club and himself are so determined to make it happen, so I think it will work out.
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Several Bodø/Glimt players go as bosman players – news Nordland
