When FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) rejected several youth clubs’ claims for training compensation and solidarity payments from the transfers of Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin, it left several questions unanswered. The rulings did not explain why the claims were rejected, so it was unclear what the basis was for the denial of them.



Now we know a little bit more. In the case of Yedlin’s transfer to Tottenham Hotspur, the youth club Crossfire Premier didn’t actually lose. In an 11-page ruling released to the clubs by the DRC, the panel has revealed that Crossfire won the claim on its merits, but that it was then rejected on other grounds.



(If you have read this far and are totally confused, background on what solidarity payments and training compensation are, and why they’re important, can be found in previous stories on Crossfire’s petition to Tottenham, Tottenham’s responses to that claim and where...