What the the heck is this? There is a player on the market who did already play for me. Now, 10 years later, he appears to be interesting to me. Trying to enter the negotiation:

Cannot hire player whose previous club is yours.

Damn it. Practical examples:

Götze, Sahin, Kagawa at BvB, Nilmar (Alex, Ceara, …) at Inter. and so on …

This is crazy.

DrG

It is and we’ll relax this limitation to consider just the last x seasons (maybe 2?).

ok. Relax it … Maybe for loan on the first contract with the other team. But exclude this rule for players that already have renewed a contract or switched clubs …