Former Spurs player discusses the man who changed football 25 years ago, before his documentary on the subject is released
David Ginola knew what to expect when he met Jean-Marc Bosman for the first time, but the reality was no less confronting for that. “I should have been meeting a very wealthy man,” he says. “But in fact he’s got nothing at all.”
Football transformed itself in the wake of the Bosman ruling, 25 years ago this week, which allowed players to move freely within the European Union when their contracts ended. But, while footballers and their agents gained unprecedented power and wealth, the man whose legal cases made it possible was left with next to nothing. “People had told me he was destroyed and in a bad condition,” Ginola says. “When I arrived in Belgium and discovered everything, the biggest feeling was one of sadness.”
Written by Nick Ames
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