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  "id": 2006239,
  "title": "Football’s transfer wars: Contract tapping, player poaching and FIFA’s quest for stability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/footballs-transfer-wars-contract-tapping-player-poaching-and-fifas",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:46:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/news/legal-business/article/footballs-transfer-wars-contract-tapping-player-poaching-and-fifas-quest-for-stability/"
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  "summary": "Introduction Professional football has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar global industry in which player contracts are among a club’s most valuable read more Football’s transfer wars: Contract tapping, player poaching and FIFA’s quest for stability",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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