The requirement to pay training compensation comes when one of the following two conditions is met: 1) When a player signs his first professional contract, 2) Each time a professional is transferred overseas until the end of the season in which he turns 23. According to EA Sports Law, “The essential idea is that the new club must pay training compensation whenever a player signs his first professional contract and each time the player transfers between clubs from two separate national organisations. “Compensation is payable until the end of the season in which the player turns 23. There is a requirement to pay training compensation regardless of whether the player’s contract has expired or not.”
Clubs can agree to waive the training compensation, but this has to be agreed before the player is signed by his new club.

Otherwise, FIFA will immediately activate the training fee and ensure that it is paid in one instalment before the player’s 23rd birthday, as stated in their regulations in RSTP art. 20 and annexe 4. The only other exception is for transfers within the EU or EEA, where the rules specify “that no compensation is payable if the former club does not offer the player a new contract and cannot justify why it should still be entitled to compensation”. This, of course, excludes Ipswich and Coleraine because of Brexit. As a result, Town will receive £100k from the Bannsiders, as first reported by the Belfast Telegraph, who understand that it will be settled by the 30-day deadline set by FIFA.

Stewart has featured 19 times for Coleraine this season, scoring twice. His side sit eighth in the NIFL table.

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