Premier League transfer deals getting messier

In 2008, a blueprint to guide local football towards professionalism was drafted in the comfort of an air-conditioned Phakalane conference room at the Bosele hotel in Selebi-Phikwe.Subsequently the blueprint came to be known as the Bosele Declaration.

The document envisaged, among other things, a professional Premier League by 2012. All Premier League clubs were expected to have contracts with their players. However, the absence of such documents is a source of discontent as players dump their clubs. In the process, a messy trend has emerged as players switch clubs with gay abandon.