Grumpy Old Man
Striker
How would we not be due compensation? He was under 23 and had been here for a few years.
"Where a professional player, under the age of 24, has been offered a new contract by his club (subject to certain requirements that the offer must meet set out in Rule 64.3 of the Football League Rules) and he rejects that offer in order to take up the opportunity to sign for another club, compensation will be payable."
It wasn't a domestic transfer. There is compensation from a UEFA scale, but it's much lower than in a domestic transfer.