article_snippet: The windfall is all part of the ‘solidarity contribution’ mechanism set out in the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players.
article_snippet: English clubs only receive the payment when a player moves between clubs registered in different football associations (ie international transfers) and a fee is involved, as was the case with Forster when Forster swapped Scotland for England last month.
article_snippet: It does not apply to domestic deals.
article_snippet: Five per cent of every transfer fee between clubs in different associations is set aside to be distributed to any club – including professional - to which the player was registered between the seasons of different associations 12th and 23rd birthdays.
article_snippet: The amount received is proportional to the time spent under different associations care, which is recorded on a ‘player passport’.
article_snippet: For example, if a £10m player spent just one season at a junior club they would land around £25,000.
article_snippet: It's increasingly hard for grassroots clubs at all levels to raise funds each year, so if any are fortunate enough to have a player transfer internationally in these circumstances later in his career, it is important to bear this in mind.
highlights_snippet: Grassroots clubs entitled to payment when former player transfers abroad .
  
highlights_snippet: Club must apply for the payment within 18 months of the deal taking place .
  
highlights_snippet: Payment depends on length of time registered between age of 12 and 23 .
  