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Blackpool boss Holloway blames Bosman for poor player behaviour

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway says the Bosman ruling has a big influence on the behaviour of young players today.

In his column for the Independent on Sunday, Holloway wrote: "For me many of the problems started with the Bosman ruling in 1995. It was effectively put in by one bloke who was being held in Belgium because his club wouldn't let him leave, even though his contract had run out. He quite rightly fought them in a court. But the court changed the rules for everybody - including the rules in England, which were perfectly fine as they were - and the game has gone crazy because of that.

"Now some players are actively encouraged to let their contract run out so they can get a big move and earn loads of money.

"The football club used to have the power, which meant the player had to behave how the club told him.

"My generation knew that if we were out of contract we had to try and earn another one. But now there is no responsibility because when a player is out of contract and over the age of 24, the responsibility goes to his agent to find him a new job.

"It almost breeds disloyalty and it breeds a player that even the agent hasn't got control of. So who do they listen to? They listen to whoever they like. And if you don't tell them what they want to hear, they won't listen to you either."

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