Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has launched a scathing attack on football bosses in light of the Wayne Rooney saga unfolding at Manchester United.
Rooney, whose current contract runs out in the summer of 2012, has told United he has no intention of signing a new deal meaning he can leave on a Bosman free transfer if he sees his contract out.
And Holloway is unhappy with how players have the power to force clubs into selling them to avoid missing out on a fee.
He said: “I’ve got big problems with the people who are running football. I know the reasons I think the game is in trouble and you cannot have a Bosman ruling they’ve got at the moment.
“Manchester United have helped Wayne Rooney’s career massively on and off the field. The manager, the club itself has invested in him. They bought him for massive amounts of money as a young man and they’re helping him blossom into the player that he is.
“He’s one of the best centre-forwards in the world. And if he sees his contract out, he’s going to be able to walk out of there for nothing. That’s the people at the very top of the game’s fault.
“Our rules were brilliant. If he was offered the same amount of money again, they could hold his registration and someone would have to pay the faire amount of money for him.
“Just because you’re 24, what on earth has that got to do with it? It’s just ludicrous. They have the power to change this straight away.
“What if he sits there for 18 months, throws tantrums, doesn’t try, doesn’t play, and someone’s already said to him, ‘we’ll take you and we’ll pay you some of that money we should have paid Manchester United because you can walk out on a free?’
“Do you want to sign a person like that? Do you want to play for a club that say that to you? How do we know it hasn’t already happened? The game is wrong. The people in charge of the game are wrong. They are so wrong this is frightening.
“If Alex Ferguson is being bullied by a player and his agent, how wrong is the game. When are (FIFA and UEFA) going to listen to the people who are involved in the game?
“They say it’s not fair on the player. Rubbish. The player has had his wages every week. They bought him, worked with him, he belongs to them. It’s so obvious. The world should change if it’s wrong and football should look at itself.”