Kyle Sinckler highlights the need for transfer fees for homegrown players | Ugo Monye

Dec 15, 2019

Tighthead prop has been with Harlequins since he was 12 but club could lose him in January and not be rewarded for all the good work they have done

It is that time of the year when speculation starts to swirl over players’ futures. If anyone is going to move from one Premiership club to the next, officially they cannot be approached until January, but inevitably wheels are set in motion and Kyle Sinckler is the player who has got everyone talking at the moment.

Sinckler’s situation raises two important questions: is it worth having an England international on a premium contract in your squad and are clubs compensated well enough for doing so? The first question is open to debate; the answer to the second is a resounding no, not least when it gets to the stage that the club – in Sinckler’s case, Harlequins – can seemingly no longer afford them. As a solution, or at least part of one, I would propose transfer fees for homegrown players.

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