Meanwhile, smaller clubs will be compensated to some extent if young players that they have invested in developing move elsewhere under the Bosmanruling.
Scarborough are entitled to compensation for former Scunthorpe striker Stamp, if he elects to move on, as he is under 24 and so is not covered by the BosmanRuling.
In a test-case ruling involving a Belgian soccer player, Jean-Marc Bosman, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg decided in December 1995 that the European Union's rules on the free movement of labour applied to sportsmen.