“The current cases of Luka Modric, Robin van Persie and Andy Carroll illustrate the dramas, tedium and sheer frustrations of our top-level game. These cases are not on all fours. Van Persie, a prolific scorer for Arsenal last season even if he disappointed so surprisingly in the Dutch Euro 2012 team, has a contract which runs out next summer and, thanks to the Bosman decision (Bosman himself, the root of it all, seems to have fallen neglected, on hard times) can walk out in a year’s time free of a fee.” World Soccer