Career
This landmark judgement completely changed the way football players are employed, allowing professional players in the European Union (except for Malta where the illegal parameter system at the end of contract is still legal) to move freely to another club at the end of their contract with their present team While the trial was ongoing Bosman played briefly in the French lower leagues, and on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. Some of his money was lost due to a bad investment in a special T-shirt line.
Bosman hoped that the players who benefited from the Bosman ruling would support him by buying one of his "Who"s the Boz" T-shirts.
He sold only one, to the son of his lawyer In order to pay his taxes, he was forced to sell his second house and his Porsche Carrera.