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Bosman at 25: Who made the best free transfer? Last updated on comments Decent, if unremarkable, as a player. An absolute game-changer as a court case. It is now 25 years since Jean-Marc Bosman entered the European Court of Justice as a midfielder and emerged as a noun. He wants a Bosman. The Bosman rule. We're signing him on a Bosman. The change in employment law meant footballers could choose to run down their contracts and move clubs on a free transfer. With some caveats. It changed football hugely. But who have been the best "Bosmans" and had the most success? Take a look at our list of ...

Photo by B Kanaris/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images I have a confession to make. Liverpool FC isn’t the first club I supported. As a little brother to a United-supporting elder brother, I flew my Anything But United (ABU) credentials proudly. When Blackburn Rovers challenged (and eventually pipped) them for the title in 1995, I gleefully adopted them as my team to rub salt into his wounds. Little did I know that Alan Shearer was about to depart, and United would win the title another three times before the decade was over. Bad decision. As fortunes turned for Blackburn, culminatin...