A transfer agreement is not a contract type defined by a separate statute in Georgia — and this should be said plainly: the transfer machinery of the international sports organizations, FIFA and UEFA included, does not carry the force of state law here. What the law does establish is the legal frame of a transfer: the club's right to present a member for transfer with the federation's consent, the eligibility rules of national teams, the sources that determine the conditions of an athlete's contract, and the basis on which a foreign athlete enters. The international statutes operate inside this frame with contractual force, and that is precisely why preparing a transfer deal runs on two layers — the statutory frame and the federation's rules. On this page we explain these layers.
The Club and Presentation for Transfer — the Federation's Consent
The first legal condition of a transfer follows from the club's status. A sports club conducts its activity in accordance with the law, the legislation in force and its own statutes, and is a legal entity; its status is granted to an organization whose founding documents satisfy the requirements of the legislation and of the respective national sports federation. The central norm for transfers is this: the preferential right of the club's leadership is to present its members for transfer with the consent of the national sports federation. This lawful model yields three conclusions: first, the right to present for transfer belongs to the club, not to the player; second, this right rests on the federation's consent — presentation without consent falls outside the lawful frame; third, the federation's internal rules, harmonized with this frame, fill in the details but cannot override the law.