Football labour migration: An examination of the player recruitment strategies of the 'big five' European football leagues 2004-5 to 2008-9

Soccer and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 788-805

  Littlewood, Martin ^a   Mullen, Chris ^a   Richardson, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859220021     PISSN: 14660970     EISSN: 17439590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2011.609680     Document Type: Article

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