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But also in the same vein I hate the American sports trade rules

In European football if someone gets traded it's a transfer. The transferred player then agrees to a completely new contract of their choosing with that new team rather than fulfilling the rest of their existing contract. They can also flat out refuse to go to that team and stay with their existing team on their current contract. Of course things are a bit different in that theres no salary cap so if a player refuses to move you can just terminate his contract and get out of it that way