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free transfer
noun
The signing of a player without paying a fee to another club.
Exact(60)
He was not a free transfer".
August - Joins Watford on a free transfer.
Mario Balotelli has signed for Nice on a free transfer.
Anthony Stokes has joined Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer.
Underrated, we got him on a free transfer.
1993: Moves to Celtic on a free transfer.
"He's a no-brainer on a free transfer," said Redknapp.
Four years later he is at Sheffield Wednesday after joining on a free transfer.
"Kevin Phillips has just signed for Birmingham City on a free transfer from West Bromwich Albion.
Plus he moved on a free transfer, and he refused to apologise, or soften the blow.
Least of all Toni, who left on a free transfer before the year was out.
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