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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I think that Sheff Utd, had every reason to sue, the reason the failed was because they are not big enough, where as West Ham are, if should have been West Ham got relegated not United.
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Why's that then, because Sheff Utd say so? The reason they failed was because they didn't get enough points through the course of the season, not because West Ham broke a rule that was never designed to be breached by a company owning a players rights, it was designed to stop clubs influencing moves, you know like how Sheff Utd stopped Steve Kabba from playing against them when he moved to Watford that same season.
The legal opinion at the time was that a coach and horses could have been driven through that rule and with hindsight it would have been better to have done just that imo.
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Originally Posted by Matty_
I realise that but they haven`t signed any pro deal yet, i`m not saying i agree with this tapping up of young players, the club that guides them through the early days is usually the one to get the least and that cannot be right.
As far as i can tell only Chelsea have breached any rules but it seems as though all the English clubs are being picked on. Does this type of thing not happen with other European clubs?
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If you believe said ''frog'' clubs, the players have agreed some thing very similar to pre contract agreements, which will be the crux of their arguments.
And no it's not just English clubs, Roma were banned for 2 windows to (reduced to 1 on appeal) for poaching Mexes, think a Swiss club has recently received similar sanctions to.