The 2 AWOL Players

If we cant get rid of Ndong & the other one before the loan window closes, would it be best if we sack them? Would we be able to?

 

Like any employer we can sack them for breach of contract, however we still have money to pay to their previous clubs, so we still loose out and they are then able to sign for another club and start earning. I actually think this is what the agents is hoping will happen.

For me the question is not can we sack them but can we also sue them for damages as their actions have lost the club money as they are now unsalable as a direct result of their actions in the close season?

 

But once the loan window shuts and they decide to step back onto the training pitch to start picking up their wages again would it then be too late to sack them? Would there be a point when we would lose the opportunity to? It would surely be best to sack them than to continue paying their wages, no matter how much we owe their previous clubs. Do we sack them the moment they come back or run the risk of paying wages to players who we will never see in a SAFC again (I hope)?

 

But do we sack them the moment they come back? I have no problem, so long as they stay away.

 

Good point, should be able to, but probably not for some ****ty reason.

 

Knowing those two they'll end up looking like this

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They've been gone for coming up to 2 months now. We must have saved up to 400K already? As long as they stay away they can pay for the money we owe to their previous clubs themselves.

 

I remember Chelsea sacking Mutu for drug use then suing him for several million. They won that case.

I'm no lawyer but I would guess that we have a chance as if we simply allow them to run down their contracts, even if we aren't having to pay their wages in the meantime, we will still lose out on a transfer fee. We should be able to pursue them for that financial loss either after sacking them or after allowing their contracts to expire.

I trust the current owners to at least be exploring this possibility.

 

Does my memory fail or is the sale of dong not part of the debt clearing deal with short?

 

How similar are their cases to Rodwell's?

We couldn't do anything about him and wasn't he a case of him turning up to train but quite simply refusing to play? Our hands were tied with him.

These guys are not refusing to play are they? They're just doing what Courtois did at Chelsea, what many players do before the window closes, as instructed by their agents.

 

It is we only keep anything over the £8m fee which had been agreed with Watford if they kept him.

 

Yeah they refused to play they have refused to even turn up never mind play or train.

Pond life.

 

I wasn't aware of that Smithy.

I thought they were off training with other clubs abroad. Hadn't really given them any thought.

Like virtually all ex-players, once they're no longer with us, almost like these 2, they're dead to me.

 

Disgrace mate even worse then Rodwell if that’s even possible.

 

If they turn up and we start paying their wages again, they certainly wont be dead to me.

 

I don't know mate, that's really REALLY pushing it!

 

We must be paying them something now though surely?

 

As far as I know at the beginning of July they just decided not to turn up for training, claiming that they are never gonna play for us anymore, meaning we are fining them constantly until they turn up. I might be wrong like.