- Aug 29, 2006
- 14,423
- 12,258
i agree but it's better than literally doing nothing for a year.
This one has me confused... He had not yet signed a pro contract with City - hence we could simply of singed him on a contract and the fee would have been decided by a tribunal.
If he singed pro-contract with another club, he would no longer be a City Apprentice and City would have no say on where he played his trade going forward.
Bearing in mind the above, how is it being reported that City "prevented" him from holding contra talks with PL rivals? Surely that contravenes all kinds of EU employment laws regarding free movement of workers?
Surely it was the lad's choice to go to Dortmund rather than further any potential options at PL clubs - simple as that no?
I read earlier itk that it wasn't even an option at the time as he had no plans to leave. It all blew up after we had sold Walker I thought. We were just unlucky with the timing.Really, as much as this makes me hate City more, really we had the ball in our court when they wanted Walker and we fumbled it. We should have insisted. I can only assume it's because Poch really wanted him gone that we didn't stick to our guns. Ether way, it's a big fuck up. TBH, if we where City and the situation was reversed, we would probably rather sell abroad.
Employment law doesn't seem to apply to rich folk like Shitty & their owners, just like FFP doesn't seem to apply to PSG & their owners....
My question is "what exactly could City do to stop Sancho talking to us & signing a 1st pro contract?" I'm thinking he clearly had no desire to come to Spurs, as there was nothing City could have done to stop him from doing so, if he wanted to sign for us, he could have, whether City liked it or not... Unless I'm missing something??
The Guardian is reporting the fee paid by Dortmund as £8 million, and there may be clauses too.
No way is this a Fryers situation. Sancho is gone, and his homesickness for London is likely to continue for quite some time now....
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/31/jadon-sancho-borussia-dortmund-manchester-city
My question is "what exactly could City do to stop Sancho talking to us & signing a 1st pro contract?" I'm thinking he clearly had no desire to come to Spurs, as there was nothing City could have done to stop him from doing so, if he wanted to sign for us, he could have, whether City liked it or not... Unless I'm missing something??
Not sure why you think that .City didn't want to go to an English club,so common sense would be go abroad for a year,then can have his pick back here.Dortmund are Essentially a selling club.Tenner says will be back in England next summer.
Dortmund paid £8-10 million, probably with sell on clauses. So an English club would have to pay double that next year for Dortmund to get their money back and make a profit.
If Sancho plays well enough to be worth £20 million next summer, Dortmund could easily decide to wait another year and watch his value rise.
Doubt he'll play enough to increase his value that much.
But will he score the game winning goals which knock us out of the champions league?I lay a bet with anyone that he will not be in Germany 12 months time
I lay a bet with anyone that he will not be in Germany 12 months time