Quote Originally Posted by On Balance View Post
If any employer makes life difficult for an employee, just because they don’t want them, it may amount to constructive dismissal.

Any employer would know this and would, given the correct legal advice, be mindful of this fact.

West Bromwich Albion would be most unlikely to put themselves in the position whereby, they may find themselves facing a tribunal for unfair dismissal.
You’re being obtuse just for the sake of it, you know exactly what I mean!

A player can be “distanced” by a manager and hierarchy.

Look at the way Bale was treated at Real Madrid for example, he was a world class player who Zidane didn’t want and the fans didn’t want and they just sidelined him.

Gary Megson did the same with Luke Marshall and Jason Roberts, he had both training with the kids when he fell out with them.

Because players are under contract the club can train them and play them as they see fit, if you can afford to or if you just want to you can make a players life pretty miserable and there’s nothing that any tribunal can do about it.

As long as they pay their wages then it’s up to them.

This is exactly why the Bosman rule came in, clubs could refuse to let a player who wanted to leave a club actually leave even at the end of their contract without a transfer fee.

Most of us can recall instances of players being “left to rot in the reserves”……….no tribunal will ever stop that.