Quote Originally Posted by WBA123 View Post
No picking here, you said if a bigger fee comes in he'll walk. I kind of said, if its to our advantage that's what should happen.

I suppose, I think some of our fans (not you, don't get defensive!) would never sell a player of ours if they were performing well on the pitch. But I think that's cost us in the past, we could have got far higher fees for Jonny Evans and Berahino off the top of my head for example.

We need to be smart with who we sell and for what price. We can't just say players are not for sale, regardless. We need to get top dollar for our assets, and we need to buy at bottom dollar. It’s how to work the market and why teams like Brighton and Brentford have been so successful - and we haven't.
Agree with the above but in regards to constructive dismissal which what you have been arguing, I cannot remember a single case of it happening in football.

Freezing a player out is not a constructive dismissal case anyway, as long as you pay their wages you’re simply taking a decision as his employer as to whether you want to use his service, a service you are paying for.

Most players want to play.

So in effect, as long as you’re adhering to the terms of a player’s contract and you’re paying him on time it’s up to you whether you play him or freeze him out…….no contract is being broken by freezing someone out albeit I think it’s a petty way for any manager or club to act.

When Bosman took his club to court it was more a case of “Restriction Of Trade” because his contract had expired but they refused to let him leave without a transfer fee.

It became more of a “Human Rights” issue.

I agree that every player has a price, it’s just that Palmers price of £3m as being quoted in the media seemed to be ludicrously low and bad business on our part.

A fee of double that plus add ons and sell on clauses would be more appropriate.