Lescott [Merged]

[blueOAP]

Lets be honest regardless of what any club says initially, most players have a price. Some clubs who say a player is not for sale simply do it to hike up the price.

 

[HellasLEAF]

this transfer reminds me so much of when the Rags brought in Ferdinand.

 

[Lmarkham-blueblood]

wtf!! i hate wikipedia. look at his name above his pic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joleon_Lescott

its gone now but i swear it said joleon 'judas' lescott before

 

[leewill31]

anybody see this comment on there forum pmsl!

from daza_1973
"I fear Lescott will be the final nail in Mark 'arrogant basta*d Hughes's coffin! - 100m spent in one summer and they struggle to turn Wolves over. What a circus - citeh the new toon"

erm correct me if im wrong but getting beat 6-1 at home and then getting beat by burnley 1-0 lol.

well done city for getting lescott we can now get on with our season with the players to get us were we want to be.

 

[Hooch]

wtf!! i hate wikipedia. look at his name above his pic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joleon_Lescott

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joleon_Lescott&oldid=309653316" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... =309653316</a>

 

[Vitek]

Lescott is on the same level as Rio Ferdinand..And if Liverpool paid 18M for Johnson then i think 24M for Lescott is OK.

 

[Lmarkham-blueblood]

wtf!! i hate wikipedia. look at his name above his pic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joleon_Lescott

<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joleon_Lescott&oldid=309653316" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... =309653316</a>

cheers, well salvaged there hooch :)

 

[Shooter 83]

That's not the issue.

If you look into the FA & Fifa rules regarding tapping up, once a team has declared (publicly or otherwise) that one of their players is not for sale - interested clubs have to break off the chase.

Everton may have made the deal public, but when it was turned down, Hughes, Cook et al. were legally required to cease any mentioning of Lescott, even in passing.

All the stories about how his wages were to be tripled came out after the initial rebuttal, if Moyes can prove that information was leaked from someone at City rather than being mere journalistic speculation, there could be a case to answer for.

Lots of ifs & buts, it's a murky area typical of FA legislation.

But - the fact that it was Everton that publicised the interest is completely irrelevant regarding any potential tapping up charges that could be argued as having occurred afterwards.

So no, they're not as thick as a lot of people are assuming.

They will not have proof that those figures were leaked by City. The papers make up their own figures. He's been reportedly offered anywhere between 50 and 100k per week if you believe them. The '3 X' figure would be based on Wayne Bridge's wage of 90k per week, not on any leak from City. I think this is all just posturing from Everton to appease their fans about the sale of one of their best players to a supposed rival. If they'd just let him go without a fight then Kenwright would have all but confirmed that he doesn't want to try and take the club further.

Spot on. There's no-way we've paid 24m imo. Look's like it's worked on the Everton fans so far.

 

[Damocles]

lol @ Everton fans thinking they can go to the FA when they made the deal public.

surely that first little logical hurdle must make it apparent to all but the very thickest of them that they can't?! the mind boggles.

That's not the issue.

If you look into the FA & Fifa rules regarding tapping up, once a team has declared (publicly or otherwise) that one of their players is not for sale - interested clubs have to break off the chase.

Everton may have made the deal public, but when it was turned down, Hughes, Cook et al. were legally required to cease any mentioning of Lescott, even in passing.

All the stories about how his wages were to be tripled came out after the initial rebuttal, if Moyes can prove that information was leaked from someone at City rather than being mere journalistic speculation, there could be a case to answer for.

Lots of ifs & buts, it's a murky area typical of FA legislation.

But - the fact that it was Everton that publicised the interest is completely irrelevant regarding any potential tapping up charges that could be argued as having occurred afterwards.

So no, they're not as thick as a lot of people are assuming.

Actually, the transfer regulations are here for you:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/playersagents/regulationstatustransfertsplayers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federatio ... ayers.html</a>

Feel free to find the actual regulation, as I have looked through it and reached the conclusion that you are talking shit.

 

[neil jung]

Hallelujah, it's done.

Hope I never have to see this piece of footage again...