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Darius Vassell turfed out of his temporary accommodation after Turkish club fail to pay the bill
Published 13:40 12/11/09 By Darren Lewis
Darius Vassell is desperate to quit Turkish side Ankaragucu after being turfed out of his temporary accommodation because the club could not afford to pay.
The 29-year-old former Manchester City striker only left the Premier League for Turkey in the summer. But "cash-flow problems" at Ankaragucu have resulted in him being paid late, if at all.
Matters came to a head recently when Vassell was evicted from the hotel the club had been putting him in because they had failed to pay the bill.
When the astonished ex-England striker tried to raise someone to sort things out he struggled to contact anyone on the club's board.
Several championship sides and "at least one Premier League side" have expressed an interest in Vassell.
But his bid to leave Turkey has been complicated by the fact that Ankaragucu cannot afford to pay up his contract and so any club wanting him will have to pay a fee, with the club thought to want around £2million.