Misconduct clauses in players contracts?

stilladdicted

I don't wish to re-hash old ground re the pro and anti Moo2 arguments, but want to ask a different question. We still have Moo2 and are presumably still paying him not to play. Assuming that the various rumours are true, why is it not possible to terminate a players contract for misbehaviour, especially in regard to the time keeping issues? He would seem to have enough misconduct charges against him that would mean getting the heave ho in other workplaces. Why have we still got him on our wage bill?

PeakieRocket

Players can be sacked for misconduct, just look at Jamie Stuart. Most of the things labeled against Moo2 however are just rumours, and quite often with rumours (even if there is some truth to them) by the time they've been passed on from person to person they've become over-exaggerated. I'm pretty sure if Charlton desperately wanted someone off their books, and that player gave the perfect opportunity to get rid of him without compensation, the club would do so.

Charlton would have to be 100% sure they wouldn't get done for wrongful dismissal and end up having to pay out a contract in full plus potentially more in compensation, before going down that route.

Also, the club might feel that Moo2 has a sell on value and it may be worth holding out for a transfer fee for him.

ParkinsonOut

Moo2 was sitting in the row in front of me during second half against Wycombe and I had a word with him. Aparently Pompey have not offered him a contract and he doesn't think he'll play for Charlton again.

The Red Tadpole

i dont think he will either..but i hope he does .remember last season against reading? had a blinder!!!

nigel

How many players do we have on our books who will never play for the club again - Moo2, Christensen...are there any others?

And if we're talking misconduct clauses, I'd rather see them invoked against managers than players. If Pardew's clueless stewardship didn't represent woeful misconduct and dereliction of duty, then I don't know what does. And yet he walked away with more than a million from us...

Lucky old Southampton. With Pardew in charge it's going to take them a very long time to reach the giddy heights of nil points... only another nine to go, which should probably take them at least until the end of October, I reckon...