perhaps we have paid him off but maintained his registration with the FA in which case anyone who wants him might have to pay something to us for the registration to be assigned
we probably came to some settlement thereby allowing him to join Cov on lower wages but not be out of pocket. He could have stayed and been a drain on resources so better we come to an agreement and we can all move on.
Coventry City have signed striker Leon Clarke from Charlton Athletic on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The 27-year-old joined the Sky Blues on a 28-day loan deal from the Addicks on New Year’s Day, 2013 and he has since gone on to make two appearances for City in the New Year's Day home match with Shrewsbury and Saturday's FA Cup third round tie with Tottenham Hotspur.
Leon Clarke is League 1 level. I know of no clubs in League 1 or below that could afford to pay a fee for anybody (unless they sold someone else). He was never going to play for us again & if we managed to cancel his contract so that we no longer had to pay his wages, then that's the best we could hope for. Even when he was at Scunny I believe we were still paying a good proportion of his wages.
Incidentally Clarke has replaced McGoldrick who has signed for Ipswich along with Aaron McLean. Decent couple of signings for the tractor boys in my opinion.
Good luck to him. Clearly out of his depth in our team, looked lost on the pitch, but he seems to know where the goal is in his new incarnation. Glad to see a player enjoy doing what they do best.
its a good move to get him off our wages .... obviously he didnt gel with the bhoys in the dressing room. any striker who scores 11 in 15 and then gets his contract cancelled had issues outside the pitch IMO.
For whatever reason the worst bit of business done in this managerial reign, so glad to get rid. Whoever signed him* (Powell or Board) wasted a lot of money getting rid of Benson
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Came with a bit of a reputation, especially after the Di Canio incident, but cant remember causing any aggro while here.
What does the article say? i could not access it. Assume a mutual termination of contract? Shame we couldnt even get a small fee
How can we cancel his contract without paying him off? If he had a contract with us, he would hardly rip it up and walk away for nothing.
The 27-year-old joined the Sky Blues on a 28-day loan deal from the Addicks on New Year’s Day, 2013 and he has since gone on to make two appearances for City in the New Year's Day home match with Shrewsbury and Saturday's FA Cup third round tie with Tottenham Hotspur.
He was never going to play for us again & if we managed to cancel his contract so that we no longer had to pay his wages, then that's the best we could hope for. Even when he was at Scunny I believe we were still paying a good proportion of his wages.
Not necessarily. He got 11 in 15 for a far worse team (Scunthorpe) so no reason why he can't replace Mcgoldrick (who got 16 in 22)
* EDIT : Him being Clarke