An interesting piece (paywall) here about a players’ unions starting to respond to what they feel are violations of labour laws in the punishment of players. The specific case is from Slovenia, but the case they are making cites incidents all over Europe (including Sancho’s at United) pointing to how widespread the violations are.
Our now departed former in house legal expert used to comment on this reality quite a lot with respect to potential legal challenges to a player being “frozen out”, including them being able to unilaterally cancel a contract but because it never happens I think people didn’t believe the the interpretation. It seems the unions are now starting to move on these issues
Emil Forsberg switched Red Bull sides at Christmas to join the NY side in the MLS. His wife of 10 years is now filing for divorce saying he left without discussing it with them and hasnt spoken to them since he left
Burnley have agreed a deal to sign Netherlands under-21 right-back Shurandy Sambo in the summer once the 22-year-old’s PSV Eindhoven contract has ended. (Fabrizio Romano)
Obviously, a rumour doesn’t mean that the player is definitely signing, but I would advise him not to use his surname were he to join an English club.
Those of us of a certain age will remember when “sambo” was slang for a black person. Mind you, it could be entertaining listening to commentators trying to avoid saying his name.
