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apparently terry has issues with the colour of his skin aswell

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't give a flying F if we cam e18th as long as they could rake in the cash

After G+H they should have known they gotta earn it

I think he was saying = Low + Low = Low Hight + Low = Possibly High High + high = high Low _ High = Possibly High maybe We know Cruyff holds significant sway...we can talk in maybes all day but sometimes you gotta go with the sure thing and I think the position the club is in at the moment - we NEED the sure thing

WTF kind of company would put a man in charge of their 300+ mill pound investment based on a skype interview.... Also.... Rafa is the cheap option --- He never wanted a DoF - just let him take a Manager/DoF role - Only gotta pay Rafa!!! - I would very much be willing to put my trust in him to run the whole fkn club to be fair......physio and all

Wow what a statement that would be making to the rest of the football world if we bring in Martinez.......We will be able to escape relegation 4 weeks out from season end! Yay Seriously though....I am gonna support who ever they put in the job but considering the names on the market currently going for Martinez seems like a cop out....Sometimes you gotta makea statement and the s*** this club has been through means that it needs to be now and Martinez makes literally the opposite statement of what we want. This genuinely worries me. And can I say the thought of KK being sacked to be replaced by Martinez is actually abhorrent......

I was using the 2 years as an arbitrary figure it may be more like 38 premier league games or 1 full season or something like that

they paid over 13 million pound to get him there - that's just another factor to take into account

I'm sure there are a lot to do with other employment contracts - I have seen 3 year clauses accepted by courts in other circumstances - it would depend on too much information we dont have I was simply saying that it is very much a possibility - and Id say that 18 months - 2 years is not farfetched

True - but purchasing the Aston Villa player of the year in an extremely successful campaign for the club at age 27 for 20 million pounds should have led to some reward.....

Yeah but you still have to look at all prior decisions to determine the reasonable criteria - I don't have time for that I would say that If its in their they have done their research and would have structured it around a clause the court has deemed appropriate - thats what good lawyers do

Despite this I'm sure that Chelsea are VERY well legally represented and would include a term that will most likely be enforceable if there is one at all.. I'm not up to verse on European trade law - there may be something there maybe in the Human rights part as well. But certainly in domestic British law there is very little to suggest it is outright unenforceable.

Cheers Private Mergers and Acquisitions for me!

I agree with this

Just graduating from Law school starting as a Commercial Law solicitor in Feb I could bombard you - although most of my knowledge is Aussie based we share a very similar legal system and the limited research I have done in the past 15 mins suggests its possible Check this place http://www.inbrief.c...ade-clauses.htm I have other ones but only accessible through University resources. Also http://www.lawgazette.com.sg/2012-02/331.htm for some case law

If they have agreed to it in a prior contract it would hardly be unreasonable - in the end it would need to be a an Unreasonable restraint of trade - and as it has been said its all Europe, there are plenty of other clubs to manage a Court may decide to enforce such clauses if they are considered to be reasonable with the reference to the interests of both of the parties and do not breach the public interest in free trade. Id say both of those are satisfied Gotta remember that common law courts love a bargain (contract) and if something is signed usually it holds a hefty amount of weight He had been at the club for a bit and he had known the inner workings and tactics and personalities of certain players and staff - I doubt a court would consider it unreasonable to limit him working in direct competition for a period of 2 years for those things to change.

I just hope they don't go all patriotic and bring in Bob Bradley......

That sounds like a reasonable theory....maybe your giving them too much credit and they haven't the slightest on whats going to happen now Can I just say one thing.... If they don't get this stadium thing on the move in the next 12 months I'm gonna f***ing riot....

There are a lot of other markets than just England - he had a bad experience he very easily could have said no managing in England for 2 years with eyes to a move of Spain or France or Germany or Italy we bought 2 midfielders (Downing and Henderson) and a striker (Carroll) and they all let him down if you look at their performances as a whole TBH

get f***ed....

wrong

You find them all the time - Called "non-compete clauses" Its a very realistic possibility Can be as long as agreed upon

Even on the darkest of days there be the tiniest of lights......

He is actually the greatest PERSON ever....... ^ | | | This was seriously one of the best days of my life

I was going to - his brand of football is a delight to behold Rafa all the way!!