A complete farce. Our owners have not covered themselves in glory here, the exact opposite in fact. I had a lot of faith in them after the money they spent, now they seem clueless.
It's not exactly the owners' fault, Hull are trying to take the michael with the compensation money and we are standing firm. Fair play to them.
It IS our owners fault, Hull know we are in week 3 of our manager search and time isnt on our side, we need a man at the helm now. If this was 2 weeks ago, or even one week ago we would be in a better bargaining position. They have waiting too long.
I sympathise with Hull not being happy about being raided mid-season, but if they wrote into NP's contract the £700K clause that has been reported, they are putting themselves in the wrong (not just ethically but legally) by not abiding by those terms, and may well find that they have cut off their nose to spite their face.
If media reports are correct, and the club is in breach of its agreement with him, NP is under no moral (let alone legal) obligation to refrain from walking out, because the club has already invalidated the contract.
As said above, if there is a clause in NPs contract, at best, you would imagine a tribunal would conclude that this is the amount that should be paid.
Hull also need to consider the implications of costs for a tribunal. If the courts find that there was no need for such a judgement, - i.e. Leicester have already offered the amount clearly defined in the contract, it is quite plausible that HCFC may have to pay the court costs (which may be months and months worth).
And finally a pear-shaped scenario for Hull, the courts may find that they have breached the contract by not accepting the clause based amount and causing disrepute, and as such, they may deem an amount below 700k suitable, minus court costs.
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posted on 10/11/11
A complete farce. Our owners have not covered themselves in glory here, the exact opposite in fact. I had a lot of faith in them after the money they spent, now they seem clueless.
posted on 10/11/11
It's not exactly the owners' fault, Hull are trying to take the michael with the compensation money and we are standing firm. Fair play to them.
posted on 10/11/11
It IS our owners fault, Hull know we are in week 3 of our manager search and time isnt on our side, we need a man at the helm now. If this was 2 weeks ago, or even one week ago we would be in a better bargaining position. They have waiting too long.
posted on 11/11/11
I sympathise with Hull not being happy about being raided mid-season, but if they wrote into NP's contract the £700K clause that has been reported, they are putting themselves in the wrong (not just ethically but legally) by not abiding by those terms, and may well find that they have cut off their nose to spite their face.
If media reports are correct, and the club is in breach of its agreement with him, NP is under no moral (let alone legal) obligation to refrain from walking out, because the club has already invalidated the contract.
posted on 11/11/11
As said above, if there is a clause in NPs contract, at best, you would imagine a tribunal would conclude that this is the amount that should be paid.
Hull also need to consider the implications of costs for a tribunal. If the courts find that there was no need for such a judgement, - i.e. Leicester have already offered the amount clearly defined in the contract, it is quite plausible that HCFC may have to pay the court costs (which may be months and months worth).
And finally a pear-shaped scenario for Hull, the courts may find that they have breached the contract by not accepting the clause based amount and causing disrepute, and as such, they may deem an amount below 700k suitable, minus court costs.
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