Leon Knight and Rushden

[Rookie]

Seems that Rushden have done the dirty (full story on petition site) and are not letting the wee man play again. All very wrong no matter if you like him or not.
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Let Leon Knight Return To Football

(Sorry if already on here, can't get search to work)

 

[backson]

This looks fun today

http://twitter.com/knightie82

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Seems a bit wrong, tbh. If they've extended his contract, he should demand the wages he's 'due'.

 

[Ernest]

Seems fair enough to me, he f***ed them about and got the sack so they are f***ing him about.
They want £30k in compensation which is fair dos and if enough clubs start doing this to players it might start them to think about what they do.

 

[Rookie]

Seems fair enough to me, he f***ed them about and got the sack so they are f***ing him about.
They want £30k in compensation which is fair dos and if enough clubs start doing this to players it might start them to think about what they do.

So extending his contract when they have already sacked him is fair (for which he don't seem to have much argument)? Pretty good case of restraint of trade I would have thought

 

[Gwylan]

Seems a bit wrong, tbh. If they've extended his contract, he should demand the wages he's 'due'.

This. Surely a contract is a two-way agreement?

 

[kevtherev]

Surely this is crap. How can you extend someone contract without their concent? Also surely they must still be paying him a wage, if this is the case.

 

[Gritt23]

This would appear to be wrong in Contract Law. If you are sacked, how can your "employer" exercise a right to extend your contract? If he acted in breach of his contract and was sacked, I can't really see how that didn't automatically cancel the contract in the first place, but certainly the option to "extend" should no longer apply.

I would have thought the PFA would be taking this up for him with or without any such petition, as this is just wrong.

 

[dingobruce]

Well out of order!

 

[John Boy]

Have they extended his contract, or just his registration? Could be a difference between the two

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's his registration that they hold.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Wow, I'm GUTTED we didn't give HIM a trial.

Jesus

 

[jordanseagull]

Leon is really letting himself down on that page. Real dissapointment. I think R&D have really mugged him off, but he shouldn't be acting like that.

No way to get them off his back. No way an adult would act. Shame.

 

[Easy 10]

R&D gave me 2 slk mercs 2 black ones

then when they knew we wasnt good enough to go up they ask for the cars back then reported them stolen

and got my old man and my mate knicked loooooooool

and they still have my 3k cartier watch in the side of the car and my 350 quid marc jacob glasses i might call the police on them loooooool

and they gave me 30k in cash thats the money they want back

then said if i dont give them back the 30k ill end up in a box

EasyTen @knightie82 Leon, what is posting all this on Twitter going to achieve ? Seriously fella, you're not doing yourself any favours.

knightie82 @EasyTen i dont care

ill stop there

Cripes, the guy has lost it.

 

[jordanseagull]

Seriously lost it. Dissapointing.

 

[Marc]

Easy 'Councillor' 10

 

[Easy 10]

Easy 'Councillor' 10

He might need more than a councillor...Oliver Kay, football correspondent of from The Times is all over it now....
Theres some fairly outlandish claims on there he might find himself having to back up.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I liked this tweet someone sent him a minute ago:

@knightie82 i loved you in different strokes

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Was the £30k in cash documented in R&D's financial accounts ?

 

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