The Premier League rule book clearly states: “A contract player, either by himself or by any person on his behalf, shall not either directly or indirectly make any such approach as is referred to in Rule T.5 without having obtained the prior written consent of his Club.”
Well Klopp obviously never broke Rule T5 or he'd have got done after the Prem and FA looked into Saints complaint.
I accept that what I pointed out that media reports (Catalan ones) had alleged -a CONTRACT- had been agreed would be impossible to prove unless Barca, Ford or Kia decide to shoot themselves in the foot and admit it. BUT, it is illegal (probably in contract civil law too if it's in Ford's LFC contract). Everyone does it (doubtless we did with VVD and Keita), just like meeting players. That wasn;t the point though, was it? You're claiming you can do it, pretend it was something else and use the agent as a human shield who is somehow indemnified in the whole process. He's not, and neither are the other parties.
'Victim profile', from the yokels who went bawling to the FA about tapping-up. You're in 'good' company though - Barca did too over the Neymar deal. Small club thing.
But you can, if you approach an agent and ask if it is worth bidding on their client given certain circumstances you are not breaking any rules. If you approach a player and make a deal with/offer to him without his clubs knowledge then that is definitely against the rules.
Wonder what he meant by "victim"? Certainly are victims of our own success these days, maybe he'll come back and enlighten us.
And that, through his agent, is exactly what is ALLEGED to have happened. I don't understand, Diego, just what part of this are you struggling with? You cannot use your agent, or any other conduit, to circumvent those rules.
You mean hypothetically speaking, like it a manager and chairman book a private jet and let's say they fly to Amsterdam to meet a contracted player in a restaurant and discuss terms and offer him a contract without his club's knowledge?
He should get rid of his agent and "representatives". I've said for a while that I think most of the rumours about him going on strike and such are him being manipulated. However, I agree with Frank that Coutinho's a big boy and should make up his own mind - and not allow himself to be quoted as saying something he doesn't agree with.
Remember, it was his family member (dad) who said all that stuff about Klopp and Suarez and Gerrard saying Liverpool don't let their best players go on good terms. Cannot believe that was without Ford's full support, even though it has the black fingerprints of Kia and Barca all over it. Wonder how much retainer Ford's dad was on for all this, btw? Very Neymar like. When he goes next summer i hope to **** we're not paying this 'entourage' as we're alleged to have done over Luis' sale.
