Wednesday, April 20, 2005
From Bosman to...Cole?
Soccernet's Phil Holland writes:
Oh, and for a short exegesis of the Bosman ruling, go here. For the long version, go here.
A decade ago a little-known Belgian by the name of Jean-Marc Bosman saw his surname enter the football lexicon. Soon players 'Doing a Cole' could be as familiar as players 'Doing a Bosman' thanks to the Ashley Cole tapping-up scandal and an inventive, if distasteful, defensive strategy.Interesting. I don't know too much about the legal ins-and-outs of this issue besides what Holland mentions in his column. What strikes me most, however, is that nothing like this has been mentioned since Cole's meeting with Kenyon and Mourinho. The Arsenal left back has caught a lot of people by surprise, I think, by turning his Chelsea rendezvous into a potentially transformative legal case.
Incredibly, the sorry 'Colegate' saga could have Bosman-esque ramifications and make illegal approaches a thing of the past.
It is understood Cole, charged with approaching Chelsea while under contract with Arsenal, will argue that Premier League rules constitute a restraint of trade.
Oh, and for a short exegesis of the Bosman ruling, go here. For the long version, go here.
