Comments on: Wenger to sue Hleb? http://cl.theoffside.com/champions-league/wenger-to-sue-hleb.html News from the European Champions League Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:26:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ak http://cl.theoffside.com/champions-league/wenger-to-sue-hleb.html#comment-8087 Ak Sat, 10 May 2008 22:48:41 +0000 http://cl.theoffside.com/champions-league/wenger-to-sue-hleb.html#comment-8087 I think the point that Wenger is getting at is that Inter are basically trying to avoid having to pay an extra £15m by invoking the Webster clause. As far as breaching contracts goes, he is perfectly entitled to sue Hleb for compensation (as is my understanding of things). He also has a point because Article 17 says that: In all cases, the party in breach shall pay compensation. Subject to the provisions of Art. 20 and annex 4 in relation to Training Compensation, and unless otherwise provided for in the contract, compensation for breach shall be calculated with due consideration for the law of the country concerned, the specific city of sport, and any other objective criteria. These criteria shall include, in particular, the remuneration and other benefits due to the player under the existing contract and/or the new contract, the time remaining on the existing contract up to a maximum of five years, the fees and expenses paid or incurred by the Former Club (amortised over the term of the contract) and whether the contractual breach falls within a Protected Period. So, it's not a case of "break your contract -- you get this amount in compensation": Arsenal will take Hleb and Inter to court in order to argue for what amount of compensation that they think is fair, which MAY end up being around what Inter would have had to have paid Arsenal normally for a player of Hleb's calibre anyway. I think the point that Wenger is getting at is that Inter are basically trying to avoid having to pay an extra £15m by invoking the Webster clause. As far as breaching contracts goes, he is perfectly entitled to sue Hleb for compensation (as is my understanding of things). He also has a point because Article 17 says that:

In all cases, the party in breach shall pay compensation. Subject to the provisions of Art. 20 and annex 4 in relation to Training Compensation, and unless otherwise provided for in the contract, compensation for breach shall be calculated with due consideration for the law of the country concerned, the specific city of sport, and any other objective criteria. These criteria shall include, in particular, the remuneration and other benefits due to the player under the existing contract and/or the new contract, the time remaining on the existing contract up to a maximum of five years, the fees and expenses paid or incurred by the Former Club (amortised over the term of the contract) and whether the contractual breach falls within a Protected Period.

So, it’s not a case of “break your contract — you get this amount in compensation”: Arsenal will take Hleb and Inter to court in order to argue for what amount of compensation that they think is fair, which MAY end up being around what Inter would have had to have paid Arsenal normally for a player of Hleb’s calibre anyway.

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