Do we have any sanctions over Bassong?

[Salopian]

We are committed by our contract with him to pay stipulated wages. He is committed to play for us if selected. Currently "his head is not right", and so he languishes in some sort of isolation.

He could decide that he will enjoy the payments for the rest of his contract and, I seem to remember, for a few weeks afterwards. It would effectively kill his career in the UK, but he could find a willing employer, or he could,decide as a free agent to go elsewhere. We could try to loan him him somewhere, but this requires his agreement.

His earnings are not inconsiderable, and we would clearly like him to move on. Is there anything we could do?

• We could seek to discover what his grievance is and seek to address it.This must surely have been tried.
• We could select him for every conceivable development game, or lower if possible, to shame him. This has happened to some extent. How far could we push it?
• We could simply ignore him, expel him from training, and regard him as an expensive "pensioner", writing off any value in him. 

I have no idea what his relationship with the manager and staff is like. Perhaps it is cordial and he is merely sulking or perhaps he has some psychological problem, but the staff seem to be very concerned to get him to do something. As he must be one of our best paid players, surely they must try something further?

 

[Bethnal Yellow and Green]

All the club can do is hope someone wants to sign him - they can't push him out if he doesn't want to leave as he has a contract.

Both parties might alter their position a little once the transfer window closes and no moves come through, but you would imagine it would be hard for either party to back down now after so long. If he doesn't move today then the Russia window is still open for a while, and there is always the possibility for him to go to Qatar and earn a large amount of money.

 

[Chris Brown]

We are committed by our contract with him to pay stipulated wages. He is committed to play for us if selected. Currently "his head is not right", and so he languishes in some sort of isolation.

He could decide that he will enjoy the payments for the rest of his contract and, I seem to remember, for a few weeks afterwards. It would effectively kill his career in the UK, but he could find a willing employer, or he could,decide as a free agent to go elsewhere. We could try to loan him him somewhere, but this requires his agreement.

His earnings are not inconsiderable, and we would clearly like him to move on. Is there anything we could do?

• We could seek to discover what his grievance is and seek to address it.This must surely have been tried.
• We could select him for every conceivable development game, or lower if possible, to shame him. This has happened to some extent. How far could we push it?
• We could simply ignore him, expel him from training, and regard him as an expensive "pensioner", writing off any value in him. 

I have no idea what his relationship with the manager and staff is like. Perhaps it is cordial and he is merely sulking or perhaps he has some psychological problem, but the staff seem to be very concerned to get him to do something. As he must be one of our best paid players, surely they must try something further?

The rumour was that he stood up in Adams' first meeting with the team and said 'Are we supposed to know who you are?' (or something along those lines)...

 

[AndrewNickerson]

It's a shame. On his day, the guy is a colossus. But last year he was dreadful. Really hoped someone could have installed the sort of confidence and ability he once showed but it doesn't seem to be happening. As an exile - like Becchio - he really is a drain on our club. Hope he's able to move on rather than stay so his career can move on as well as allowing us to reinvest the money.

 

[mustard gas]

If what he said to NA is true, then he must surely be guilty of gross mis-conduct. This is a sackable offence. He is on dodgy ground, and I would imagine Mr McNalley is very aware of his position.

 

[Canaryboy]

If what he said to NA is true, then he must surely be guilty of gross mis-conduct. This is a sackable offence. He is on dodgy ground, and I would imagine Mr McNalley is very aware of his position.

The PFA would fight that tooth and nail and we'd end up having to pay him compensation.

I suspect the club have been working very hard to try and shift him, not sure if he could go to an international club on loan after the transfer deadline has past? Or is that just Football League clubs who can sign loan players in September?

 

[Fenway Frank]

Bassong and the club could come to some sort of payoff agreement for him to leave