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		<title>By: Shrikant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shrikant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am just wondering what is the EU law regarding job contracts (not just in soccer). If the employee refuses to honor it, can the employer force him to honor it? What is the maximum compensation the employer can get in that case? To me, the maximum an employer can reasonably do is ask for monetary compensation. I don&#039;t think an employer should have the power to ruin the employee&#039;s future career because of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am just wondering what is the EU law regarding job contracts (not just in soccer). If the employee refuses to honor it, can the employer force him to honor it? What is the maximum compensation the employer can get in that case? To me, the maximum an employer can reasonably do is ask for monetary compensation. I don&#8217;t think an employer should have the power to ruin the employee&#8217;s future career because of it.</p>
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		<title>By: DuudeLove</title>
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		<dc:creator>DuudeLove</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was watching that documentary &quot;What a Wonderful Run by Giggs&quot; with my Giggsy shirt on and it filled me with so much joy, pride and passion.

When you look up the word legend, Ryan Giggs will be the definition. He is the definition of definittion. I pity Ronaldo for not having the same morals, and ethics of Ryan.

What will Ronaldo achieve at Madrid? He will get bullied by Ruud, Raul will keep his number 7 shirt and Sergio Ramos will bang his chick. Oh and for being Portugese the Spanish fans will pull out their white hankies giving him hell if he so much as misplaces a pass and he does often fuck up. 

What he won&#039;t get at Madrid are TEVEZ and ROONEY, who work till their balls bleed for the team and sacrifice themselves so Ronnny Boy can claim all the plaudits with his tap ins. I can&#039;t see the likes of Robben or Robinho or Ruud tracking back and putting in the hard graft while Cristiano stands around and waits for someone to feed him the ball. 

THE ONLY PLACE FOR RONALDO IS UNITED yet he has disgraced himself and humiliated our club so much that hes not fit to wear our glorious shirt and line up next to the likes of Giggsy, Scholesy and the Neviller.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was watching that documentary &#8220;What a Wonderful Run by Giggs&#8221; with my Giggsy shirt on and it filled me with so much joy, pride and passion.</p>
<p>When you look up the word legend, Ryan Giggs will be the definition. He is the definition of definittion. I pity Ronaldo for not having the same morals, and ethics of Ryan.</p>
<p>What will Ronaldo achieve at Madrid? He will get bullied by Ruud, Raul will keep his number 7 shirt and Sergio Ramos will bang his chick. Oh and for being Portugese the Spanish fans will pull out their white hankies giving him hell if he so much as misplaces a pass and he does often fuck up. </p>
<p>What he won&#8217;t get at Madrid are TEVEZ and ROONEY, who work till their balls bleed for the team and sacrifice themselves so Ronnny Boy can claim all the plaudits with his tap ins. I can&#8217;t see the likes of Robben or Robinho or Ruud tracking back and putting in the hard graft while Cristiano stands around and waits for someone to feed him the ball. </p>
<p>THE ONLY PLACE FOR RONALDO IS UNITED yet he has disgraced himself and humiliated our club so much that hes not fit to wear our glorious shirt and line up next to the likes of Giggsy, Scholesy and the Neviller.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy The Weed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmy The Weed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronaldo is not saying outright that he wants to leave because there must be some contractual penalty in doing so - loss of &#039;loyalty payments&#039; etc, but surely he has now said so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronaldo is not saying outright that he wants to leave because there must be some contractual penalty in doing so &#8211; loss of &#8216;loyalty payments&#8217; etc, but surely he has now said so.</p>
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		<title>By: Kman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all, let me just say as annoyed as i am at Ronnie, i still love him and would love for him to stay till the end of his career, not just his contract.

Having said that, I think we need to stick to our guns on this one. fight off Madrid, FIFA, UEFA, Ronaldo himself and whoever else wants to stick their nose in our business. 

as it stands now even if Ronaldo publicly says he wants to go we still should not sell. I&#039;m willing to let close to $100M go down the drain and sit him in the stands for the rest of his contract for that, just to make an example out of him. We need to demonstrate that a contract is still legally binding, and that no one person is bigger than the club! We made him into the superstar that he is, and we can just as easily destroy that! we supported him when the whole of England wanted his head on a plate and if he&#039;s going to do this to us then fuck him! We built you, and we&#039;ll take you down! 

To me its a matter of principle now, not money and not even what Ronnie wants anymore. 

I think we all want the same thing, we want to hear what Ronaldo wants - from Ronaldo himself, not some newspaper. Its not hard Ronnie, its called a press conference where you say &quot;i want to stay at united&quot;...simple as that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, let me just say as annoyed as i am at Ronnie, i still love him and would love for him to stay till the end of his career, not just his contract.</p>
<p>Having said that, I think we need to stick to our guns on this one. fight off Madrid, FIFA, UEFA, Ronaldo himself and whoever else wants to stick their nose in our business. </p>
<p>as it stands now even if Ronaldo publicly says he wants to go we still should not sell. I&#8217;m willing to let close to $100M go down the drain and sit him in the stands for the rest of his contract for that, just to make an example out of him. We need to demonstrate that a contract is still legally binding, and that no one person is bigger than the club! We made him into the superstar that he is, and we can just as easily destroy that! we supported him when the whole of England wanted his head on a plate and if he&#8217;s going to do this to us then fuck him! We built you, and we&#8217;ll take you down! </p>
<p>To me its a matter of principle now, not money and not even what Ronnie wants anymore. </p>
<p>I think we all want the same thing, we want to hear what Ronaldo wants &#8211; from Ronaldo himself, not some newspaper. Its not hard Ronnie, its called a press conference where you say &#8220;i want to stay at united&#8221;&#8230;simple as that!</p>
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		<title>By: UnitedRay</title>
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		<dc:creator>UnitedRay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If this is slavery. I will rather be a slave than be doing what i an doing at my job now. Damn you blatter!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If this is slavery. I will rather be a slave than be doing what i an doing at my job now. Damn you blatter!</p>
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		<title>By: Shreyas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shreyas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Angry Sepp Blatter raps Andy Webster ruling as ‘very damaging’ for game: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article3285825.ece
Sepp Blatter urges Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article4305046.ece

Some select Blatter&#039;s quotes about the webster rule on Feb 10 and Ronaldo on Jul 10 :

Feb 10: &quot;The decision which CAS took is very damaging for football and is a pyrrhic victory for those players and their agents, who toy with the idea of rescinding contracts before they have been fulfilled&quot;

Jul 10: “The important thing is we should also protect the player. And if the player wants to play somewhere else, then a solution should be found. If he stays in a club where he does not feel comfortable to play, then it&#039;s not good for the player and for the club. I&#039;m always in favour to protect the player and if the player wants to leave, let him leave.” 

Feb 10: “Because of this unfortunate decision, the principle of contractual stability, as agreed in 2001 with the European Commission as part of the new transfer regulations and which restored order to the transfer system, has been deemed less important than the short-term interests of the player.”

Jul 10: “In football, there&#039;s too much modern slavery, in transferring players or buying players here and there and putting them somewhere. We are trying now to intervene in such cases. The reaction to the Bosman law was to make long-lasting contracts in order to keep the players. Then, if he wants to leave, there is only one solution: he has to pay his contract.” 

Feb 10: Under Blatter, a lawyer himself, moves will now be afoot inside Fifa to rectify Article 17 and to attempt to safeguard the sanctity of players’ contracts. Fifa insist that breaking a contract without just cause remains “unjustified” and is concerned that, in future, any player in the same situation as Webster will know the cost of buying themselves out of a deal.

Jul 10: Blatter, the Real madrid member and calderon minion has taken yet another bribe and maybe promises of votes in the next election, to stab another knife into the heart of football.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Angry Sepp Blatter raps Andy Webster ruling as ‘very damaging’ for game: <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article3285825.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article3285825.ece</a><br />
Sepp Blatter urges Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid: <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article4305046.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article4305046.ece</a></p>
<p>Some select Blatter&#8217;s quotes about the webster rule on Feb 10 and Ronaldo on Jul 10 :</p>
<p>Feb 10: &#8220;The decision which CAS took is very damaging for football and is a pyrrhic victory for those players and their agents, who toy with the idea of rescinding contracts before they have been fulfilled&#8221;</p>
<p>Jul 10: “The important thing is we should also protect the player. And if the player wants to play somewhere else, then a solution should be found. If he stays in a club where he does not feel comfortable to play, then it&#8217;s not good for the player and for the club. I&#8217;m always in favour to protect the player and if the player wants to leave, let him leave.” </p>
<p>Feb 10: “Because of this unfortunate decision, the principle of contractual stability, as agreed in 2001 with the European Commission as part of the new transfer regulations and which restored order to the transfer system, has been deemed less important than the short-term interests of the player.”</p>
<p>Jul 10: “In football, there&#8217;s too much modern slavery, in transferring players or buying players here and there and putting them somewhere. We are trying now to intervene in such cases. The reaction to the Bosman law was to make long-lasting contracts in order to keep the players. Then, if he wants to leave, there is only one solution: he has to pay his contract.” </p>
<p>Feb 10: Under Blatter, a lawyer himself, moves will now be afoot inside Fifa to rectify Article 17 and to attempt to safeguard the sanctity of players’ contracts. Fifa insist that breaking a contract without just cause remains “unjustified” and is concerned that, in future, any player in the same situation as Webster will know the cost of buying themselves out of a deal.</p>
<p>Jul 10: Blatter, the Real madrid member and calderon minion has taken yet another bribe and maybe promises of votes in the next election, to stab another knife into the heart of football.</p>
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		<title>By: UnitedRay</title>
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		<dc:creator>UnitedRay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Remember when all of you were cursing platini and i reminded you guys of this fatter cunt? Ha ha.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember when all of you were cursing platini and i reminded you guys of this fatter cunt? Ha ha.</p>
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		<title>By: JoeRed</title>
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		<dc:creator>JoeRed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He may have trouble seeing it, but manchester united, not real madrid are champions of europe. We make more money and have more fans worldwide. What right does Blatter or Platini have to question whether we deserve to hold a talent like Ronaldo when Real want him? FIFA and UEFA can both fuck off, this is blantent discrimination and someone should step in - problem is no-one can!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He may have trouble seeing it, but manchester united, not real madrid are champions of europe. We make more money and have more fans worldwide. What right does Blatter or Platini have to question whether we deserve to hold a talent like Ronaldo when Real want him? FIFA and UEFA can both fuck off, this is blantent discrimination and someone should step in &#8211; problem is no-one can!</p>
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		<title>By: Craig Mc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Craig Mc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronaldo to Portuguese radio station in an interview.   &quot;You heard me, you know what I want, and what I said.   I agree with FIFA president Sepp Blatter about footballers and slavery.   I don&#039;t know where I will play next season.&quot;   Now with all the good will in the world, do any of you truly know what the feck CR7 means &quot;you know what I want, you know what I have said.&quot;   I haven&#039;t got a feckin clue, and neither has anybody else to be honest.   He is so feckin vague.   I think he lacks the balls to come out on either side and say who he wants to play for.   What a feckin wimp!.

I know some of you back Ronnie to the hilt, and fair do&#039;s if that is your opinion on things.   Some have given Tom F, and Scott the Red a hard time for coming down on Ronaldo&#039;s lack of making his intentions clear.   Truth is though, he has allowed this to run and run.   Nobody would have cared if he had made it plain he wanted out, but he continues to bat eyelids at both sides, the prostitute!.   I mean some of you back him to the hilt, and I can&#039;t see the sense in it.   The other players must be sick of the ole sorry saga.   CR7 has taken the shine off what should have been a great summer of bragging rights and good times for United.   He has given the other teams weapon after weapon to do us down.   I don&#039;t think Fergie should sell, I think he should keep him til he learns what it is like to play before a stadium where he isn&#039;t adored anymore.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronaldo to Portuguese radio station in an interview.   &#8220;You heard me, you know what I want, and what I said.   I agree with FIFA president Sepp Blatter about footballers and slavery.   I don&#8217;t know where I will play next season.&#8221;   Now with all the good will in the world, do any of you truly know what the feck CR7 means &#8220;you know what I want, you know what I have said.&#8221;   I haven&#8217;t got a feckin clue, and neither has anybody else to be honest.   He is so feckin vague.   I think he lacks the balls to come out on either side and say who he wants to play for.   What a feckin wimp!.</p>
<p>I know some of you back Ronnie to the hilt, and fair do&#8217;s if that is your opinion on things.   Some have given Tom F, and Scott the Red a hard time for coming down on Ronaldo&#8217;s lack of making his intentions clear.   Truth is though, he has allowed this to run and run.   Nobody would have cared if he had made it plain he wanted out, but he continues to bat eyelids at both sides, the prostitute!.   I mean some of you back him to the hilt, and I can&#8217;t see the sense in it.   The other players must be sick of the ole sorry saga.   CR7 has taken the shine off what should have been a great summer of bragging rights and good times for United.   He has given the other teams weapon after weapon to do us down.   I don&#8217;t think Fergie should sell, I think he should keep him til he learns what it is like to play before a stadium where he isn&#8217;t adored anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: Gary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I do watch La Liag in my spare time and this season more so then ever I will be willing Barcelona to hammer them cunts Madrid when they meet the first time this season. Real Madrid claim to be the biggest club in the world when really there not even the biggest club in Spain. Not here in England there not anyway. I see far more people with Barcelona shirts then Madrid shirts. Obviously Barcelona dont want to be associated with Spain anyway and have no love the national side, simmilar to United fans in many ways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do watch La Liag in my spare time and this season more so then ever I will be willing Barcelona to hammer them cunts Madrid when they meet the first time this season. Real Madrid claim to be the biggest club in the world when really there not even the biggest club in Spain. Not here in England there not anyway. I see far more people with Barcelona shirts then Madrid shirts. Obviously Barcelona dont want to be associated with Spain anyway and have no love the national side, simmilar to United fans in many ways.</p>
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