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Player contracts are quite essential in professional football, don't you think?
They are, but they aren't written stone. If the fraud is involved a contract should be voided.
Was he pressured?
Why did he approach United and tell them he wanted to sign?
When did Mikel ever approach United?
Does the photos from the signing show a player that was pressured to do something he didn't want to, or did they appear to be of a player who was delighted to have signed for possible the biggest club in the world?
That's subjective. You don't know what lies and insinuations an 18 year old kid was told by Andersen in terms of his contractual obligations to Lyn,sale to MU and what choice he if any had in the matter.He was manipulated,pure and simple.That doesn't mean he should be unhappy about joining a big club like MU but that's beside the point.
How were they supposed to know something wasn't right?
They monitored Mikel for a very long time and knew of Chelsea long term involvement with the lad. Andersen knew his trick would fall apart if Mikel tried to contact anybody even his own family so he had to pull the deal off fast and with maximum secrecy. I doubt MU reps have been so naive not to realize
that Chelsea won't just walk away from the starlet they invested in so much and given Andersen's past and the circumstances surrounding the signing they knew they were in the wrong,they just didn't know how badly,otherwise they wouldn't get involved.
Which was illegal. Good case that, hopefully your club will put this forward in a court case...
I doubt anything will come out of it. You'd have to indict most top clubs in Europe because it's common practice,which is not to say it's right.
The very agent he told plenty of people he was glad to be rid of?
Hearsay,aka bullshit.
Why should a player's family be notified?
Because he's an African kid who just turned 18,living in the foreign country, with his agent being away and unaware of what's going on. Shittu by the way,a scumbag as he probably is,had a family blessing to represent Mikel abroad.
Again, Chelsea could have done nothing if the player wanted to go to United. Which he presumingly did at the time, considering he signed for them.
Well that's what you believe when it comes what he actually wanted, while what i believe he was manipulated into.
That seems to be true.
It doesn't help Chelsea's case to get the settlement cancelled though, seeing as they had no rights to the player whatsoever.
True,that's why i mentioned earlier that all the contracts should be voided,transfer fees returned and the player should become a free agent and sign for whichever club he chooses.
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