'Seeking to play down his role as a decision-maker at Sports Direct, Ashley told Mr Justice Leggatt he was not “Obi-Wan Kenobi in charge of the Death Star”, seemingly mistaking the legendary Jedi Master for Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith.'
Went for Ayoze, he's had a thankless job for most of the season. Worked his bollocks off throughout and his form on the final stretch has been superb. Next year could be a big year for him if we make an improvement in front of him.
If you’re looking to enforce this type of restraint you need to act swiftly and decisively otherwise you weaken your position by essentially tacitly accepting the breach.
A clause featuring in a contract is not the same as it being enforceable in law. In essence it’s a restrictive covenant and I would suspect that given they don’t tend to feature in football, lawyers generally have been of the view they are likely to be unenforceable.