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Thursday November 5, 2009

Ex-manager Curbishley wins case against Hammers

LONDON: Former West Ham manager Alan Curbishley has won his case for wrongful dismissal against the Premier League club.

Curbishley quit West Ham at the start of last season, after the Lon­don­ers sold Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney to top-flight rivals Sunderland against his wishes.

The former Charlton boss insisted West Ham had ignored a clause in his contract giving him ultimate sole authority in relation to the sale and purchase of players at Upton Park.

And now the Premier League’s ma­­nagers’ arbitration panel has unanimously found in his favour and dismissed a counter-claim by West Ham for the cost of employing Gianfranco Zola and the Italian manager’s assistant Steve Clarke, who were taken on after Curbishley resigned in September last year.

The amount of compensation Cur­bish­­ley will receive has yet to be assessed.

A statement issued by the England’s League Managers Association (LMA) on Tuesday said: “The tribunal upheld Alan Curbishley’s right to have ultimate sole authority in relation to the sale and purchase of players, found that the conduct of the club amounted to a fundamental breach of contract and that Alan Curbishley was therefore entitled to resign.” — AFP

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