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Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:00 am
by medlocke
So if it goes tits up and they end up cancelling the contract do Wigan still get to keep the transfer fee?
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:55 am
by the pieman
medlocke wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:00 am
So if it goes tits up and they end up cancelling the contract do Wigan still get to keep the transfer fee?
yep, the delay is nowt to do with us
Bateman stalled for seemingly months, when everyone knew he was on his way to the NRL. they have signed him, and if he / someone connected to him, cant get a visa, not our problem
No doubt they will try and come back to us and say we aint got a player, but thats not our fault
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:59 pm
by Blackpool_Pie
No idea about the legality or all of that side but the way I see it, they paid for us to release him from his contract and we have kept to our end.
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:34 pm
by medlocke
Blackpool_Pie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:59 pm
No idea about the legality or all of that side but the way I see it, they paid for us to release him from his contract and we have kept to our end.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, but just had a feeling that try taking the mickey like
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:57 am
by Wintergreen
medlocke wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:34 pm
Blackpool_Pie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:59 pm
No idea about the legality or all of that side but the way I see it, they paid for us to release him from his contract and we have kept to our end.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, but just had a feeling that try taking the mickey like
I very much doubt whether that would be an option for them.
Even Wigan aren't that naïve (Shaun Edwards anyone?).
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:03 am
by EDINBURGH-WARRIOR
Wire next stop lol
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:30 pm
by up the junction
Don’t know how true this is but I got told yesterday that Smithies had given Bateman a good hiding during a night out ? apparently Bateman was goading him all night and Smithies cracked and lamped him .
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:53 pm
by fozzieskem
So has he gone yet?
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:06 pm
by josie andrews
fozzieskem wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:53 pm
So has he gone yet?
Nope!
Re: John Bateman's NRL return hits road bump after being left 'stranded' in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:57 pm
by Blackpool_Pie
up the junction wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:30 pm
Don’t know how true this is but I got told yesterday that Smithies had given Bateman a good hiding during a night out ? apparently Bateman was goading him all night and Smithies cracked and lamped him .
I'd love to know if this is true.