The 'buff physios' that gained notoriety were Adam Brett and Vican During.
Brett was Head of Medical and Performance and left in August. In December 2023 it was reported that During - who was Club Doctor - had also left. He most likely left before it was reported as he hadn't been seen on the...
But paying say £1 million compensation would, and wouldn't help their case if they were in breach, and had kept spending (although I think that ship has already sailed).
Wonder who we'll get in to replace him?
Are there any obvious Championship clubs who have a reputation of successfully shopping in different markets.
Or possibly someone from a club with a similar model in Europe. Whoever is in charge of recruitment at USG (I know they use the Starlizard...
On Barco, it was reported Blue Co did make contact with his people, but they wanted him to sign for Strasbourg rather than Chelsea, which he wasn't keen.
The immediate worry is, how's this going to effect our Summer window, which Jewell would have been heavily planning for. Who is next in line? Assume we'll have to recruit in, which will take time.
Plus, what are the chances of Chelsea swooping in on any of our planned targets? What's more...
We let Winstanley go to Chelsea immediately because they paid compensation, so no gardening leave. He repaid us by buying Datro Fofana who Brighton were bidding for, so hopefully a lesson has been learnt.