REVEALED: Wayne Rooney can invoke Article 17 to leave Manchester United for a song
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By Nick Harris 18 October 2010 Wayne Rooney could put pressure on Manchester United to sell him by invoking Article 17 of Fifa’s transfer laws and unilaterally quitting his contract next summer. The so-called ‘Webster ruling’ allowed Scotland’s Andy Webster to quit Hearts for Wigan in 2006, a decision ratified by the Court for Arbitration in Sport. In return he only had to pay Hearts a sum related to the amount of wages left on his contract, or around £150,000.
REVEALED: Wayne Rooney can invoke Article 17 to leave Manchester United for a song
REVEALED: Wayne Rooney can invoke Article 17…
REVEALED: Wayne Rooney can invoke Article 17 to leave Manchester United for a song
By Nick Harris 18 October 2010 Wayne Rooney could put pressure on Manchester United to sell him by invoking Article 17 of Fifa’s transfer laws and unilaterally quitting his contract next summer. The so-called ‘Webster ruling’ allowed Scotland’s Andy Webster to quit Hearts for Wigan in 2006, a decision ratified by the Court for Arbitration in Sport. In return he only had to pay Hearts a sum related to the amount of wages left on his contract, or around £150,000.