Charlie Adam Set For Court Battle With Blackpool
By Chris Wright
Cheque yourself before you wreck yourself
Blackpool captain Charlie Adam (who is, incidentally, the world’s oldest-looking 24-year-old) is facing the unenviable prospect of having to take his current employers to court next week as he chases £20,000 of unpaid bonuses which he believes the club still owe him.
As part of the contract that Adam signed when he joined Blackpool from Rangers 15 months ago from Rangers, the Scot was entitled a survival payment for every season the Seasiders stayed in the Championship thereafter.
Blackpool then shocked the world by winning promotion to the Premier League last season, so the club waived the payments in lieu of a £400,000 (£5 million split between the squad) promotion bonus – although Adam still believes that his contract entitles him to the originally-agreed survival payment as well.
The doomsday scenario as far as Blackpool are concerned is that, should Adam win the case, the club will be found in breach of contract – thus meaning their influential skipper could feasibly be allowed to walk away on a free transfer.
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And I’m sure several Prem clubs would like a piece of Adam. Not good for B’pool
surely he is worth a one-off 20 grand out of court payment?
Well, now we know why Olly was so upset about Wayne Rooney leaving United on a Free.
What are his weekly wages? He’s really chasing £20,000 after receiving 20 times that in a promotion bonus?
Biting the hand that feeds if you ask me. It’s Rooney’s fault, no doubt.
And he is indeed the world’s oldest looking 24-year old.
Blackpool better pay the man. He’s pretty damn good.
Well if he was owed £20,000 for every year they stayed in the Championship then technically he shouldn’t get anything because they didn’t stay in the Championship last season!
@David Macbeth: Yep, that is Blackpool’s argument but Adam reckons that, as it was a ‘survival payment’, then he is owed the cash because the club did technically survive relegation to League One!
Point is, did the contract include a promotion bonus ASIDE and above the non-relegation bonus? If so, then yea, fair play, he should get the extra 20k. But it still stinks like week old dog s*it cos we know Blackpool ain’t really flushed with money and he could have been big and did the right thing by waiving it off in return for maybe a Premiership retention bonus or some crap.
Well done Charlie, you’ve officially joined the Big League..of money grabbers.
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