Bates Wants Everton To Recieve Chelsea Punishment

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Ken Bates: Now Fifa must punish 'poachers' Manchester City and Everton like Chelsea

Ken Bates believes Chelsea have finally got their comeuppance - and is demanding that English football chiefs now take a leaf out of FIFA's book by clobbering Manchester City and Everton.

The Leeds United chairman is outraged that top Premier League clubs are still plundering his club's finest young talent.

Three years ago, the Sunday Mirror broke the story that Bates intended to take the Blues to the cleaners for cherry-picking two Leeds rookies - Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods - on the cheap.

He told us that Chelsea had acted improperly in signing the duo - as well as trying to lure away youngster Danny Rose - and revealed that he would report them to FIFA.

Leeds eventually won a £5m compensation battle for the pair, while Spurs had to pay out £1m the following summer for Rose.

Bates, 77, welcomed the worldwide transfer ban on the Stamford Bridge giants after they were found guilty of "inducing" French wonderkid Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with Lens.

He said: "If you break the rules the chickens will come to roost."

While resisting the temptation to say "I told you so", the former Blues supremo is clearly delighted that FIFA are clamping down on the big boys.

And now he wants the Football League to take similar action against moneybags City and Everton - who have both raided the League One outfit's renowned youth academy recently.

Last month, Leeds lost promising teenagers George Swann and Louis Hutton to Eastlands, while England under-17 captain Luke Garbutt left for Goodison Park.

The Toffees are facing a tribunal on Garbutt tomorrow and Bates said: "I hope the Chelsea ruling sends a message to the Football League tribunal about compensating smaller clubs adequately.

"Big clubs who strip other clubs' youth policy should face stiff penalties.

"How can Manchester City pay £24 million for Joleon Lescott and take two of our 14-year-olds - and only offer us £70,000? They've spent £200m on new players and that's all they are offering.

"On Monday we have a tribunal for Garbutt, who Everton nicked from us.

"I hope the ruling that has been handed down from FIFA on Chelsea will set the scene. It certainly sends a message to the Football League compensation tribunal about compensation.

"I'm not just talking about Leeds. Lots of smaller clubs than us have been stripped of their best kids and they should be adequately compensated."

Garbutt, 16, starred for the national under-17 side that competed at the European Championships earlier this year, scoring England's only goal of the finals against Holland in their 1-1 draw.

The defender was born in Harrogate and joined Leeds at the age of 11 before progressing through the club's successful academy to find himself on the brink of a first team debut last season.

Coaching staff at Everton rate Garbutt so highly that he is being tipped to eclipse teenagers like Dan Gosling and Jack Rodwell - and even Wayne Rooney.

"We are dissatisfied," added Bates. "The days of nicking Leeds players and paying peanuts are over. We are determined to be adequately compensated for the work we are doing in our academy."
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The c*nt wont get it. Garbutt hadnt signed a professional contract with Leeds. Also he wasnt like this when leeds poached Fabien Delph of Roachdale!

[mastermank]

Exactly Its illegal for plAyers to be contracted at that age unlike in France so th situation is unlikely to arise here.

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(09-05-2009 05:43 PM)mastermank Wrote:  Exactly Its illegal for plAyers to be contracted at that age unlike in France so th situation is unlikely to arise here.

Maybe France have it right though. English, Spanish, German and Italian teams have all there best youngsters taken by the Sky 4.

[school_of_science]

Quote:He said: "If you break the rules the chickens will come to roost."

Firstly we didn't break the rules, it may not have been too moral, but we were within the rules, and secondly I think a man who penned his own fans in with electrified fences should never be allowed to talk about being treated with respect.

[Toblerone Boots]

(09-05-2009 06:01 PM)school_of_science Wrote:  

Quote:He said: "If you break the rules the chickens will come to roost."

Firstly we didn't break the rules, it may not have been too moral, but we were within the rules, and secondly I think a man who penned his own fans in with electrified fences should never be allowed to talk about being treated with respect.

Bang on SOS

& on the subject of morals......anyone remember his antics when he took Leeds into administration? Goosing the creditors in order to line his own fat wallet.....the man's a total slimeball

[cahillwilsaveus]

Bates is a hole but he's got a point. The big clubs just think they can steamroll the smaller ones and get the best young uns!!!!

[OJL]

I don't think U18s should be allowed to move clubs, its not fair that clubs lose great talents for a small tribunal fee, they should only be lose young talent if they actually want to by agreeing a fee, like normal players

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(09-05-2009 07:59 PM)OJL Wrote:  I don't think U18s should be allowed to move clubs, its not fair that clubs lose great talents for a small tribunal fee, they should only be lose young talent if they actually want to by agreeing a fee, like normal players

But i dont think the FA will do that sadly. Its the simplest thing. A players parents must sign a deal for there son and if it gets broke they have to pay a massive sum of money.

[TheWelshToffee]

what a load of nonsense, we should of never signed the guy in the first place, Leeds are being stupid about it, he wanted out

[EverBlue]

Kenwright will fuckin love it if we get banned from the transfer window