SouthCoastShankly » Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:03 pm wrote:7_Kewell » Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:38 pm wrote:Surely West Ham can do what they like? The pay off was between Joe and us...nothing to do with West Ham, which means he can play in any game they choose.
There may have been a clause in the contract when we sold him that prevented him being played against us.
If somebody insisted that a clause of that nature was written into the contract then they clearly have not seen Cole play. Forget last weekends flash in the pan assists. His performances for Liverpool were generally abysmal and I'm delighted to see the back of him.