Anichebe sues the arse off Kevin Nolan

x in the city

Fair f**ks to Victor, Nolan is not exactly aunty poppins material so I am delighted he got a good aul pay out.


Article :

"Newcastle United have paid Everton striker Victor Anichebe a six-figure sum in damages in an out-of-court settlement.

Anichebe sued Newcastle United for potential loss of earnings following the Kevin Nolan tackle which left him plagued by injuries for more than a year.

Anichebe, who is in line to return to St James’s Park on Saturday for the first time since the incident, has been forced to undergo two operations since the Newcastle captain’s two-footed lunge damaged cartilage in his right knee in February 2009.

A succession of minor injuries as he battled to regain his fitness have restricted the 22-year-old to just 22 appearances for Everton even since he returned to the first team in January last year after 11 months’ recuperation.

Though Everton continued to pay his wages throughout that period, it is understood Anichebe instructed his lawyers to sue Newcastle for potential loss of earnings.

The player was on a highly-incentivised contract with the Goodison Park club and his legal team argued he had lost out on a substantial sum of appearance bonuses that he would have earned had he remained fit.

It is understood Anichebe also asked Newcastle to pay compensation for earnings lost thanks to his inability to feature for the Nigerian national side, thereby earning further appearance bonuses. The case was eventually settled out of court for a substantial sum.

Anichebe, who had not previously suffered a major injury in his nascent career, has struggled to remain fit since Nolan’s tackle.

Fine form in pre-season this year was undermined by a meniscus problem sustained upon his return from Everton’s tour to Australia and he did not return to David Moyes’s plans until November.

Nolan apologised for the tackle — which occurred on the same day as Mikel Arteta tore cartilage in his knee — at half-time during the 0-0 draw at St James’s Park"

curry-muff

x in the city wrote: »

Fair f**ks to Victor, Nolan is not exactly aunty poppins material so I am delighted he got a good aul pay out.

It was Newcastle who paid it not Nolan :rolleyes:

x in the city

curry-muff wrote: »

It was Newcastle who paid it not Nolan :rolleyes:

courtesy of Kevin Nolans scumbaggish behaviour

Paully D

A disgusting challenge:

v3ttel

Title: "Aniche sues the arse off Kevin Nolan"

Second line: "Anichebe sued Newcastle United for potential loss of earnings"

Misleading title, tbh.

Dempsey

I wonder if Anichebe gave any of the compensation to Everton, do clubs pay full wack for injured players or is it insurance based??

Probably depends on the players contract but its something that the media are never clear about.

Degag

x in the city wrote: »

courtesy of Kevin Nolans scumbaggish behaviour

Jesus Christ... have you ever seen another bad challenge in your lifetime?:rolleyes:

Hoki

Im sure even if he was never tackled that fateful day he would still be awaiting his first goal of the season , he is brutal.

Mister men

Lol at thread title.

Dolph Starbeam

Dempsey wrote: »

I wonder if Anichebe gave any of the compensation to Everton, do clubs pay full wack for injured players or is it insurance based??

Probably depends on the players contract but its something that the media are never clear about.

I would presume it is insurance based. I can't remember the foul but by the sounds of things it was pretty bad, but is this another thing trying to turn the game into a non-contact sport, where is it going to end? Won't somebody please think of the children!

yahoo_moe

Mark! wrote: »

I can't remember the foul but by the sounds of things it was pretty bad, but is this another thing trying to turn the game into a non-contact sport, where is it going to end?

If you'd seen the tackle, I don't think you'd be giving it the 'what happened to a proper tackle?' routine. Have a look and then see if you think people are being oversensitive.

Dolph Starbeam

yahoo_moe wrote: »

If you'd seen the tackle, I don't think you'd be giving it the 'what happened to a proper tackle?' routine. Have a look and then see if you think people are being oversensitive.

Oooh ye just seen it, that was beyond nasty.

That_Guy

Bad tackle but the thread title needs to be changed.

Galvasean

Is this the one?

Looks nasty.

amacachi

Galvasean wrote: »

Is this the one?

Looks nasty.

He's not that kind of player.

x in the city

no wonder anichebe is F*ucked...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWPEtRmyneY&feature=related

that could have easily been game over for him at his young age.

ShamoBuc

Very bad tackle to be fair but Why sue his arse? He didn't exactly land on him did he?;)

That_Guy

x in the city wrote: »

no wonder anichebe is F*ucked...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWPEtRmyneY&feature=related

that could have easily been game over for him at his young age.

It could have but to be fair, Nolan isn't really that type of player. It was a nasty challenge alright but he apologised for it to be fair.

L'prof

That_Guy wrote: »

It could have but to be fair, Nolan isn't really that type of player. It was a nasty challenge alright but he apologised for it to be fair.

Nolan throws himself about the pitch and like to get stuck in. Nobody is saying the tackle was intentionally malicious or that he set out to injure Anichebe, but it's no surprise to me that Nolan caused a long term injury to another player!

Rikand

That_Guy wrote: »

It could have but to be fair, Nolan isn't really that type of player. It was a nasty challenge alright but he apologised for it to be fair.

In fairness, nolan is liable to do just about anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCKT-P9qvi4&feature=related

x in the city

Nolan is a

*&*^&***@!!***

m@cc@

Dangerous precedent to be setting.

That_Guy

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

In fairness, nolan is liable to do just about anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCKT-P9qvi4&feature=related

Wow. Kevin Nolan must be the first ever person to complain to a referee. :rolleyes:

dreamers75

m@cc@ wrote: »

Dangerous precedent to be setting.

Not the 1st to sue and win.

ician

disgusting, malicious tackle.

Ebbs

m@cc@ wrote: »

Dangerous precedent to be setting.

Agreed. Its football, it should stay on the park.

I realise he lost money and such, but its a sport, I dont want to see tackling totally out of the game...but its being pushed further and further.

Paully D

Ebbs wrote: »

Agreed. Its football, it should stay on the park.

I realise he lost money and such, but its a sport, I dont want to see tackling totally out of the game...but its being pushed further and further.

I've got to disagree here.

I don't want to see tackling totally out of the game either and I love a good, hard challenge as much as the next man. I can even hold my hands up and say if someone honestly goes for the ball but mistimes it then fair enough, these things happen.

However, Nolan made absolutely no attempt to go for the ball here and seriously injured a fellow professional. I'm not just saying this because he plays for Newcastle, in fact I think Nolan is an excellent footballer. However, that tackle was nasty and even if it was out of character, footballers need to know that they or their clubs can be accountable for such acts.