this time last year

?Damien signed a healthy contract last year - and quite willingly,? added Worthington, who admitted he had ?no idea? whether Francis would be included in the Inter Milan squad on Friday.

?He has signed on at this football club for the next three years and unless we get the finances we are looking for, he is staying here. The ball is in Portsmouth's court - or any other club that may be interested.

SO why can;t we say to Francis , you are a contracted Employee of NCFC and if Any club comes in and meets our asking price then you will be given the option of a transfer , however if not then you will stay as an employe , you will not be selected for the first team in that period , meaning you lose out on all Bonuses you have negoitiated , you also lose the exposure of playing regularly for us

You were happy last year to sign an extended contract with us and we expect you to be ahonest and decent individual and see that out - if at teh end of the contract you wish to walk away then so be it . We shall also be reporting your agent to the FA for his conduct and we will report you to both the PFA and the fa for refusing to play for us last night

Rest assured that our fans will be told teh full story by the club , you will be granted no interviews with the press ao your opinion is invalid

See you at training tomorrow and get yourself ready for the first reserve game of the season

Posted By: south, Jul 27, 14:09:58