There have been murmurings of a gentlemen’s agreement made with Bristol so that he doesn’t play. Then again, this is Joey Barton we are talking about.
Isn’t that against league rules? I recall West Brom / West Ham being investigated for not playing Snodgrass after he transferred from one to the other.
Rules state that “no club shall enter into a contract which enables another party to that contract to acquire the ability materially to influence its policies or the performance of its teams in league matches.”
Unless that’s only in the Premier League and doesn’t apply to us.
