Tapping up
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In
collective bargaining agreements, but is not illegal.[1]
In English football
A milder form of "tapping up" involves a
Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough later said, "we tapped more players than the Severn-Trent water board!"[3]
Notorious examples of tapping up in the Premier League include Dwight Yorke, Jermain Defoe and Ashley Cole. In these cases, the incidents soured the relationship between the player and his original club. Cole was found guilty and fined £100,000 by the Premier League on 2 June 2005 for a meeting in a hotel in January 2005 between himself, the Chelsea manager José Mourinho, Chelsea chief executive, Peter Kenyon, and his agent Jonathan Barnett.[4]
Chelsea were again at the centre of a controversy in 2009, when the club was found guilty of inducing
Essam El-Hadary.[9]
The practice of tapping up is portrayed in the 1953 British film The Great Game.
References
- ^ "What is 'tapping up' in football transfers & what are the most infamous examples? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Andrade, Jack. "What is Tampering and Why Does the NFL Care About It?". www.boston.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Miller, David (2005-09-20). "Clough's cockiness and principles live on". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ "Cole's agent handed FA suspension". BBC News. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Angry Chelsea hit by signings ban". BBC Sport. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "Statement on Kakuta Decision". Chelsea FC. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- The Press Association. Metro. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ "Can't turn the tap off". Sky Sports. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ Binks, Richard (2009-09-03). "Chelsea's transfer ban: four other examples from football". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-09-03.