Marseilles threaten ‘Nasty’ Nigel with court action as Ben Arfa drama drags on.
Posted on October 10th, 2010 | 70 Comments |
This folows hot on the heels of the Dutch hatchetman being banished from the Dutch squad by supremo, Bert van Marwijk, a man usually known for his penchant for ultraviolence in the middle of the park after the Netherlands somewhat robust World Cup performance, when De Jong also demonstrated some of his Kung Fu skills on Spain’s Xavi Alonso during the final of that competition. Van Marwijk said of the tackle which ruined Ben Arfa’s season:
“I have a problem with the way Nigel needlessly looks to push the limit. I am going to speak to him.”
Getting back to the Marseilles story though, their President, Jean-Claude Dassier told French TV station “Telefoot”:
“We will file a claim against De Jong. It’s about getting rid of this type of individual from European grounds,”
He then added on Ben Arfa’s recuperation:
“Ben Arfa asked our medical staff to help and we will do everything we can to help him, obviously.”
Despite Dassier’s seemingly righteous stand to drive out hatchetmen like De Jong from the game, there will be a financial angle to this, and an agreement that Newcastle would sign the player should he make at least 25 appearences for the club before the end of the season, which would now be almost certainly impossible due to the seriousness of the wing wizard’s double leg break.
We will of course keep you informed of any further developments in this story.
Is this yet another reason for bringing video replays into the ‘Modern Game’ (I use the word modern loosely, having seen some of the savage play this season has brought about)
The time it took to take Benny off the pitch that fateful day a video ref could have deemed the tackle rash and there fore brought about a sending off of De Mong and gave the F.A no excuse not to punish further!