Ted Hughes wrote:I hadn't seen it but Taylor has actually confirmed that City could cancel his contract but keep his registration & sue him. This would make me happier than a happy person in Happyland at Christmas.
Yes, and it may well be that regardless of City's own interests in punishing him, they may come under more pressure from outside to do exactly this, from the rest of the football community.
City I'm sure would not want to be seen to be vindictive, but in this case they are going to get the backing of everyone, even pushed to take harsh actions for the sake of football, so even if the owner's were not ruthless and not pissed off there will be a lot of pressure to act as though they are.
City can drop ten tonnes of bricks on him and the gallery is just going to applaud !