Stade Francais owner threatens legal action as England hold on to James Haskell

By Mick Cleary Published: 7:30AM GMT 05 March 2010

Man in the middle: England flanker James Haskell (centre) is being fought over by England and Stade Francais Photo: GETTY IMAGES

He additionally referred to that movement could be taken opposite the player himself for crack of contract.

England physical education instructor Martin Johnson, though, stranded to his stance, dogmatic that he was not going ""to concede his decisions"" in the center of the Six Nations Championship. ""We need the players to do what we think is right for them,"" he said.

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The row, that has rumbled via the week, has escalated with Guazzini"s stipulation of intent. He suggested that he had formed his selling debate for Saturday evening"s sell-out diversion at the Stade de France turn the participation of Haskell.

"It is shameful, this blackmail,"" Guazzini said. "They have put frightful vigour on the player and I find that unfair. He is the bad one in all this. I similar to James Haskell. I know that they have not the right to do that. In my mind, they have told James that if he goes to Stade Français that he will not be in the England team. I"m certain it"s that. That is unacceptable.

"All the graduation for the compare is formed on James. You assimilate how ungainly that is towards the public. It is the match. It is outward the law. We are going to have a tough authorised quarrel [against the Rugby Football Union].""

Against Haskell, too? "Inevitably," Guazzini said. ""He has breached his contract. I"m sorry, but I think that is what they [England] want. I apply oneself the England team. I"d similar to them to apply oneself us as well."

Guazzini forked out that the Scottish and Italian players had all returned to the club, as in truth had the French general players. As far as he is concerned, he has abided by the agreement with Haskell in releasing him for a week before to the begin of the Nov Tests and again before to the Six Nations.

"The stipulate we have with James has been respected,"" Guazzini said. "This [release] is outward the manners of the International Rugby Board. I have asked the Six Nations cabinet about sanctions. The RFU have an settle with the English clubs.

"Why can"t they have an settle with the French clubs? I"m asking what remuneration can the RFU give to the French clubs? It"s me who is profitable the player. The RFU take the players and do all this outward the IRB [release] window."

It was predicted that such a point of corner would be reached.

"We regularly knew something similar to this competence happen,"" pronounced Rob Andrew, the RFU"s senior manager of chosen rugby.

Haskell himself got really twitchy last year when the RFU done extravagantly transparent the clever reservations about players relocating abroad. Half a dozen front-line players sealed for French clubs. Jonny Wilkinson has done certain that each last item has been covered. Others have opposite arrangements.

There is no specific settle on these counts in in in between the RFU and the French clubs. The RFU outlayed dual years thrashing out an eight-year, �110 million bargain with the Premiership clubs.

Johnson and Andrew trafficked to France last summer to verbalise to officials at all the clubs. Andrew spoke to Stade Français arch senior manager Mathias Poursine yesterday morning.

"It was really convivial,"" Andrew said. "The on all sides is in in in between the player and the club. There is no issue here in in in between the RFU and Stade Français. We"ve never pronounced that there was any agreement on paper.

"We can usually go on an bargain from the player or his advisers, that we have got. We simply set out the belligerent manners for the players. They have to be accessible when Martin wants them."

Johnson has expelled multiform of the patrol behind to Premiership clubs, but has defended all those who proposed opposite Ireland last week end along with a integrate of others. He had no goal of creation an difference for Haskell.

"It"s James"s bargain that he is you do zero wrong,"" Johnson said. "The players have left home right away so that they can be uninformed when they come behind for the last dual games back-to-back. It will be flattering intense."

Ironically Haskell was incompetent to sight on Thursday due to a go through virus, the ultimate in a line of England players to stoop to illness. Might Haskell"s ailment be rather convenient?

"Believe me,"" Johnson said, "the alloy tells me that you can"t feign that."

Haskell has possibly proposed or come off the dais in England"s past twenty matches. Andrew intends to have certain that England"s 2011 World Cup preparations are not injured by such bust-ups.

"We can"t have all sorts of fights and compromises,"" Andrew said. "Everything has got to be covered.""

If it is, afterwards a little great might nonetheless come from a disorderly situation.