Dundee warn players they’ll suspend contracts unless they agree to wage cuts by midnight tonight

[Bonnyloyal]

DUNDEE have warned their players they’ll use controversial clause 12 to suspend contracts unless they agree to wage cuts by MIDNIGHT tonight.

The Dark Blues have sent the first-team members yet to take temporary drops in salary emails warning them of the consequences of holding out


It’s understood eight players have yet to accept Dundee’s proposals so are in the firing line.

And they have been warned they only have another six hours to agree or their wages will be stopped until the Championship resumes.

The email, which has been seen by SunSport, spells out the terms of clause 12 - which was used by Hearts chairman Ann Budge to force her contract rebels into cuts back in April - and recommends the players take legal advice.

Dundee have been hit by a £500,000 loss in income since Covid-19 struck in March

 

[Gameboy]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

 

[essex bear]

Reap what you sow.

 

[borderbluenose]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

5k

 

[Coatbridge Chancellor]

5k

£50

 

[IrvineLoyal]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

Yes then loan him out to a championship team.

 

[Modfella]

Dundee now the 2nd most hated club in Dundee!

 

[Coatbridge Chancellor]

Glamour friendlies but

 

[Cyberniv]

Wonder where they got the idea of coercion, blackmail and intimidation. The SPFL perhaps.

 

[The Lone Sniper]

Whit aboot they friendlies with they big hitters?

 

[Arkanoid]

I'm Talking shite.
Didn't read the clause 12 part but I reckon you could take that to a tribunal as being unlawful when the argument is Nelms and the club have cost you untold financial and career damage. Dundee could be winning games as we speak and coming up in the playoffs

 

[jorg_the_hammer]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

Or wait until tomorrow and get him for nowt?

 

[BlueNoseBlueblood]

Reap what you sow.

Blow em, Sow em, Reap em eternal weep em

 

[Liviger1984]

Shame.

 

[Dotty_84]

Cna they do this legally?

 

[BlueNoseBlueblood]

Or wait until tomorrow and get him for nowt?

 

[Deleted member 125]

Cold winter was howling o'er moor and o'er mountain.
And loud was the surge o' er the dark roaring sea.

 

[Davie Weir]

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[tsa57]

Not being funny, but they cant have much wages in the first place.

 

[Maxiglw]

Hope their E-Mails don't get filed in the Players "Spam Folder"

 

[Timardim]

5k

a cup of teh and a peh.......?

 

[Wilkinsvolley]

Ach big Pete’ll be writing the cheque to save them as we speak.

 

[Mr Wilton]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

We can just sign him when they go bust for nothing!

 

[devilman]

What an absolute mess that weirdo has made of Dundee.

 

[gizmico1986]

Oh how the tables have turned.

 

[edwardcarson]

the hilarity level is high on this one

 

[KirkwallTrueBlue]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

Give them fuq all.

 

[Soldier1981]

 

[BillySimpson]

What sort of wage cut are they being asked to take?

 

[Pandamonium]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

I work with a member of his immediate family (can send source if need be), he has great potential and is on a really low wage. He is a die hard dee and I don't see him leaving anytime soon, he has good agents and he is happy with first team football.

 

[Theciscokid]

Dundee now the 2nd most hated club in Dundee!

3rd behind Lochee Harp name tells you everything

 

[CaptainCourageous]

Their wage bill must be quite high.

Dorrans, Berra, Hemmings, Ness, McGhee, McGowan will be at the higher end of Championship wages.

 

[bud_light]

 

[Orange Peel]

Is Nelms taking a cut? A question the players should be asking.

 

[Tony75tfc]

If they suspend contracts then they wont have any players to play in the glamour friendly

 

[Theciscokid]

Gimme a Hell Yeah !!

 

[devilman]

Also, surely there must be some legal repercussions here as well?

 

[Papa Bear]

The players should just hold out. If eight of their first team squad tell them to ram it and they need replaced, the board will soon shit the bed

 

[Pandamonium]

What sort of wage cut are they being asked to take?

I can't say too much but it differs.

Higher paid players have bigger % cuts and they are the ones who are dragging their feet. The younger players are largely unaffected, but with reduced games some of the younger members will feel the pinch with the lack of game and win bonuses.

 

[Mexi]

You can't suspend a contract. You either tear it up or abide by it

The day those players don't get paid, they're free to move on and sue for unpaid wages

 

[Ke55y]

We should go and offer them 50k for Finlay Robertson.

He looks a good prospect and they could do with the cash.

Get word to young Findlay to request his contract terminated then sign him on a free then loan to ICT

 

[IH8Everyone]

I work with his mum, he has great potential and is on a really low wage. He is a die hard dee and I don't see him leaving anytime soon, he has good agents and he is happy with first team football.

Not that good

 

[Mols 9]

A shame for the players but %^*& Dundee, wanks.

 

[ItsInTheNet]

 

[GazzaG]

Players being threatened with wages getting stopped.

Guess Fraser Wishart has gone into hiding again?

 

[Pandamonium]

Not that good

No his wage is low in the sense of he is a 17 year old in a Championship club. He is on good money compared to many outside of football. He gets an extra £150 if he is in the squad a week for instance.

His agents are doing well for him, advising him to stay (when there was another club looking at him before he signed his first professional contract with Dundee.

He is getting game time at his boyhood club, something not many get to do and is improving his game.

I have a soft spot for Dundee as my mums side support them and I have known some players. Its a shambles its come to this and Nelms has a lot to answer for as he has never been seen as up to any task

 

[BillySimpson]

I can't say too much but it differs.

Higher paid players have bigger % cuts and they are the ones who are dragging their feet. The younger players are largely unaffected, but with reduced games some of the younger members will feel the pinch with the lack of game and win bonuses.

About 30% tops? It's quite a hit.

 

[Wugs]

 

[cm72]

 

[Trigga34]

Love to see that club suffer