Midfielder was forced to miss the game against his former club.

Scottish midfielder Robert Snodgrass, who transferred from West Ham London to West Bromwich in early January 2021 for 110,000. Euro, was forced to miss the game against his former club in the 18th round of the English Premier League due to a controversial clause in the contract agreement.

As the mentor of the “bags” Sam Allardyce said in his post-match interview, his club “could sign an agreement with these players only if the final document would have spelled out a clause excluding the possibility of Robert playing against the“ hammers ”"

The situation was extremely interested in the leadership of the Premier League, which immediately began an investigation into the circumstances of the incident..

The fact is that the competition regulations allow such restrictions only if the player moves to another club on the basis of a lease agreement, but in the case of Snodgrass there was a full-fledged transfer agreement between the clubs.

There is rule I7 in the tournament regulations, according to which: "

A similar situation took place in April 2007, when American goalkeeper Tim Howard, playing for Everton, could not take part in the match against Manchester United, which owned the rights to him..

However, the subtlety of that situation was that the goalkeeper was transferred to Goodison Park on loan in the summer of 2006, which preceded his full transfer from the camp of the " It is for this reason that United had the right to write such a "

Investigation by the Premier League ended with the closure of the case, without accompanying sanctions in anyone's direction.

Recall that West Bromwich lost to West Ham on the field of rivals with a score of 1: 2, and Ukrainian midfielder Andriy Yarmolenko chalked up an assist in this fight.