Very interesting point - albeit any company would have real issues in proving this ever happened if your staff, you and any representatives your staff may have would deny that this happened.
I think if he could demonstrate either implied or express permission then that wouldn't be no.
As for the matchday, I'm.not sure there is a set list of things a manager must do or where they need to be by when so again that's unlikely if indeed it is the case that it happened.
I am astounded at the level of revisionist theories this thread has spawned.
The accepted position at the time was that when Paul Barber was appointed (a man who had been part of the spurs board that had sacked Poyet and ramos at spurs) it was patently obvious they wouldn't get on. Whether the...