


the bottom line is Ante Covic stands to give this club almost $20,000," Constantine said"The person who complained the most still owes the club $20,000. He also claimed he and other players were owed an amount of unpaid superannuation, which The Herald has since confirmed.Covic's criticism was endorsed on Thursday by Schwab, who said Newcastle were "a difficult club to deal with" and did not "provide the best possible environment for their players".Constantine reacted angrily to Covic's comments yesterday."Isn't it amazing that someone like that can come out and accuse the club of all the dirty things in the world, knowing he let the club down, let his mates down.

we as a club, even if we paid the super, and the bonus that according to him we owe, which I don't believe is true, he's still got to pay us another 20 grand."He won't get a release until he pays that money."Covic's departure occurred in acrimonious circumstances, after the veteran goalkeeper accused the Jets of having "real problems" at management level.

JETS owner Con Constantine said yesterday that Ante Covic would not be released to join Swedish outfit Elfsborg until he had paid Newcastle a debt of almost $20,000.Covic walked out on the Jets after Tuesday's Asian Champions League win against Ulsan Hyundai, terminating the final three months of his contract under what is known as the "Webster ruling".The internationally recognised regulation entitles any player to unilaterally walk away from a contract after a fixed period, regardless of the duration of the contract itself, providing the player compensates the club for the remaining value of the deal."He disqualified his contract by walking out on the club, so he's got to pay from now until the end of June whatever money we were going to pay him," Constantine said yesterday."He's got to pay that back to the club."When that happens.
