Dein comes across as a total hypocrite and should ask himself why Ashley Cole wasn't allowed to talk to Chelsea then. In what other industry would you bar your employees from seeking other employment? Which is it? Are footballers ordinary people governed by ordinary employment rules, or do the big clubs use the "football is a unique industry" when it suits them? Rather than scrap international football, I'd be totally in favour of a high court ruling against Newcastle's claim that saw the silly money in football at present being brought down to earth. Ask the players if they'd like to give up representing their country in an event like the World Cup. You'd get the same answer from any professional sportsperson with any backbone.