GILES METCALFE examines some of the more bizarre contract stipulations and requests

BBC Sport’s Alistair Magowan did a piece on footballer’s contracts a while back. In it, he stated that:
“Robbie Fowler admits he never looked at his. Paul Gascoigne’s reportedly stated he must live close to a fishing lake. And Stefan Schwarz’s banned him from travelling into space.”
Magowan went on to examine player contracts in more detail, but footballers' contracts sometimes have bizarre clauses inserted into them, something Magowan didn’t cover in-depth...