UK: Footballer announced transfer to different club on Facebook

Posted by Alisa Zykova on July 8, 2008 at 9:58 AM

Ashley-Paul Robinson, a Crystal Palace football player, announced on his Facebook profile that he might be transferring to Fulham, a rival football club. The football player's public announcement may put into question the type of information that can be announced on social networks.

The news that he was trying out for Fulham was not only viewed by his nearly two hundred Facebook friends, but also to the 2.7 million members signed up to the London section.

The 18-year-old has been with the club for around four years. Now, however, Palace asked him to look "elsewhere to further his career".

"It's pretty embarrassing for the club that this guy is telling the world he's looking to leave the club," said a source from Palace. "Perhaps someone should tell him to be a bit more private about what he's putting on the Internet."

Source: The Guardian