Editing Stephen Appiah (section)

====Injury and contract dispute====
After an extended knee-injury layoff, Appiah came off the bench for Fenerbahçe in the [[Turkish Super League]] on 6 October 2007. However, the injury recurred after his last game on 1 December, and Appiah went to Italy for rehabilitation on 20 December 2007.<ref name=CAS/> The long-term injury forced him to miss the [[2008 African Cup of Nations]] as a player, instead, he became a special adviser of the team.<ref name=CAS/> Fenerbahçe also wanted to de-register Appiah as he occupied a foreigner quota, but he refused as he was unclear with the matter.<ref name=CAS/> Appiah also refused to take rehabilitation in Turkey.<ref name=CAS/> The club also thought that Appiah was actually [[AWOL]] and Appiah thought the club exposed his medical history to the press and mistreatment to his injury, although the club defended that it had made an appointment for Appiah to visit [[Mayo Clinic]], United States, but Appiah did not attend.<ref name=CAS/> On 1 February 2008, Appiah formally submitted a claim of mistreatment by asking to leave as free agent on 1 July 2008 and received the pre-agreed 2008–09 season salary of €2 million.<ref name=CAS/> In response, Fenerbahçe notified [[FIFA]]. In April 2008 the case went to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC), and both parties sued each other.<ref name=CAS/> He unilaterally terminated the contract at the end of season, as he thought the club had breached the contract by not fulfilling its duties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=563974&cc=5901|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604030343/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=563974&cc=5901|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Ghana captain Appiah quits Fenerbahce after row|date=18 August 2008|work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ghana.worldcupblog.org/player-news-and-rumors/fenerbahce-betray-stephen-appiah.html|title=Player News and Rumors: Fenerbahce betray Stephen Appiah|work=ghana.worldcupblog.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716120500/http://ghana.worldcupblog.org/player-news-and-rumors/fenerbahce-betray-stephen-appiah.html|archive-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> He also discussed with [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] in summer 2008 for a possible contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/20080902/di-michele-and-ilunga-sign_2236884_1383011|title=Di Michele and Ilunga sign|date=2 September 2008|access-date=1 November 2011|work=West Ham United FC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523182745/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20080902/di-michele-and-ilunga-sign_2236884_1383011|archive-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> DRC ordered Appiah to pay Fenerbahçe €2,281,915 as he breached the contract without just cause on 9 January 2009.<ref name=CAS/> He immediately appealed to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] in May after received the decision on 5 May 2009 and the club also submitted its appeal. On 7 June 2010 CAS ruled that Appiah did not need to pay Fenerbahçe, as Fenerbahçe saved more in wages (€2,633,020.65) than losses (€2,496,278.85).<ref name=CAS/>