 Shortly after Kendrick signed with Neftchi Baku, Gede was sacked and replaced by Boyukagha Aghayev, who promptly took a dislike to the foreign players at Neftchi and began forcing them out of the club.After a series of threatening phone-calls, with-held wages, misinformation about club commitments, Kendrick's contract was cancelled by Neftchi with no warning in June 2009.This resulted in Kendrick taking Neftchi Baku to CAS over unpaid wages and winning.