Toulon's Jonny Wilkinson in action for England against France at Twickenham last Saturday Photo: Michael Paler

Stade Francais owner Max Guazzini has renewed his battle with the RFU following the non-release of James Haskell and Tom Palmer.

The two England internationals have been barred from returning to play for Stade against Perpignan on Saturday despite it being a blank weekend in the RBS Six Nations.

Guazzini had a public run-in with the RFU over a similar incident last season, and now the multi-millionaire has said that the latest non-release means his club will steer clear of signing England internationals in the future.

Haskell and Palmer have both been integral to England's so-far unbeaten campaign this season and manager Martin Johnson has opted to retain the former Wasps pair rather than allow them to return to France to play club rugby.

Guazzini's anger will hardly be helped by the fact Johnson allowed Toulon fly-half Jonny Wilkinson to return and play in Top 14 a fortnight ago when there was a previous break in the tournament. But Johnson will argue that Wilkinson had hitherto been a sparingly used substitute, while Haskell and Palmer have both started all three of England's matches.

England's non-release of players is also in contrast to the availability of France's internationals, with all of Marc Lièvremont's squad back with their clubs for this weekend's crucial round of Top 14 games.

"In the future we will not be signing any players who are either in the England squad or are close to it. the English clubs get paid when their players are away with England, but we get nothing. We have a big match on Saturday and will be without two of our leading players and this, for certain, will have an influence when the contracts for the two come up for renewal," Guazzini said in an interview with The Guardian.

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"What is funny is that Tom Palmer did not interest the England selectors before he joined Stade Francais," added Guazzini. "Now, as he showed on Saturday [against France] he is a very good international player. Haskell would like to have played for us against Perpignan, but he has also been kept by England," lamented the Stade owner.

Both Stade Francais and Perpignan are desperate for points as they seek to try and make up ground to qualify for next season's Heineken Cup, so Saturday's game really is a massive encounter despite the Catalans being ninth and Stade 10th.

Biarritz, by contrast, will have the likes of Dimitri Yachvili, Imanol Harinordoquy and Damien Traille back for their home game against la Rochelle. One can certainly understand Guazzini's frustrations, especially following Palmer's recent comments saying that his improved form of late was a direct result of moving to France two seasons ago.