Cardiff's lawyers - Sala


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Dangerous game Cardiff are playing and smacks of double standards
They have employed this agents sons as players who are clearly not good enough for League 2 never mind the Championship and Premier League.
Strangely so have Doncaster and Leeds.
At 22 years of age Jack has played 9 minutes in the National League and Paul 16 Minutes in League 2.

Lots of skeletons could come out with saga.
I saw Jack feature for my team, Chesterfield, this weekend when he came on as a late sub as we held out for a much needed three points. He ran about a lot but not sure he had a kick!! He's had some previous game time with Doncaster, Ilkeston on loan and actually scored a goal for Airdrie whilst making 15 appearances on loan for them but in total he's totalled 24 appearances, suspect many of those being a few mins as a sub, in 5 years.

I suspect the Doncaster spell coincided with the season Donny gave their Dad free reign on transfers to try and stop up and they signed some pretty high profile players and still got relegated.
 
It's definitely in the public interest that things aren't covered up and clubs & agents allowed to operate without the risk of being 'outed'.

The press 'gets a bad press' but part of their agenda is to shine the light on corruption .... they've had a good record of that over the years tbf.

Curtailing the freedom of the press, in this country, might well be the worst option.

No disagreement there. I was thinking more of the gatruitous release of personal information of little or no relevance, or where the release might compromise, say, individual or public safety or prejudice legal proceedings. For example, the coverage of Cliff Richards' arrest.
 
Not sure what you mean here, mate.
If football finance was as transparent as it should be, there would be no one sweating about it because everyone would be playing by the same rules.


I like this kind of corruption to be laid bare. Is this the kind of good press record you refer to, @Reiver ?

What I mean is that football isnt as transparent as it should be and the press should be at liberty to report on it.
 
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I can imagine some interesting press conferences with the Cardiff chief executive.

Welsh journalist: "What can you tell us about Sala?"
Chief Exec: he was one of the best. We are proud that he was a Cardiff player and we are looking to build a memorial to him inside the ground."

French journalist: "What can you tell us about Sala?"
Chief Exec: why ask me? Nothing to do with us. I've hardly heard of him. Wasn't there talk that one day we might sign him?"

Incidentally, rumour has it that he was insured for £16m but the total cost including all agents' fees and the contract fees that (apparently) they have to pay, came to about £30m. Hence they're looking to make up the shortfall.

The plane company certainly won't have the assets and probably won't have enough public liability insurance; and in any case, the insurance could be void if (pure speculation) the company was operating commercially outside the terms of its licence. McKay, similarly, won't have enough assets and insurance. So that only leaves Nantes - and to try and pursue a claim that Nantes's relationship, post-transfer, with Cardiff was so close that Nantes are responsible because the agent who Cardiff paid chose an airline that wasn't good enough - and trying to argue that in a French court - isn't (IMHO) very likely to work.

Ironically, their best bet if they're scratching round for someone to sue, could be Sala himself. He chose the plane, albeit badly advised; and his family will get a payout from whatever insurance is going from the airline and/or Mackay. So Cardiff could sue him for not taking proper care of himself. But even for Cardiff, that would be WAY over the line. It couldn't happen.
 
I can imagine some interesting press conferences with the Cardiff chief executive.

Welsh journalist: "What can you tell us about Sala?"
Chief Exec: he was one of the best. We are proud that he was a Cardiff player and we are looking to build a memorial to him inside the ground."

French journalist: "What can you tell us about Sala?"
Chief Exec: why ask me? Nothing to do with us. I've hardly heard of him. Wasn't there talk that one day we might sign him?"

Incidentally, rumour has it that he was insured for £16m but the total cost including all agents' fees and the contract fees that (apparently) they have to pay, came to about £30m. Hence they're looking to make up the shortfall.

The plane company certainly won't have the assets and probably won't have enough public liability insurance; and in any case, the insurance could be void if (pure speculation) the company was operating commercially outside the terms of its licence. McKay, similarly, won't have enough assets and insurance. So that only leaves Nantes - and to try and pursue a claim that Nantes's relationship, post-transfer, with Cardiff was so close that Nantes are responsible because the agent who Cardiff paid chose an airline that wasn't good enough - and trying to argue that in a French court - isn't (IMHO) very likely to work.

Ironically, their best bet if they're scratching round for someone to sue, could be Sala himself. He chose the plane, albeit badly advised; and his family will get a payout from whatever insurance is going from the airline and/or Mackay. So Cardiff could sue him for not taking proper care of himself. But even for Cardiff, that would be WAY over the line. It couldn't happen.

Well that's certainly cleared up the situation :lol:
 
I don't think Cardiff are wrong to explore all options to be honest, instead of getting railroaded into doing the "moral" thing. It will be a legal case, its sad but thats the reality, do it by the book
 
If the plane had made it safely across the water none of this would be an issue. If a contract had been signed between Cardiff, Nantes and Sala then pay the f***ing money.

If Cardiff think that Mckay misled them in regards to other clubs being interested in Sala then don't use Mckay again. Simple.
 
according to a media source.

Cardiff threaten to sue football agent Willie McKay over 'inflating the Emiliano Sala transfer fee' | Daily Mail Online

Legal experts say Cardiff will have to pay the fee in full, since they have agreed to sign the player in a legally binding transfer deal. But the club retain some belief that the transfer had not been fully completed.

They think they may be able to argue that personal terms had not been finalised with the player.

The Premier League confirmed that Sala’s international transfer certificate had been registered with the FA of Wales and that he had been named in a squad registered with the Premier League when he died.

How can they accuse him of inflating the price? What difference does it make? They legally and contractually agreed to that. It is sad given they lost him and that money went down the pan, but they do not have a leg to stand on here.
 
Dangerous game Cardiff are playing and smacks of double standards
They have employed this agents sons as players who are clearly not good enough for League 2 never mind the Championship and Premier League.
Strangely so have Doncaster and Leeds.
At 22 years of age Jack has played 9 minutes in the National League and Paul 16 Minutes in League 2.

Lots of skeletons could come out with saga.

Dodgy as fuck.
 
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