Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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jon1959
Cardiff have employed 16 lawyers on the case; Nantes 18.
We must be fast approaching the reported transfer fee.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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PontBlue
We must be fast approaching the reported transfer fee.
Billionaires don't care about money, it's all about power.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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jon1959
Cardiff have employed 16 lawyers on the case; Nantes 18.
There’s only one winner here.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
Thanks for the summary Jon
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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WJ99mobile
There’s only one winner here.
Or you could say 34!
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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jon1959
Paul Abbandonato's Wales Online piece this morning claims to lift the lid on the dispute.
An almost totally one-sided report, as you'd expect given the source of his information. Interesting note regarding the insurance, though. I've always felt that was the key to this situation. If Sala was properly insured by the club, I'm sure they'd have paid Nantes and claimed on the insurance. However, it seems likely the player wasn't properly insured, so the club are attempting to swerve the fee.
What an unsavoury business.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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The Lone Gunman
What an unsavoury business.
It is. And likely to drag on for a good while.
I wonder what happens if the insurers still determine that Emiliano Sala was a Nantes player when he died but CAS backs FIFA in saying that his transfer was complete (or complete enough)? I assume the insurers will accept the final judgement from CAS, but maybe not?
I don't like the way the contract status and the organisation of the flights are brought together - but it does look as if McKay (and therefore Nantes) didn't believe the transfer was all tied up when Cardiff did their publicity splash.
If it was all done why would they arrange and pay (who paid?) for a private flight at that time. McKay claims he did it because he's such a selfless and caring person and he wanted to do a favour to a young man left stranded at the mercy of commercial flights arranged by Cardiff. Does anyone believe that? I think he did it because he was concerned to get a revised and compliant contract signed as quickly and smoothly as possible so he could get his agent's fee paid. With tragic consequences.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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jon1959
If it was all done why would they arrange and pay (who paid?) for a private flight at that time.
Who was the player's agent?
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
The original contract between the club and sala was rejected by the premier league as sala had insisted on the signing on fee in one payment to which the club had agreed.
EPL rules allow that a signing on fee must be paid across the length of a contract so in salas case a 3 year contract meant 3 seperate annual payments.
Sala had not signed the new correct acceptable contract to the EPL prior to his passing although Nantes could argue that a football club with a decent football secretary would have known the rules and not produced the first contract.
the picture of sala signing his contract was a publicity stunt to placate the fans at the time.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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steve davies
The original contract between the club and sala was rejected by the premier league as sala had insisted on the signing on fee in one payment to which the club had agreed. EPL rules allow that a signing on fee must be paid across the length of a contract so in salas case a 3 year contract meant 3 seperate annual payments.
That's interesting, Steve. I wonder if the contract would have been considered fine in France? It seems odd (to me at least) that a British club would consider a transfer null and void simply because the contract they had produced had been deemed unacceptable under their own league's rules. It sounds very one-sided if those are the only grounds for appeal. I'd have thought the transfer itself would be a separate issue to the player's contract, but it's all guesswork on my part of course.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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The Lone Gunman
Who was the player's agent?
https://www.theguardian.com/football...o-sala-cardiff
English FA rules insist clubs and players may deal on a transfer only with people registered or licensed as an agent - McKay wasn’t
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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The Lone Gunman
Who was the player's agent?
Meissa N'Diaye
But I have never seen any suggestion that he was involved in arranging or paying for the flights. McKay claims he (or his son) paid for the flights but maybe in the expectation that they would recover their costs from their employer - Nantes?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47626855
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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The Lone Gunman
That's interesting, Steve. I wonder if the contract would have been considered fine in France? It seems odd (to me at least) that a British club would consider a transfer null and void simply because the contract they had produced had been deemed unacceptable under their own league's rules. It sounds very one-sided if those are the only grounds for appeal. I'd have thought the transfer itself would be a separate issue to the player's contract, but it's all guesswork on my part of course.
It depends entirely on what is specified in the contract between the clubs, e.g. if it states that the contract is only complete when the player is properly registered at the EPL.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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JumpersforGoalposts
It depends entirely on what is specified in the contract between the clubs.....
No shit.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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jon1959
Meissa N'Diaye
But I have never seen any suggestion that he was involved in arranging or paying for the flights. McKay claims he (or his son) paid for the flights but maybe in the expectation that they would recover their costs from their employer - Nantes?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47626855
The FA is understood to be taking the same view based on what has been made public: that McKay was not acting for Cardiff but for Nantes, when he had all the dealings with Cardiff and so cannot be said to have engaged in “intermediary activity” for a club under its jurisdiction.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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TWGL1
English FA rules insist clubs and players may deal on a transfer only with people registered or licensed as an agent - McKay wasn’t
Indeed. Nevertheless, Warnock was flying back and forth to France with him and two of his sons were on the books at Cardiff City...
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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The Lone Gunman
That's interesting, Steve. I wonder if the contract would have been considered fine in France? It seems odd (to me at least) that a British club would consider a transfer null and void simply because the contract they had produced had been deemed unacceptable under their own league's rules. It sounds very one-sided if those are the only grounds for appeal. I'd have thought the transfer itself would be a separate issue to the player's contract, but it's all guesswork on my part of course.
im looking back at the bits and pieces i have Jon and it also says that the paperwork received from the French Fa and lodged with the premier league to say he was no longer registered with Nantes was dated 4 days after his passing. All this to one side though and surely he must have been insured with one of the clubs?
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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steve davies
All this to one side though and surely he must have been insured with one of the clubs?
That's the thing that amazes me, although I guess the insurance companies are taking the same stance as Nantes and Cardiff, ie: that the player wasn't connected to whichever club their insurance covers at the time of his passing. Also, perhaps the insurance values greatly differ from the transfer value. Who knows?
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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The Lone Gunman
That's the thing that amazes me, although I guess the insurance companies are taking the same stance as Nantes and Cardiff, ie: that the player wasn't connected to whichever club their insurance covers at the time of his passing. Also, perhaps the insurance values greatly differ from the transfer value. Who knows?
I agree Dave his £15 million price tag was i believe considerably over the insurance value Nantes would have had on him as I believe he had been valued at £1.5 million in the previous transfer window. i know in steve borleys time he had to have players insured on the day he signed them but back then the club had football secretarys who knew their jobs and the rules
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
There is no winner just tragic loss of life In a world of corrupt sport run by money enjoyed by all .
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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jon1959
It is. And likely to drag on for a good while.
I wonder what happens if the insurers still determine that Emiliano Sala was a Nantes player when he died but CAS backs FIFA in saying that his transfer was complete (or complete enough)? I assume the insurers will accept the final judgement from CAS, but maybe not?
I don't like the way the contract status and the organisation of the flights are brought together - but it does look as if McKay (and therefore Nantes) didn't believe the transfer was all tied up when Cardiff did their publicity splash.
If it was all done why would they arrange and pay (who paid?) for a private flight at that time. McKay claims he did it because he's such a selfless and caring person and he wanted to do a favour to a young man left stranded at the mercy of commercial flights arranged by Cardiff. Does anyone believe that? I think he did it because he was concerned to get a revised and compliant contract signed as quickly and smoothly as possible so he could get his agent's fee paid. With tragic consequences.
He did it because he gets a huge cut of the fee doesn’t he? Isn’t it something like 2 million? Makes you wanna puke
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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goats
He did it because he gets a huge cut of the fee doesn’t he? Isn’t it something like 2 million? Makes you wanna puke
Wasn’t the breakdown £8 million Nantes Chairman approx, £3 million to Mckays approx and the remainder to the Club. Both City and Nantes shafted.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
3. Abbandonato suggests (but doesn't provide corroboration) that Cardiff City's insurers also believe that Emiliano Sala was a Nantes player at the time of his death and he was not covered by the club's policy.
The above suggests that Cardiff City had insured the player. Isn't that new information? While the insurers have taken the view they have that is meaningless if the Courts rule otherwise.
Re: CAS - Cardiff v Nantes
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Vindec
3. Abbandonato suggests (but doesn't provide corroboration) that Cardiff City's insurers also believe that Emiliano Sala was a Nantes player at the time of his death and he was not covered by the club's policy.
The above suggests that Cardiff City had insured the player. Isn't that new information? While the insurers have taken the view they have that is meaningless if the Courts rule otherwise.
Insurance companies are rarely wrong in their assessments, risk management is their business and they only employ the best.