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Is this where all the trouble starts
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Is this where all the trouble starts
Why is this breaking news as if it’s a shock? perhaps the timing is still raw, but fully expected, and rightly so.
Agree with the last point. On insurance: I am speculating when i should not, but we may be struggling to get them to cover this as i) he is, presumably, not legally dead yet and ii) who knows what conditions they put in the keyman policy as regards negligence, or things not covered. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that they do not cover accidents in helicopters and light aircraft for example.
Hard to see why Nantes shouldn't be paid though.
Someone needs to break this to TLG, I think he's already bought tickets for the tournament
I'm guessing that all Nantes are doing is asking for payment as per the contract for the sale of the player, which they're perfectly entitled to do.
Assuming that we had insurance in place then we'll try to cover the fee by claiming on that policy.
Might be a £15m hole in our finances for a while but that's how I see it.
I read a while ago that City might come out of this with a 14-15 million shortfall despite the fact that Sala will have been included in some kind of policy governing the whole playing staff. The shortfall is created by agents' fees and maybe even sums due to Sala's family (?). I didn't understand that at the time and still don't.
Like any professional football club City will have insurance in place commensurate with the size [value] of the sort of players on their books. I'm guessing City are withholding any agents' fees as there's clearly a distinct possibility of negligence [ sounds awfully clinical, I know], and City's lawyers are going to have a field day with the McKays. Re. payments to Nantes, if any are over due I would be very surprised if the Club hadn't taken legal advice on this..
Here is the original Daily Telegraph article from the 25th of January.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...disaster-face/
A non-story but for sensationalist use of the word demand.
I would have thought that Nantes are due their money whether we are insured or not. I hope we do pay up promptly as we don’t need any negative publicity at this moment when our PR stock is high. We got a lot of stick when we hadn’t paid Motherwell for Paul Quinn.
If we have any uninsured losses I am sure that we will be on the alert for any negligence findings relating to the whole tragic affair
Funny seeing Swansea '5p in every £1' City fans on Twitter saying that Nantes should get the the money "because it's theirs and they're entitled to it" without any self-awareness.
Here's the reality of business. Sensitivity doesn't come into it.
The payment 'demand' was probably an invoice issued by a grey accountant on the 30 day rule or 60 day or whatever the norm is in football.
Every invoice for payment is a demand by definition, but as someone said, the word has been used to sensationalise a pefectly normal business action. The club bought something so has to pay for it
I hope Cardiff pay up and fulfil all their obligations without any fuss in this tragic matter.
Wouldn’t the plane’s owner have insurance on it similar to car insurance? We’re led to believe that this same plane was ferrying around valuable individuals, hasn’t Warnock admitted he’s been on it ( or was it that he’s flown with the same pilot?). If so, the ‘vehicle’s’ insurance should come into play, shouldn’t it? ...... unless recklessness is proved allowing the insurers to wash their hands of liability.
What a mess this is going to be eh! I think all parties should be prepared for the whole sorry affair to run & run.