Quote Originally Posted by Trigger View Post
Whilst we may never know the details, to those outside the club it would appear that we had wriggled out of paying the fee because the lad had passed away. For me that would be crass and a PR disaster.

Only reason he was on the plane was because he had signed for us.
Every single business would act in the same way, as crass as it may seem no one is going to just hand over £15 million quid without doing the due diligence to the legality of it.

Sala’s memory or the classy way the club have handled the situation shouldn’t be tarnished by the business side of it.