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    Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

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    Cardiff City have been told to pay a transfer fee of 6m euros (£5.3m) to Nantes for Emiliano Sala.

    A Fifa panel met to rule on a dispute between the clubs, who had failed to reach agreement on settling payment for the striker.

    The Argentine, who was 28, died in a plane crash in January while travelling from France to join his new club.

    Cardiff had argued they were not liable for the £15m fee because Sala was not officially their player when he died.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ Lee View Post
    From BBC

    Cardiff City have been told to pay a transfer fee of 6m euros (£5.3m) to Nantes for Emiliano Sala.

    A Fifa panel met to rule on a dispute between the clubs, who had failed to reach agreement on settling payment for the striker.

    The Argentine, who was 28, died in a plane crash in January while travelling from France to join his new club.

    Cardiff had argued they were not liable for the £15m fee because Sala was not officially their player when he died.
    From what I gather that is a first installment?

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    All a bit tasteless this and I don't think we've come out covered in glory to be honest. Not one of the club's finest moments.

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    It may be that City must pay the £5.5m for the transfer equivalent to the first installment not as a first installment

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    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    All a bit tasteless this and I don't think we've come out covered in glory to be honest. Not one of the club's finest moments.
    On the contrary, I think they've done the right thing. They've kept quiet and handed it to the insurers etc. Nantes have kicked up a fuss but this ruling shows the transfer wasn't finalised. It's horrible but the club did offer a sum to draw a line under it and Nantes refused. I'm not sure what the club could have done but we're not in a position to just throw away £10m.

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
    On the contrary, I think they've done the right thing. They've kept quiet and handed it to the insurers etc. Nantes have kicked up a fuss but this ruling shows the transfer wasn't finalised. It's horrible but the club did offer a sum to draw a line under it and Nantes refused. I'm not sure what the club could have done but we're not in a position to just throw away £10m.
    I agree. and if that £10m was already set aside just in case it might now be freed up for other uses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
    On the contrary, I think they've done the right thing. They've kept quiet and handed it to the insurers etc. Nantes have kicked up a fuss but this ruling shows the transfer wasn't finalised. It's horrible but the club did offer a sum to draw a line under it and Nantes refused. I'm not sure what the club could have done but we're not in a position to just throw away £10m.
    I understand why you see it that way and there is a financial logic to it, it's just after all the "once a bluebird, always a bluebird" and posing with the shirt etc it's pretty gross to see two clubs arguing the smallprint of a "commodity" and I wish we'd paid the fee that we were committed to paying. Or even better paid most and of it and donated a part of it to his family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    I understand why you see it that way and there is a financial logic to it, it's just after all the "once a bluebird, always a bluebird" and posing with the shirt etc it's pretty gross to see two clubs arguing the smallprint of a "commodity" and I wish we'd paid the fee that we were committed to paying. Or even better paid most and of it and donated a part of it to his family.
    Insurers will be involved and telling the club what to do. Nantes and Cardiff lost out because of Willie McKay's actions. He was coming back over to sign for us, and the grief was legitimate from all parties. I honestly have no idea what the club could have done, £10m is pretty much our record signing, we aren't in a position to piss that up the wall. I hope his family are supported and the club would do well to pay the money to his youth club as a PR exercise. It wouldn't cost a lot but would boost the club's reputation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
    Insurers will be involved and telling the club what to do. Nantes and Cardiff lost out because of Willie McKay's actions. He was coming back over to sign for us, and the grief was legitimate from all parties. I honestly have no idea what the club could have done, £10m is pretty much our record signing, we aren't in a position to piss that up the wall. I hope his family are supported and the club would do well to pay the money to his youth club as a PR exercise. It wouldn't cost a lot but would boost the club's reputation.
    This is what I thought.

    Let’s pay what we have to, and sue McKay if our insurance (I’m assuming we have some) doesn’t pay out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
    On the contrary, I think they've done the right thing. They've kept quiet and handed it to the insurers etc.
    Kept quiet? You're joking, right?

    I've no idea whether City are legally obliged to pay the fee or not, but one thing the club hasn't done is kept quiet. Indeed, rather than keep quiet as they should have done, they've made a series of unnecessary statements about the situation as it has developed.

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    Kept quiet? You're joking, right?

    I've no idea whether City are legally obliged to pay the fee or not, but one thing the club hasn't done is kept quiet. Indeed, rather than keep quiet as they should have done, they've made a series of unnecessary statements about the situation as it has developed.
    I agree some of the comments/statements seem unnecessary but again I would be very surprised if they were not made on advice from insurers or briefs, to get a repsonse out in the public domain for later.
    Even if the statement might be made without being directly advised, the lawyers etc would shirley have scrutinised the wording to make it legally 'safe'.

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    Kept quiet? You're joking, right?

    I've no idea whether City are legally obliged to pay the fee or not, but one thing the club hasn't done is kept quiet. Indeed, rather than keep quiet as they should have done, they've made a series of unnecessary statements about the situation as it has developed.
    I can't remember every statement made by the club but my recollection was that they have been fairly restrained. They have normally only made a press statement when news stories or widespread public speculation demanded some sort of response.

    The three main messages that have come out of the club since the tragedy are: shock and grief at the deaths and concern for the families; a need to totally overhaul the way the private jet system works and calling for more controls and regulation; and finally on the fee - the club needed to understand the legal/contractual position better but would pay what it was required to pay once that had been resolved.

    The club get things wrong, but not so much in recent years. On this I think they have got it mostly right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
    I can't remember every statement made by the club but my recollection was that they have been fairly restrained. They have normally only made a press statement when news stories or widespread public speculation demanded some sort of response.
    You think really this statement was necessary?

    https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...tement-2502192

    Or the one quoted here?

    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...t-out-16054313

    What value do such statements have?

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
    On the contrary, I think they've done the right thing. They've kept quiet and handed it to the insurers etc. Nantes have kicked up a fuss but this ruling shows the transfer wasn't finalised. It's horrible but the club did offer a sum to draw a line under it and Nantes refused. I'm not sure what the club could have done but we're not in a position to just throw away £10m.
    Agree. Clearly the most important thing here was the tragic death of two people, but that a dispute over £10m was related to it does not diminish the importance of £10m.

    What strikes me as slightly odd, is that the decision seems to represent a middle-ground when I didn't think such a thing was possible. We either signed him or we didn't, it feels kinda binary to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick View Post
    Agree. Clearly the most important thing here was the tragic death of two people, but that a dispute over £10m was related to it does not diminish the importance of £10m.

    What strikes me as slightly odd, is that the decision seems to represent a middle-ground when I didn't think such a thing was possible. We either signed him or we didn't, it feels kinda binary to me.
    Not sure that’s the case. Only the initial payment is currently overdue as far as I’m aware so that’s possibly the only payment Nantes could claim against at this stage. Possibly, it’s not very clear.

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    The FIFA quote taken from the FIFA website (no press interpretation)

    In a meeting held on 25 September 2019, the FIFA Players’ Status Committee established that Cardiff City FC must pay FC Nantes the sum of EUR 6,000,000, corresponding to the first instalment due in accordance with the transfer agreement concluded between the parties on 19 January 2019 for the transfer of the late Emiliano Sala from FC Nantes to Cardiff City FC.

    The FIFA Players’ Status Committee, which never lost sight of the specific and unique circumstances of this tragic situation during its deliberations on the dispute at stake, refrained from imposing procedural costs on the parties.

    The findings of the decision were notified to the parties concerned today. Within a deadline of ten days, Cardiff City FC and FC Nantes can request a copy of the grounds of the decision, which can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by delmbox View Post
    All a bit tasteless this and I don't think we've come out covered in glory to be honest. Not one of the club's finest moments.
    It was always going to be tasteless once the insurers and money men get involved, but it would be stupid to pay for their advice and then ignore it, you can become liable for all kinds of stuff.
    dunno why igovernor thinks its only a first payment. Where has that piece of 'news' come from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
    It was always going to be tasteless once the insurers and money men get involved, but it would be stupid to pay for their advice and then ignore it, you can become liable for all kinds of stuff.
    dunno why igovernor thinks its only a first payment. Where has that piece of 'news' come from?
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49825166

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Sky Sports

    Cardiff City FC

    Statement

    Cardiff City Want FIFA to clarify their exact meaning of the FIFA statement before they decide what to do next.

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by Igovernor View Post
    Sky Sports

    Cardiff City FC

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    Cardiff City Want FIFA to clarify their exact meaning of the FIFA statement before they decide what to do next.

    Good - I hope someone clarifies the statement.

    Does it mean the full £15m is due to Nantes in 3 instalments, or just the first instalment? Most of the 'news stories' refer only to the initial £5.3m (6m Euros) but surely it must be all or nothing - not just a part payment. Either the transfer was complete or it wasn't?

    In either case what was the FIFA judgement based on - and what is their response to the submissions made by both clubs?

    Will the insurers (for whichever club is liable) be led by a FIFA committee judgement - or will it have to go back around the lawyers?

    It is all ugly and disrespectful - but unavoidable I expect. As others have said, I hope whatever the outcome between Cardiff and Nantes, Sala's family and home townl club are looked after.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Igovernor View Post
    City could have to pay more according to what FIFA have said, it ain’t over yet

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    Quote Originally Posted by Igovernor View Post
    Thanks!!

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    it is not clear yet, that is why city are asking for clarification, what the papers are saying is ambiguous, we will soon find out!

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    Re: Cardiff to pay 5.3 Million for Sala

    The dreaded 'Sun' (the only other source I could find at speed) seems to be under the impression that the whole fee will be payable:

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...emiliano-sala/

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    Nantes and Cardiff have 10 days to appeal if they wish. It would look really bad if we appealed but I'm almost certain Nantes will.

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