Reply With QuoteI take it that means they are not paying the 2nd and 3rd payment?
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More dirty laundry
Today, FIFA ordered Cardiff City FC to pay the 2nd and 3rd instalments of the transfer fee for Emiliano Sala to FC Nantes as expected.
Yesterday the CEO of FC Nantes, Franck Kita, was placed into police custody alongside Bakari Sanogo and Joaquim Batica by the JIRS, French prosecutors specialised in organised crime and financial crime. A judicial investigation was opened in June 2022 on the counts of ‘illegal exercise of sports agent activity, forgery and use of forgery, misuse of corporate assets, laundering of aggravated tax evasion and organised money laundering’. The Club's negligence claim in France against FC Nantes exhibits direct exchanges showing Mr Kita was informing Mr Sanogo of the proposed transfer fee for Emiliano Sala. It is not clear why.
In the circumstances, the Club considers that it would have been fairer if the requirement to pay FC Nantes had been deferred until the conclusion of the French police investigations and the club's claim against FC Nantes in the French courts.
I take it that means they are not paying the 2nd and 3rd payment?
Sounds like we will be the biggest spenders in the transfer window, despite being under an embargo!
Who are Bakari Sanogo and Joaquim Batica?
"sorry Nantes, we would love to pay, but, the embargo, you know?"Originally Posted by Grangenders
This means quite simply we're fecked.
https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.co...olice-custody/
French media report
Why?
It doesn't say that at all. They have already said that they will pay and that the money is deposited in this country ready. Plus they have said in the statement that they were expecting this ruling anyway.
sounds like Nantes are as well
Amazon Prime or Netflix are going to have a hell of a special lined up if this ever gets sorted out.
I took it that the club will pay the next two instalments but are not happy about it - and will ensure there is as much publicity as possible about Nantes wrongdoing - which must surely help with the civil claim?
But as the statement doesn’t make clear whether the club will pay up as demanded by FIFA it is guesswork either way.
Who writes these press releases?
Wasn’t aware of that, the statement in my mind didn’t confirm either way.
Sanogo was one of the agents involved with Mackay on the Sala deal, pretty sure same guy. Not sure on the other.
Cheers - both agents according to that French report
Bloody hell. It gets messier and messier doesn't it.
https://m.transfermarketweb.com/ligu...igation-218712
"McKay claims that a 10% commission on the transfer was due to be received by his son Mark (€1.7m), after he was mandated by Nantes. Willie further claimed that a part of this commission was then due to be transferred to Dramé and Bakari Sanogo, another agent.
“It was Sanogo who connected me with Waldemar Kita,” McKay said at the time."
Bit of a knee jerk reaction by me.
The term 'as expected' means that City were clearly waiting for this ruling, but their statement indicates that they think the timing is unfortunate.
I assume that an invoice will now come from Nantes unless City are able to defer given the police involvement with Nantes.
I believe the money is ready to pay and as its been accounted for already FFP rules will not be affected.
I hope so after all the work getting the embargo reduced
We put aside the money for this ages ago right?
We’re just not going to hand it over so easily and let everyone think we’re the sole bad guy in all of this.
Surprised we haven't already
Clubs been nuts for years
Batica's also an agent by the looks of it.
I want them to pay up, but that’s easy for me to say when it won’t cost me either way. To my non expert eyes, I’m not sure whether the fact that they were dealing with a bunch of alleged crooks makes any difference to the mechanics of the transfer.
The money owed has been included in the annual accounts. Whether the cash is in a brown envelope waiting to be couriered to Nantes, is another matter.
As much shit as possible needs to be hurled at Nantes, they’re up to their neck and always have been in the whole sordid affair.
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