And the BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60767283
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And the BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60767283
Horrible. I suppose the only comfort for his family and friends is that he was probably unconscious as it happened.
We know from his phone calls he was scared though. Such a tragedy.
I hadn’t seen the part where the pilot reported hearing a loud bang on the outbound flight to the operator, previously. I assume this will have a bearing on the court case, also.
So McKay organised the flight, and he was working for his Son who was representing Nantes - so is this what CCFC want? Does that absolve them of paying the transfer fee as Nantes and their associates have some responsibility?
That’s a good question. I think we have provided for £21m in the accounts which infers £6m of legal costs. Whatever happens at CAS we could go after Nantes in the French Courts if we think that Nantes or those acting for them were negligent in the flight arrangements. No point going after Mackay as he’s an in discharged bankrupt. One thing we know is that Vincent Tan is not afraid of litigation.
If we end up paying the transfer fee or Nantes lose a player the club should go after the unscrupulous people who were involved in the flight arrangements.
They need to be excluded from football transfers, in any capacity, for life.
Apologies for a rather crude analogy but:
Say you purchased something online from PC world, who in turn used Hermes to deliver it to you. If the parcel never turned up you might need to talk to PC world, you might need to talk to hemes but you certainly wouldn't pay for it yourself. Now this case has proven McKay organised the flights on behalf of Nates because they didn't like the commercial flights Cardiff were offering it presumably should have an impact on who pays the costs.
I cant help feeling that this may eventually be paid via insurance, now liability has clearly been proven.
Digging deeper into contracts, I can guess that players' contracts are billions of pages long with clauses of about anything, just in case they crop up. If it had been proven that Sala was contractually a City player at the time, and there's nothing in his contract about seeking alternative transport, how can we claim on that?
My heart bleeds for him;-
https://www.thenational.wales/sport/...-sala-inquest/