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Originally Posted by jon1959
I can see Cardiff winning the case to some extent, but I can't see £100M being awarded on "What might have happened".Cardiff City confident of winning £100m case as experts predict difference Sala goals would have made
There is no guarantee that we would have stayed up with Sala - he might have got injured first game
I imagine this has got many years left to run. Will Tan still be around then? If so and we win, I’m not sure Nantes will be having vast sums of money to cough up - apparently they were struggling financially not too long ago.
In my opinion Tan is very unlikely to part company with Cardiff (even if he can get an offer for the club that he is willing to accept) until the Sala case(s) are completed. I think with him it is about much more than money - it is personal; it is about 'corrupt' agents; it is about his sense of respect and disrespect from Nantes. There are a mass of contradictions (respect!) in there but I can only see him staying until the end.
That makes sense, and obviously, the money will also make it far more favorable and less costly to move on.
The case is being held in the Nantes Commercial Court which is to CCFC`s advantage as the judges are businessmen rather than solicitors and the judgement will be based on reasonableness and the balance of probabilities rather than strict legal certainty. For this reason the club utilised the services of independent professional statisticians to give an assessment of the probability of the availability of Sala leading to CCFC avoiding relegation (their evidence has been accepted in court disputes before).
Based on the above and the "probability" assessment , which i think was in the range 44% to 52% the following might apply
1) CCFC win the case and the Court awards damages of 44% of the £100m claim so Nantes` insurers have to pay over £44m or
2) Nantes insurers realise Nantes are likely to lose the case so strongly advise their client to settle out of court for a substantial sum but less than £44m
Keith, Is it realistically possible that French court will award those sort of figures and have you any idea if insurance would cover? I cannot imagine Nantes have a pot to piss in.
The club have employed expert witness that states we would have had a 52-56% chance of staying up.iirc
The 100 million claim is probably an opportunity for Nantes to settle.
Either way Nantes are in trouble with the FFA
Not a great expert either I would say 97.576% it affected Warnock too, we would have stayed up easy.
FFF?
If, as reported, the transfer payment has been made, did Bordeaux get the 50% sell on fee?
FFF?
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