Sala case

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Sala case

League 1 and MLS isn't bad

The Northern Counties East and the Isthmian League South East are perhaps not quite so impressive.

I don't think Paul is still with the Jersey Bulls - he doesn't feature in their squad on their website, so who knows where's he's playing if at all?

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Sala case

I wouldn't wish to presume anything regarding this case which isn't already public knowledge but it does seem surprising that the club doesn't insist as part of players' contract a list of the airlines and companies they are obliged use when flying.

You'd like to think the club has learned its lessons and is now a tad more professional than it was back in 2019.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Sala case

Yeah, I mean the twins are the most damning evidence for me for anyone who says we weren't in bed with McKay. Based on some in this thread you'd have thought they were in the Nantes academy rather than ours during this period.

The thing is, Jack McKay was instrumental is getting Emiliano Sala on that plane and he was a Cardiff City player/employee at the time.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11617696/emiliano-salas-messages-with-agents-son-organising-flight-revealed

It's an element of the story that rarely gets mentioned.

[Tuerto]

Re: Sala case

You'd like to think the club has learned its lessons and is now a tad more professional than it was back in 2019.

There are loads of things stipulated in a players contract in order to negate risk or injury. Can't ride a motorbike, can't participate in other sports etc. Loads of things. You would have thought that the club insisted on a commercial flight for sala, as shit as this sounds, he was a 15 million pound asset. People import expensive cars from abroad and they have a tracking app, they can see where the vehicle is, which container it is in etc. This was a human being we're talking about, he shouldn't have been given a choice on travel arrangements.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Sala case

There are loads of things stipulated in a players contract in order to negate risk or injury. Can't ride a motorbike, can't participate in other sports etc. Loads of things. You would have thought that the club insisted on a commercial flight for sala, as shit as this sounds, he was a 15 million pound asset. People import expensive cars from abroad and they have a tracking app, they can see where the vehicle is, which container it is in etc. This was a human being we're talking about, he shouldn't have been given a choice on travel arrangements.

Precisely.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Sala case

You would have thought that the club insisted on a commercial flight for Sala, as shit as this sounds, he was a 15 million pound asset.

That's what you would have thought, but given the set-up at the club at the time, well...

[splott parker]

Re: Sala case

That's what you would have thought, but given the set-up at the club at the time, well...

The ‘set up’ seemed to be that Warnock was running the show. A rat in charge of the cheese larder.

[City123]

Re: Sala case

League 1 and MLS isn't bad

Different Doncaster & Jersey

[Trigger]

Re: Sala case

I think it's fair to say a flight on a private aircraft, particularly from a French airport wouldn't automatically set off many alarm bells.

In hindsight we are dissecting it but insurance wise and as far as the club is concerned it's never going to be the same as allowing Sala to suddenly start a fight club or take up parkour.

Clubs not allowing players to drive sports cars would be far more reasonable but I doubt that happens.

[Mr Ducie]

Re: Sala case

I think it's fair to say a flight on a private aircraft, particularly from a French airport wouldn't automatically set off many alarm bells.

In hindsight we are dissecting it but insurance wise and as far as the club is concerned it's never going to be the same as allowing Sala to suddenly start a fight club or take up parkour.

Clubs not allowing players to drive sports cars would be far more reasonable but I doubt that happens.

I always thought the same , the issue with the whole flight was mainly the fact that the agent used a pilot who was not qualified to fly at night.

The club used this plane before without any other incidents apparently.

[Dave St]

Re: Sala case

They weren't kids:

https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/january/u23--four-new-bluebirds

Jack is now playing for Doncaster City. Paul is playing for the Jersey Bulls.

How did they end up at Cardiff City as 21 year-olds in 2018 when the club was pushing for promotion to the Premier League? Interesting question...

theres a link to Warnock .........

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Sala case

The club used this plane before without any other incidents apparently.

Correction: the banned agent had apparently used this plane operator before to ferry club employees over to France and back.

Incidentally, a couple of days ago I watched an interview with Warnock from the time of the tragedy in which he suggested he'd been talking to Sala and in negotiations to sign him for eight weeks prior to the accident. Interesting that no objections seem to have been raised by the club about Nantes' choice of agents during that period. I wonder why?

[Mr Ducie]

Re: Sala case

Correction: the banned agent had apparently used this plane operator before to ferry club employees over to France and back.

Incidentally, a couple of days ago I watched an interview with Warnock from the time of the tragedy in which he suggested he'd been talking to Sala and in negotiations to sign him for eight weeks prior to the accident. Interesting that no objections seem to have been raised by the club about Nantes' choice of agents during that period. I wonder why?

There is Shirley no case to answer then from our side :sherlock:

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: Sala case

Cardiff City are not being tried.

[goats]

Re: Sala case

The Northern Counties East and the Isthmian League South East are perhaps not quite so impressive.

I don't think Paul is still with the Jersey Bulls - he doesn't feature in their squad on their website, so who knows where's he's playing if at all?

Probably don’t need to work after pocketing a million each for that fateful transfer…..no history of being agents but still got a life changing sum didn’t they?