Sala Final Appeal Lost

[Maurice Swan]

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I wonder about this too. Surely someone at the club properly insured the risk? Please!!!

If insurance was not in place ahead of the signature then someone needs to get fired. Basic business nous.

[the other bob wilson]

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Nothing on News Now about this yet which seems odd, you would have thought some news outlet or another would have picked up on it by now.

[jon1959]

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Nothing on News Now about this yet which seems odd, you would have thought some news outlet or another would have picked up on it by now.

Maybe because it is just a fuller account of news that is 14 weeks old - and was reported and discussed extensively at the time.

If the club do find a route to a further appeal as Keith describes, the outcome would be news. But I hope that doesn't happen - the Emiliano Sala transfer saga should be over, even if there is other legal action down the line on other things.

[ToTaL ITK]

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I wonder about this too. Surely someone at the club properly insured the risk? Please!!!

It's Cardiff City, an Albatross of a club

[tforturton]

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I wonder about this too. Surely someone at the club properly insured the risk? Please!!!

In my opinion (and I'm no expert) these cases have been all about establishing who actually owned the player at the time of the crash. Once that has been established, in law, then that club's insurance must surely kick in, and pay the bill. They (the insurance company) may have been pushing for all these appeals, as they wouldn't want to pay out if they didn't need to. Now it's sorted - yes, he was a City player - then they have to pay up. Hope I'm right.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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In my opinion (and I'm no expert) these cases have been all about establishing who actually owned the player at the time of the crash. Once that has been established, in law, then that club's insurance must surely kick in, and pay the bill. They (the insurance company) may have been pushing for all these appeals, as they wouldn't want to pay out if they didn't need to. Now it's sorted - yes, he was a City player - then they have to pay up. Hope I'm right.

There will be no insurance payout if the exclusion clauses include taking a non-commercial flight.

[Vindec]

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There will be no insurance payout if the exclusion clauses include taking a non-commercial flight.

But he was offered a commercial flight by the club and chose alternative arrangements. The fact he chose a flight arranged by the agent is hardly the fault of the club. But I am afraid we are all guilty of going around in circles on a paucity of information speculating on arrangements we are all clueless about.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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But he was offered a commercial flight by the club and chose alternative arrangements. The fact he chose a flight arranged by the agent is hardly the fault of the club. But I am afraid we are all guilty of going around in circles on a paucity of information speculating on arrangements we are all clueless about.

Not the club's fault but it would invalidate the insurance cover.

[Whisperer]

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Not the club's fault but it would invalidate the insurance cover.

That sounds like bullshit to me - So someone like messi or bale couldn't fly in on their own chartered flight.

[Tuerto]

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That sounds like bullshit to me - So someone like messi or bale couldn't fly in on their own chartered flight.

i thinkthat the club are arguing that the flight wasn't legal and that there was a lack of due diligence concerning the travel arrangements. It's just one big **** up. As horrible as this sounds, Sala was a 15 million pound asset, if i was working for CCFC then i would be interested to know how he's getting to cardiff. I get updates when i order a £5 watch from Wish, for ****s sake!

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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That sounds like bullshit to me - So someone like messi or bale couldn't fly in on their own chartered flight.

Depends on the terms of the insurance cover.
Ultimately you get the cover you pay for. The club taking a provision in its accounts for the costs of the transfer clearly indicates that there is no valid basis for an insurance claim.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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That sounds like bullshit to me - So someone like messi or bale couldn't fly in on their own chartered flight.

Lots of insurance policies do exclude flights on small planes but the ones I've seen taken out by football clubs tend not to. The issue for me is whether he was added to the policy in time.

[jon1959]

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https://www.law360.com/articles/1556007

"Cardiff City Football Club has sued insurance broker Miller Insurance LLP claiming it owes more than £10 million ($12.2 million) over the death of Emiliano Sala...."

[Baloo]

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If the club has argued to date that he wasn't our player at the time of the crash does this undermine a position that they would have completed insurance formalities if they had known about them?