Hope to God this is settled soon, though I'm sure it won't be to everyone's satisfaction.
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According to Sky:
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...nantes-dispute
Hope to God this is settled soon, though I'm sure it won't be to everyone's satisfaction.
Another shitstorm of judgement about how our club should be run from ignorant fans of other clubs incoming.
French club and welsh club in dispute - I'd be very very surprised if Fifa rule in our favour.
I can't see how they could even if we were Qatari, he was our player, officially unveiled and flying over to train. Stuff about him not being registered for the PL isn't Nantes' problem.
Massively unfortunate and difficult situation for all concerned for many different reasons. It's a shame the clubs couldn't just agree something between themselves.
If they do find against us whatever the amount due that is decided on (upwards of £15m ?) will probably come out of this year's budget so may impact upon any January transfer dealings, unless it has already been taken into account in NW's allocated funds for this season.
You're right it could be argued that if the player couldn't be registered to play in the PL, then the contract is null and void and the player reverts to Nantes.
Wasn't there something a few years back that the deal was done, but the registration was not faxed through in time and therefore the deal was void and the player stayed where he was?
I still think FIFA will shaft us on this.
This will drag on until the 15 million is so devalued, it wouldn't buy a Thomas Cook flight.
Or it could be that they genuinely believe we are liable for the full amount. I don't see we have much to argue that we aren't when we are basing this on what appears to be a mistake made by the club and, more importantly, this suggests City expect the ruling to go against us - we can still appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport if it does though.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sp...r-fee-row.html
My thoughts are that as the FA have said that the contract was illegal then we are not covered by insurance so can"t claim.
FIFA will find in Nantes favour & we will have to pay them with FIFA stating that the problem is between us & our insurers/FA.
Our insurers will say he wasn"t our player as the FA have stated the contract was illegal so we can"t claim & we will be left £15 million out of pocket.
If we could have claimed then surely we would have done that by now & paid the fee to Nantes ?
Any news of the decision?
Nothing on the official site yet:
https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/offi...committee.html
Paul there are two points here the one as you stated it was our mistake that he was nor registered with the PL a contract is only valid if all conditions are met. And the second point is this. Nantes did not want us to complete the contract until they found a replacement so that would be their fault
Probably hanging on to see if any envelopes are forthcoming. Allegedly.
Exactly, who gives a toss what probably the most corrupt body of people in the world think? Who paid them the biggest back hander will prob get off.....still joking aside, surely it’s in black and white on paper, was he still there’s or had he become ours....
Surely if he wasn't our player because the contract was illegal then there is no liability, regardless of insurance?
The right thing to do would surely for both clubs to bear half the outlay.
What a sad state of affairs over a players life .
If we come out of this favorably I hope :
Tan does something special for the family or the village the lad came form to provide a nice club legacy ,perhaps build a sports facility in memory of the lad
Sue the pants off the agent, or anyone who is liable for his death
This is about life cut short , the money in football and players pockets is obscene.
If the transfer from Nantes to Cardiff was completed and the terms met then Cardiff should pay the full fee.
If it wasn’t completed and Nantes had introduced last minute clauses that were not agreed (as has need suggested) then Emiliano Sala was still their player when the tragedy occurred and Cardiff shouldn’t pay anything.
If the plane had landed safely I expect all outstanding contract and transfer issues would have been resolved in days. But it didn’t.
The fact of Sala signing a contract in front of cameras is irrelevant if the terms of transfer between the clubs was still unresolved. It is also a total irrelevance whether or not Sala was registered with the EPL. All that matters is whether he was a Cardiff or Nantes player when the plane crashed.
Everyone has an opinion but very few people know the facts.
It feels disrespectful and dirty but when the lawyers and insurers have to be involved this ugly stand off became inevitable. I just hope the club do the best they can for Emiliano Sala’s family and home town club.
I'm presuming FIFA's ruling as to the ownership of the player [sorry, I know that sounds crass] at the time of the accident is crucial to any insurance claim. Nantes will have insured him, and I'm certain City would have put insurance in place to come into effect when he became a City player. The rights and wrongs of Sala's doomed flight are not going to affect any insurance claim - neither Nantes nor City were negligent.