Quote Originally Posted by Ninja View Post
We'll be liable for the fee I reckon.
Willie McKay arranged that flight and Nantes will always point to the fact that he was the one effectively doing the deal on behalf of Warnock/CCFC.
McKay should be locked up with the other fella, he wasn't even supposed to be working as an agent at that time.
Quote Originally Posted by Ninja View Post
Yes, I know McKay's son was messaging ES etc. What I mean is that the flight was arranged from our side of the fence so to speak, so I suspect we'll end up paying Nantes in full and possibly compensation of some sorts to the lad's mum and sister.
It still shocks me today that he ended up on a two-bit plane with an unqualified pilot!
I don't think that is right.

Mark McKay (Willie's eldest son and a football agent in his own right) was representing Nantes in the Sala transfer. Willie - although disbarred as an agent - was working through his son and seems to have been the main mover in the McKay operation, with Mark as a front.

The flight was organised by Willie McKay. It was either to assist the completion of the contract so the Nantes President and the McKays got paid, or it was because Willie McKay is a warm and selfless human being who goes out of his way to help people at his own expense. McKay claimed the latter in the various hearings. I go with the former.

Warnock may have had a long term relationship with Willie McKay, but at no stage was McKay representing or acting for Cardiff - and certainly not in arranging those flights.