Emiliano Sala

[Moomin]

It’s not really a technicality if he wasn’t a Cardiff City player at the time. That’s their case, whether or not it has merit, we aren’t privy to and will be ultimately decided by the Swiss courts later this yearI believe.

I don’t think it’s disrespectful, or at least it’s no more disrespectful than Nantes demanding the fee be paid.

It’s a tragic situation and there isn’t precedent for this before in Sport so everyone is learning as they go along. Nobody truly ‘wins’ in this case but it’s certainly a battle that >matters<.

Just from a black and white, emotionless P&L perspective, to pay £15m for an asset that immediately became worth £0, could well negatively shape Cardiff City’s immediate and mid-term future as a Football club. Probably the same for Nantes. Thousands of people’s jobs hinge on that, so it’s certainly important that an agreeable financial settlement is reached.

Lets be honest, if that plane never crashed he would have been playing in Cardiff's next game.

 

[Tramps_mate]

It’s not really a technicality if he wasn’t a Cardiff City player at the time. That’s their case, whether or not it has merit, we aren’t privy to and will be ultimately decided by the Swiss courts later this yearI believe.

I don’t think it’s disrespectful, or at least it’s no more disrespectful than Nantes demanding the fee be paid.

It’s a tragic situation and there isn’t precedent for this before in Sport so everyone is learning as they go along. Nobody truly ‘wins’ in this case but it’s certainly a battle that >matters<.

Just from a black and white, emotionless P&L perspective, to pay £15m for an asset that immediately became worth £0, could well negatively shape Cardiff City’s immediate and mid-term future as a Football club. Probably the same for Nantes. Thousands of people’s jobs hinge on that, so it’s certainly important that an agreeable financial settlement is reached.

Would they not have insurance for this type of freak occurrence?

 

[Deleted member 38674]

Would they not have insurance for this type of freak occurrence?

Perhaps. Perhaps not.

If Cardiff’s argument is that the player wasn’t registered to them at the time of his death, and that is to be believed, then the insurance wouldn’t pay out to them anyway.

In which case, I totally understand why they might fight tooth and nail as there is a lot riding on it. People’s jobs and livelihoods.

It seems ugly discussing money at such a tragic time and it is in many ways. But, such are the circumstances and the horribly unfortunate timing of the accident that loose ends must be tied up and business must be formally completed.

I could be wrong (it’s happened once or twice before) but it doesn’t appear to be as cut and dry as greedy directors attempting to capitalise on all this and snake their way out of paying the transfer fee / snake a transfer fee where one isn’t due.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Would they not have insurance for this type of freak occurrence?

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In case you want an interesting read into that world, naturally ran by Lloyds.

From what I've read (as I work in insurance as well) they do have some coverage, but death in an accident isn't usually covered by that - it's mostly related to injuries and, well, football-related risks.

That said, the FA (or, in this case, both FA's) should have some coverage as well, as players are their main source of income basically.

As @Keiran said - it's an ugly thing to discuss in a tragic time, but, as he pointed out earlier, it should be with a good end result should these things happen again in the future (though let's hope it never has to be talked about again).

 

[EFCPaul]

Reckon he would have kept them up?

One of those things we'll never know. He was a fairly decent striker who probably would've fitted in well with Cardiff's system and style of play, instead they had to rely on Oumar who scored a whopping zero goals.

The whole saga seemed the absolutely finish off Warnock, think he really will retire for good now.

 

[Yarrgh]

Why are Lille arguing? Didn’t he play for FC Nantes?

Quite correct. My mistake.

 

[Yarrgh]

What's Lille got to do with it?

They agreed the price, Cardiff are trying to get out of the deal on a technicality.

My mistake Nantes, not Lille.

Depends on the "technicality" but I strongly suspect they'd have been overlooked by Cardiff if he'd have turned up and they wanted him to play the next day so naturally sympathy would be with Nantes over Cardiff. However Cardiff must believe that they have a case.

 

[mawders]

Cardiff are an utter scumbag of a club

 

[Archie Knox]

If he wasn't a Cardiff player why did Cardiff masquerade him as one in official photos alongside an official announcement on their website?

Record signing | Emiliano Sala is a Bluebird | Cardiff

Cardiff City Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Emiliano Sala from FC Nantes, for an undisclosed club record fee, subject to international clearance.

www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk

The question must be "if international clearance wasn't granted, would Sala have suddenly stopped being a Cardiff player, or was their announcement incorrect and that a player can only officially join a club with international clearance?"

As far as I know, paperwork can be completed without international clearance. This clearance just gives the player permission to play in the country he is set to play in.