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[Albion] Emiliano Sala [signed by Cardiff, confirmed to have been on missing aircraft]



vegster

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Stat Brother said:
Nothing new, just a season ending piece from Ronay - but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be read.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1557561463


As said nothing new, and I'm sure it's even been mentioned here, but I do wonder if the Albion were ever interested.

I'd like to think they were and in an ideal world the Albion turned their backs with McKay's inclusion to the 'deal'.
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Interesting read, poor Sala putting his trust in what clearly looks like a cheap and murky looking operator. I suppose it's like a microcosm of the world today, if there is an asset to be exploited and money to be made on the back of if or by shaving a cost here or there, a way will be found for it to happen.
 




Beach Hut

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vegster said:
Interesting read, poor Sala putting his trust in what clearly looks like a cheap and murky looking operator. I suppose it's like a microcosm of the world today, if there is an asset to be exploited and money to be made on the back of if or by shaving a cost here or there, a way will be found for it to happen.
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The greed of modern football is quite putrid these days
 


tedebear

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Stat Brother said:
Nothing new, just a season ending piece from Ronay - but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be read.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1557561463


As said nothing new, and I'm sure it's even been mentioned here, but I do wonder if the Albion were ever interested.

I'd like to think they were and in an ideal world the Albion turned their backs with McKay's inclusion to the 'deal'.
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Thats disturbing, I shouldn't be as surprised as I am, but I am...thats dark!
 


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Poor woman, losing her son then husband, words can't describe how she must be feeling. This whole episode is awful.
 


Kosh

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Jul 14, 2003
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No words suffice, but horrific comes close.

It's chilling and enough to question everything about the game we all love. It's dominated by money, most likely corrupt (on many, many levels) and in this case pretty sickening.

I only hope our club conduct business in a more transparent and less shady and/or 'desperate' manner.
 




PILTDOWN MAN

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Kosh said:
No words suffice, but horrific comes close.

It's chilling and enough to question everything about the game we all love. It's dominated by money, most likely corrupt (on many, many levels) and in this case pretty sickening.

I only hope our club conduct business in a more transparent and less shady and/or 'desperate' manner.
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Wasn’t too long ago we were investigated and our name dragged through the dirt.
 


studio150

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A terrible situation where now only the lawyers are going to benefit, and where a conclusion is some time away.
 


Stat Brother

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studio150 said:
A terrible situation where now only the lawyers are going to benefit, and where a conclusion is some time away.
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You'd like to think an owner would say 'it's just not worth it', and immediately write cheque.

Sure I'd be somewhat loathed to hand over cash to Mckay, but I would have had to do that anyway.
 




vegster

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May 5, 2008
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Kosh said:
No words suffice, but horrific comes close.

It's chilling and enough to question everything about the game we all love. It's dominated by money, most likely corrupt (on many, many levels) and in this case pretty sickening.

I only hope our club conduct business in a more transparent and less shady and/or 'desperate' manner.
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I fear we have to dip our toe in the murky water from time to time too or else we slip off the gravy train, I recall we spent quite a few Millions on " Agents Fees ".
 


Bold Seagull

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McKay’s chilling communication to Sala released to L’Équipe:

“Emiliano, My name is Willie McKay …. We are not interested in looking after your personal interests.” A good time, you’d think, to stop reading. McKay tells Sala that agents such as himself “only care about money” and encourages the player to cut his current agent Meïssa N’Diaye out of any deal, while dangling a £1m payment to Sala’s mother under his nose.
 


Not Andy Naylor

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Willie McKay was always Harry Redknapp's 'agent of choice' at P*rtsm**th. That probably tells you all you need to know.
 




Kosh

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vegster said:
I fear we have to dip our toe in the murky water from time to time too or else we slip off the gravy train, I recall we spent quite a few Millions on " Agents Fees ".
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I have to admit, I'd forgotten about that little episode a few years back and agree we're probably dining from the same all you can eat player buffet. It's unpalatable for me, I have to admit it. Reading that (the article) has given me serious pause for thought re how avidly I follow the game from this moment forward... not that I wasn't aware of 'the state of the game' in general terms, yet I was guilty of kind of ignoring it... when you read such a well put together article, well, it's a damning indictment of the once beautiful game.

Probably bad timing re today, in particular re Bruno, but I think the game is finished. A serious 'clean up' that will never happen, let's be honest... could save it, but it's ever more apparent that players (Like Bruno) and 'ethical' agents (if such a thing has ever existed?!?) are the last of a dying breed.

Obviously I hope we get a result today, but MAN this kind of thing is just awful no matter how you slice it.
 


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Kosh said:
I have to admit, I'd forgotten about that little episode a few years back and agree we're probably dining from the same all you can eat player buffet. It's unpalatable for me, I have to admit it. Reading that (the article) has given me serious pause for thought re how avidly I follow the game from this moment forward... not that I wasn't aware of 'the state of the game' in general terms, yet I was guilty of kind of ignoring it... when you read such a well put together article, well, it's a damning indictment of the once beautiful game.

Probably bad timing re today, in particular re Bruno, but I think the game is finished. A serious 'clean up' that will never happen, let's be honest... could save it, but it's ever more apparent that players (Like Bruno) and 'ethical' agents (if such a thing has ever existed?!?) are the last of a dying breed.

Obviously I hope we get a result today, but MAN this kind of thing is just awful no matter how you slice it.
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/25/brighton-fined-agents-dale-stephens-fa
 






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Just a heads up about a football documentary tonight.

There's an emotional programme on BBC One Wales at 8.30pm, focusing on Emiliano Sala's family looking for answers into his tragic death from a plane crash in January.
 


Durlston

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What a beautiful family Emiliano had. Very hard to watch at times with his parents visibly broken by his death. Sadly, his father passed away two weeks after filming that programme.

The anger I have is for leeches like Willie McKay and getting their grubby hands on any transfer fee made as an agent. I will never understand Emiliano getting on a cold, dark winter night plane with an almost amateur pilot with no licence to fly without light that evening.

As I've said before, RIP Emiliano. :down:
 






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Not Andy Naylor said:
Willie McKay was always Harry Redknapp's 'agent of choice' at P*rtsm**th. That probably tells you all you need to know.
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Willie and his son Mark have had some interesting clients, some of whom have been involved in lucrative contracts stand offs:

Mings
Joey Barton
N’Zogbia
Payet
McCormack
Chimbonda

Needless to say, always good business for the McKay’s.
 


symyjym

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Nov 2, 2009
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Willie McCay booked the private single engine light aircraft as an alternative to the commercial flight that Cardiff offered. The original pilot pulled out and was replaced someone who was only licensed to fly visually and was not qualified to use the instruments flying blind. There was only going to be one outcome flying across the channel under bad weather conditions and low viability on a winters night. Totally avoidable.
 


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