It's Quiet - a new dawn

[BlueAnorak]

I suspect it is. Benfica are confident that all of their responsibilities to third parties are complete. The FA's concern is that all of the paperwork is such that those third parties no longer have any claim to Ederson.

That will be tough as the boss of the third party ownership company and his agent (Mendes) are one in the same.

 

[Asa Clubs]

Range Rovers under heavy police guard suggests its more likely the SAS off to raid yet another suspected terrorist property lol.

By SAS ... do you mean Shearer and Sutton, or Sturridge and Saurez.

Get your facts straight! ;-)

 

[Stretfordian_Blue]

Does anyone know if Mendy is due to sign this weekend or whether it'll be after the France game next friday rather than tonight?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Does anyone know if Mendy is due to sign this weekend or whether it'll be after the France game next friday rather than tonight?

My sources tell me this weekend.

 

[domalino]

So who would ban us then if FIFA ratified the signing?

CAS would tell FIFA they have to ban us. CAS can't do it directly but no one's ever said no to CAS.

The issue which we'd presumably take them to court over is that how can we be liable if FIFA and the FA gave the green light and told us we were in compliance.

It's a very unlikely scenario, but with @tolmie's hairdoo talking about backhanders and conspiracies to hamstring us, the Garré case is the most obvious place to start.

 

[Jazzman]

CAS would tell FIFA they have to ban us. CAS can't do it directly but no one's ever said no to CAS.

The issue which we'd presumably take them to court over is that how can we be liable if FIFA and the FA gave the green light and told us we were in compliance.

It's a very unlikely scenario, but with @tolmie's hairdoo talking about backhanders and conspiracies to hamstring us, the Garré case is the most obvious place to start.

Why don't we just give him back to his old club? No player is worth that amount of trouble.

 

[domalino]

Why don't we just give him back to his old club? No player is worth that amount of trouble.

Well apart from the fact we've done nothing wrong, we've also picked this kid up and moved him and his family half way around the world, let them settle in the country and given him a 3 year contract. I'd say we have an obligation to not just go "You know what, this is a ballache, fuck off back to Argentina mate".

Not to mention a transfer ban really hasn't been that big an obstacle to Barcelona or Real Madrid, in fact it's credited with turning this group of Madrid players into a team which has done so well. You get time to prepare, bring in players and then just play 2 seasons with the same squad, only returning loanees and youth players coming back in.

 

[aguero93:20]

So who would ban us then if FIFA ratified the signing?

An impartial committee of David Gill, the pisscan and Maureen.

 

[cityzennn93:20]

Is it a genuine possibility we get banned ?

 

[johnmc]

Just seen three Range Rovers with a heavy police escort heading down Ashton Old Road. Surely this is either Robbie Williams arriving for his gig or, far more likely, David Gill turning up in a final attempt to stop us announcing Ederson.

Prince William. I hope you curtsied