Khaldoon Al Mubarak - A Class Act

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Considered and concise, as you would expect from Khaldoon.

However, there is still no way we know how the cards will fall.

Tevez has already proved himself ignorant and obstinate. The fact he has challenged the six week fine tells you that he is still refusing to lie down.

And as the PFA displayed, we can fine as much as we want, but the Premier League could also decide the sums are excessive.

This has always been a game of bluff, the problem is, Milan don't have any money.

So unless Tevez or Milan make a dramatic U-turn, I fear he will be happy to sit in Argentina and take his chances in court at a later date.

City were clearly still paying him up until the appeal before the board on Dec 21st, this does appear retrospective to take into account the six weeks up to the window.

They do still have Corinthians on speed dial ;-)

Don't - that's a deal that would have to include a lot of strings weighted in our favour.

Feel a little sorry for Soulboy on here he's copped stick for saying he was still being paid. He was and I have said as much myself, this was being briefed both sides.

The articles are saying towards the end of November, well after the Bayern incident.

So the six week fine seems to have been rubber-stamped after the board of appeal - the two weeks in December up to 30th Jan before Prem League appeal deadline.

Would have loved to have seen Tevez's and Kia faces when he went to the cash machine doing his Crimbo shopping.

 

[salfordblues]

Very much a class act. I'd like to see more Khaldoon.

He always speaks well and gives a good impression of the club.

 

[Danamy]

Considered and concise, as you would expect from Khaldoon.

However, there is still no way we know how the cards will fall.

Tevez has already proved himself ignorant and obstinate. The fact he has challenged the six week fine tells you that he is still refusing to lie down.

And as the PFA displayed, we can fine as much as we want, but the Premier League could also decide the sums are excessive.

This has always been a game of bluff, the problem is, Milan don't have any money.

So unless Tevez or Milan make a dramatic U-turn, I fear he will be happy to sit in Argentina and take his chances in court at a later date.

City were clearly still paying him up until the appeal before the board on Dec 21st, this does appear retrospective to take into account the six weeks up to the window.

They do still have Corinthians on speed dial ;-)

Don't - that's a deal that would have to include a lot of strings weighted in our favour.

Feel a little sorry for Soulboy on here he's copped stick for saying he was still being paid. He was and I have said as much myself, this was being briefed both sides.

The articles are saying towards the end of November, well after the Bayern incident.

So the six week fine seems to have been rubber-stamped after the board of appeal - the two weeks in December up to 30th Jan before Prem League appeal deadline.

Would have loved to have seen Tevez's and Kia faces when he went to the cash machine doing his Crimbo shopping.

Options have always been limited and the Corinthians offer has always been on the table for a return, it could be the only way out for them?

 

[The Pink Panther]

Considered and concise, as you would expect from Khaldoon.

However, there is still no way we know how the cards will fall.

Tevez has already proved himself ignorant and obstinate. The fact he has challenged the six week fine tells you that he is still refusing to lie down.

And as the PFA displayed, we can fine as much as we want, but the Premier League could also decide the sums are excessive.

This has always been a game of bluff, the problem is, Milan don't have any money.

So unless Tevez or Milan make a dramatic U-turn, I fear he will be happy to sit in Argentina and take his chances in court at a later date.

City were clearly still paying him up until the appeal before the board on Dec 21st, this does appear retrospective to take into account the six weeks up to the window.

They do still have Corinthians on speed dial ;-)

Don't - that's a deal that would have to include a lot of strings weighted in our favour.

Feel a little sorry for Soulboy on here he's copped stick for saying he was still being paid. He was and I have said as much myself, this was being briefed both sides.

The articles are saying towards the end of November, well after the Bayern incident.

So the six week fine seems to have been rubber-stamped after the board of appeal - the two weeks in December up to 30th Jan before Prem League appeal deadline.

Would have loved to have seen Tevez's and Kia faces when he went to the cash machine doing his Crimbo shopping.

Tevez was available for a couple of weeks after the BM match, so no one can complain he was still being paid.
However since he's gone AWOL, we haven't paid him have we?.
He's been fined six weeks money and some kind of wage agreement has been reached along the lines of...

Kia - "My client still expects to be paid his basic salary whilst he's playing golf in Argentina"
City - "If Mr Tevez refuses to train and make himself available for selection, he can boil his bum. We aint paying him a bean"

What do Tevez's advisors mean when they say a wage agreement has been made? It really could be the scenario above
Add the six million in bonuses City have refused to pay him, which must have been budgeted for, and we're quids in, to the fact of we can accept a £20m transfer fee as long as Tevez agrees not to pursue any outstanding monies he believes are owed
If he truly isn't motivated by cash, this is an easy and simple resolution to the issue

 

[Salar]

"If they want to be a consideration in this transfer window, they would do better to stop congratulating one another and begin to look at how they would meet our terms."


THIS.
Brilliant

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

They do still have Corinthians on speed dial ;-)

Don't - that's a deal that would have to include a lot of strings weighted in our favour.

Feel a little sorry for Soulboy on here he's copped stick for saying he was still being paid. He was and I have said as much myself, this was being briefed both sides.

The articles are saying towards the end of November, well after the Bayern incident.

So the six week fine seems to have been rubber-stamped after the board of appeal - the two weeks in December up to 30th Jan before Prem League appeal deadline.

Would have loved to have seen Tevez's and Kia faces when he went to the cash machine doing his Crimbo shopping.

Tevez was available for a couple of weeks after the BM match, so no one can complain he was still being paid.
However since he's gone AWOL, we haven't paid him have we?.
He's been fined six weeks money and some kind of wage agreement has been reached along the lines of...

Kia - "My client still expects to be paid his basic salary whilst he's playing golf in Argentina"
City - "If Mr Tevez refuses to train and make himself available for selection, he can boil his bum. We aint paying him a bean"

What do Tevez's advisors mean when they say a wage agreement has been made? It really could be the scenario above
Add the six million in bonuses City have refused to pay him, which must have been budgeted for, and we're quids in, to the fact of we can accept a £20m transfer fee as long as Tevez agrees not to pursue any outstanding monies he believes are owed
If he truly isn't motivated by cash, this is an easy and simple resolution to the issue

You raise a very valid issue here, one that goes to the heart of the revelations.

If a wage agreement has been reached between the two parties, then why did Tevez appeal against it?

And why does he still have until Jan 30th (convenient uh!) to go before Premier League appeal?

If there was an agreement to waive/fine Tevez, then there would have been no need for City to reconvene an appeal panel on Dec 21st to uphold it.

All is not what is seems and both sides are being flexible with the truth.

 

[cityvet]

The man is cool as f..k.
think of him in same bracket as zab and vinnie.

 

[mcnab-sees-red]

Don't - that's a deal that would have to include a lot of strings weighted in our favour.

Feel a little sorry for Soulboy on here he's copped stick for saying he was still being paid. He was and I have said as much myself, this was being briefed both sides.

The articles are saying towards the end of November, well after the Bayern incident.

So the six week fine seems to have been rubber-stamped after the board of appeal - the two weeks in December up to 30th Jan before Prem League appeal deadline.

Would have loved to have seen Tevez's and Kia faces when he went to the cash machine doing his Crimbo shopping.

Tevez was available for a couple of weeks after the BM match, so no one can complain he was still being paid.
However since he's gone AWOL, we haven't paid him have we?.
He's been fined six weeks money and some kind of wage agreement has been reached along the lines of...

Kia - "My client still expects to be paid his basic salary whilst he's playing golf in Argentina"
City - "If Mr Tevez refuses to train and make himself available for selection, he can boil his bum. We aint paying him a bean"

What do Tevez's advisors mean when they say a wage agreement has been made? It really could be the scenario above
Add the six million in bonuses City have refused to pay him, which must have been budgeted for, and we're quids in, to the fact of we can accept a £20m transfer fee as long as Tevez agrees not to pursue any outstanding monies he believes are owed
If he truly isn't motivated by cash, this is an easy and simple resolution to the issue

You raise a very valid issue here, one that goes to the heart of the revelations.

If a wage agreement has been reached between the two parties, then why did Tevez appeal against it?

And why does he still have until Jan 30th (convenient uh!) to go before Premier League appeal?

If there was an agreement to waive/fine Tevez, then there would have been no need for City to reconvene an appeal panel on Dec 21st to uphold it.

All is not what is seems and both sides are being flexible with the truth.

Probably gave him the findings of his original appeal on jan 2nd after consideration and the Christmas break. 28 days to appeal is the norm from there.
Don,t really see the flexibility in the city statement.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I see Inter have now ruled themselves out of the running. And with AC Milan skint and the player turning down PSG, that pretty much leaves Tevez nowhere to go. Whilst that may be a satisfying state of affairs given his behaviour, personally I'd rather have had him gone and I hope that turning down Inter's initial £21m bid doesn't come back to bite us in the arse. Courts and judges are unpredictable beasts and even were we to win, I wouldn't put it past Joorabchian to stir up a shit storm. Redknapp's in Court this week regarding the receipt of "bonuses" and I only hope that in our desperation to get Tevez to sign on the dotted line originally we didn't make any similarly "inventive" payments, cos the City hating press would love nothing better than for us to be deducted points or given a transfer embargo

 

[BobKowalski]

Re: Tevez - Inter/PSG/Milan. Update page 111

the clause in his contract has been reported by all european media sky sports and others...it seems when tevez signed for us we agreed to double his wages if we win the championship

This report originated with Sky Italia and was picked up by Marcotti of the Times on Twitter who queried it. It didn't get much traction after the first 24 hours because no one really believed it even if you did factor in that it was Gary Cook handing out contracts at the time.