Leeds Thread (Merged)

According to the Mirror, and also stated by a Leeds fan on another board:

Leeds president Massimo Cellino is being investigated over a transfer bung to an unlicensed agent and contravening third-party ownership rules. Just something to keep jimharri amused as the season winds down.


C&P from Mirror site:

Massimo Cellino is facing a new investigation into allegations that he agreed a £185,000 transfer bung and broke rules over third-party ownership.

The controversial Leeds United president has just completed a suspension from football activity for breaches of regulations.

Now Mirror Sport can reveal the FA are investigating claims that Cellino sanctioned £185,000 in a backhander as part of Ross McCormack’s £10.75million transfer to Fulham last summer. There is no suggestion of wrong-doing by McCormack.

Cellino, 58, is also alleged to have agreed a secret third-party deal as part of 20-year-old striker Adryan’s loan from Cagliari to Leeds last summer. This would breach FA regulations.

Mirror Sport has seen documents which appear to show that Cellino signed off on behalf of the club a payment of £185,000 to a football agent, Derek Day. And that Day was collecting the payment on behalf of McCormack’s adviser, Barry Hughes, who is not a licensed agent.

Such a move would contravene FA rules.

Action ImagesRoss McCormack celebrates after scoring the first goal for FulhamLondon calling: Documents seen by the Mirror suggest McCormack deal included £185k bung
An email sent by Day to the club supports the belief that he and Hughes were working in tandem.

Cellino responded to our questions by text and wrote: “Everything I done. For me was clear I had the club consultant and my accountants. I don’t know many people in England, if I did something wrong I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Graham Bean was the club’s consultant at the time.

He said: “Mr Cellino was the club signatory at all times and he agreed all payments relating to Ross McCormack’s transfer.”

The FA’s football-agent regulations, section J1, states: “A club must not directly or indirectly make any payments to any unauthorised agent in respect of any agency activity.”

Cellino allegedly met Hughes at Elland Road in September and agreed to pay him through Day and his business, Shadow Brands, even though he could not have legitimately worked on the McCormack transfer.

The Italian signed a document detailing how Day would be paid £185,000 in three payments.

The first sum of £65,000 was paid through the FA Clearing House in September, with two other scheduled payments of £60,000 due in November 2014 and February 2015.

Mirror Sport has seen this contract, which was signed by Cellino on September 22 2014.

Cellino is also accused of breaking FA rules on third-party ownership when young striker Adryan joined Leeds on loan last summer.

Claudio VillaIn the dark: Cellino says he relied on advice as he isn't used to English football's ways
Mirror Sport has seen three agreements, which appear to have been signed by Cellino on behalf of Leeds relating to the transfer.

One is a loan deal with Cagliari, the second is with an Italian agent and the other is a Termo di Compromisso with Rio de Janeiro-based firm RP4 Football Management.

Cellino agreed Leeds would pay £2.14million if they wanted to recruit the striker permanently. The agreement also included a clause to pay RP4 Football Management 20 per cent of any sell-on fee.

This is an area the FA will want clear explanations about.

Third party deals are only permitted by the FA in exceptional circumstances and with prior approval.

It is understood Cellino did not bring this third-party proposal to the attention of the authorities and other Leeds officials.

Bean, who was working as a football consultant for the Yorkshire outfit last summer, said: “I have been spoken to by the FA regarding these matters and co-operated fully with them.

“I can confirm that I, and as far as I am aware nobody else at the club other than Massimo Cellino, had any knowledge of any third party agreement in relation to Adryan.

Clint HughesLoan arrangers: Adryan didn't score a single goal in 13 appearances for Leeds
“It is my understanding that this agreement was put into place several days before the registration of the transfer took place and only Mr Cellino can explain why he did this and did not make anyone else aware of it.

“I would have expected him to have sought my advice on a matter like this and had I been made aware of it would have immediately explained the rules regarding matters of this nature.

“The first time I became aware of it was after the transfer window closed and my full understanding of the significance came as I reviewed papers on leaving the club on September 25.”

The FA’s third party ownership regulations, sections A1, states, “No club may enter into an agreement with a third party whereby the club makes or receives a payment to or from, assigns any rights to or incurs any liability in relation to, that third party as a result of, or on connection with, the proposed or actual registration (whether permanent or temporary) transfer of registration or employment by it of a player.”

Adryan - whose parent club is Rio-based Flamengo, who loaned him to Cagliari - has already been interviewed by the FA and has returned to Brazil at the end of Leeds' season.

The letter from RP4 to Cellino, detailing their 20 per cent sell-on clause, has been signed by the Leeds president and bears the club’s official stamp.

Cellino, who has confirmed he is being interviewed by the FA about the Adryan deal, agreed Leeds would pay three million Euros (£2.14m) if the club wanted to recruit the striker pemanently.

These revelations will rock Leeds in the week Cellino returns to Elland Road as chairman following his suspension.

The Football League had previously barred him from owning or running Leeds because of his conviction for tax evasion in Italy.

A court in Sardinia found Cellino guilty of illegally evading import duty - a criminal offence.

Cellino was ordered to pay a fine in excess of £500,000 after the court in Cagliari convicted him of failing to pay £315,000 in tax on Nelie, a yacht seized by Italian police and custom officials in June 2012.

The Football League’s “owners and directors” test bars people from becoming directors or 30% owners of a club if they have “unspent convictions for offences of dishonesty” but he has now been cleared to return.

The Italian, 58, took control of the Elland Road club in March last year, despite attempts by the Football League to block him due to his controversial business history in Italy.
 
East Level 2 said:
According to the Mirror, and also stated by a Leeds fan on another board:

Leeds president Massimo Cellino is being investigated over a transfer bung to an unlicensed agent and contravening third-party ownership rules. Just something to keep jimharri amused as the season winds down.


C&P from Mirror site:

Massimo Cellino is facing a new investigation into allegations that he agreed a £185,000 transfer bung and broke rules over third-party ownership.

The controversial Leeds United president has just completed a suspension from football activity for breaches of regulations.

Now Mirror Sport can reveal the FA are investigating claims that Cellino sanctioned £185,000 in a backhander as part of Ross McCormack’s £10.75million transfer to Fulham last summer. There is no suggestion of wrong-doing by McCormack.

Cellino, 58, is also alleged to have agreed a secret third-party deal as part of 20-year-old striker Adryan’s loan from Cagliari to Leeds last summer. This would breach FA regulations.

Mirror Sport has seen documents which appear to show that Cellino signed off on behalf of the club a payment of £185,000 to a football agent, Derek Day. And that Day was collecting the payment on behalf of McCormack’s adviser, Barry Hughes, who is not a licensed agent.

Such a move would contravene FA rules.

Action ImagesRoss McCormack celebrates after scoring the first goal for FulhamLondon calling: Documents seen by the Mirror suggest McCormack deal included £185k bung
An email sent by Day to the club supports the belief that he and Hughes were working in tandem.

Cellino responded to our questions by text and wrote: “Everything I done. For me was clear I had the club consultant and my accountants. I don’t know many people in England, if I did something wrong I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Graham Bean was the club’s consultant at the time.

He said: “Mr Cellino was the club signatory at all times and he agreed all payments relating to Ross McCormack’s transfer.”

The FA’s football-agent regulations, section J1, states: “A club must not directly or indirectly make any payments to any unauthorised agent in respect of any agency activity.”

Cellino allegedly met Hughes at Elland Road in September and agreed to pay him through Day and his business, Shadow Brands, even though he could not have legitimately worked on the McCormack transfer.

The Italian signed a document detailing how Day would be paid £185,000 in three payments.

The first sum of £65,000 was paid through the FA Clearing House in September, with two other scheduled payments of £60,000 due in November 2014 and February 2015.

Mirror Sport has seen this contract, which was signed by Cellino on September 22 2014.

Cellino is also accused of breaking FA rules on third-party ownership when young striker Adryan joined Leeds on loan last summer.

Claudio VillaIn the dark: Cellino says he relied on advice as he isn't used to English football's ways
Mirror Sport has seen three agreements, which appear to have been signed by Cellino on behalf of Leeds relating to the transfer.

One is a loan deal with Cagliari, the second is with an Italian agent and the other is a Termo di Compromisso with Rio de Janeiro-based firm RP4 Football Management.

Cellino agreed Leeds would pay £2.14million if they wanted to recruit the striker permanently. The agreement also included a clause to pay RP4 Football Management 20 per cent of any sell-on fee.

This is an area the FA will want clear explanations about.

Third party deals are only permitted by the FA in exceptional circumstances and with prior approval.

It is understood Cellino did not bring this third-party proposal to the attention of the authorities and other Leeds officials.

Bean, who was working as a football consultant for the Yorkshire outfit last summer, said: “I have been spoken to by the FA regarding these matters and co-operated fully with them.

“I can confirm that I, and as far as I am aware nobody else at the club other than Massimo Cellino, had any knowledge of any third party agreement in relation to Adryan.

Clint HughesLoan arrangers: Adryan didn't score a single goal in 13 appearances for Leeds
“It is my understanding that this agreement was put into place several days before the registration of the transfer took place and only Mr Cellino can explain why he did this and did not make anyone else aware of it.

“I would have expected him to have sought my advice on a matter like this and had I been made aware of it would have immediately explained the rules regarding matters of this nature.

“The first time I became aware of it was after the transfer window closed and my full understanding of the significance came as I reviewed papers on leaving the club on September 25.”

The FA’s third party ownership regulations, sections A1, states, “No club may enter into an agreement with a third party whereby the club makes or receives a payment to or from, assigns any rights to or incurs any liability in relation to, that third party as a result of, or on connection with, the proposed or actual registration (whether permanent or temporary) transfer of registration or employment by it of a player.”

Adryan - whose parent club is Rio-based Flamengo, who loaned him to Cagliari - has already been interviewed by the FA and has returned to Brazil at the end of Leeds' season.

The letter from RP4 to Cellino, detailing their 20 per cent sell-on clause, has been signed by the Leeds president and bears the club’s official stamp.

Cellino, who has confirmed he is being interviewed by the FA about the Adryan deal, agreed Leeds would pay three million Euros (£2.14m) if the club wanted to recruit the striker pemanently.

These revelations will rock Leeds in the week Cellino returns to Elland Road as chairman following his suspension.

The Football League had previously barred him from owning or running Leeds because of his conviction for tax evasion in Italy.

A court in Sardinia found Cellino guilty of illegally evading import duty - a criminal offence.

Cellino was ordered to pay a fine in excess of £500,000 after the court in Cagliari convicted him of failing to pay £315,000 in tax on Nelie, a yacht seized by Italian police and custom officials in June 2012.

The Football League’s “owners and directors” test bars people from becoming directors or 30% owners of a club if they have “unspent convictions for offences of dishonesty” but he has now been cleared to return.

The Italian, 58, took control of the Elland Road club in March last year, despite attempts by the Football League to block him due to his controversial business history in Italy.
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EricBrooksGhost said:
Hope these cunts disappear
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If there is a God......
 
Allen Clarke 69 today, had some good battles with this guy in the 70s. How time fly's.

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