Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has managed to register his image rights on the off-shore tax-efficient territory of Guernsey. Income received there for use of his rights everywhere else will not attract the kind of tax mere mortals pay in their daily lives.
Pellegrini, 60, developed a genial personality to combat profound ugliness, an affliction which has affected him for decades, so news that his image has commercial value is a wonderful boon for the multi-millionaire. Manchester City will also benefit as any monies they pay for use of their manager’s image will not attract tax or National Insurance contributions.
Uefa president, Michele Platini, who has never had to worry about ugliness, now has a different challenge. Whether or not to abandon his well-meaning Financial Fair Play aspirations, or get ugly on those who try to usurp his best intentions.
Sean Fallon biography available here:
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Blinkin’ phone!
Eagle-eyed. Offski in a huff……
Look out Bhoys and Ghirls. New bus lane cameras being installed on Dumbarton Rd, Scotstoun.
Scottishleaf – good luck with your opportunity. I have been in the same position myself and from my experience this is a wonderful opportunity for you and your family. I went to England and eventually traveled far and wide.
If this particular one doesn’t work out, don’t sweat it. You have done well to get this far. Go find another one and things will work out in your favour
Boscobhoy
Show me an honest occifer of the law .. and I will show my arris in burtons window :)
Lennybhoy,
You have mail.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
mncelt
Thanks
I may have another opportunity with a bigger company in a few months time also based in London so may have that as a fall back.
Boscobhoy
Fine story of justice prevailing against liars.
A female in law of mine (a solicitor no less) was driving home late at night in Glasgow and was pulled over by the polis.
As one checked the number plate on the police national computer, the other one walked up to her window. She wound it down and he said “Would you get out the car?”
She did as she was asked and he then said “Please get into the back of the car.”
She opened the back door and climber in – to the back of her own car, then just looked at him.
He said “No, the back of the police car.”
True story. She doesn’t deal with police at all in her line of legal work.
Ole Curly is a “fit like” and proper person……There!
Sipsin @ 12:11,
“I’ve just watched the cardihuns interview, he stressed a couple of times how king had invested a lot of money into the huns. Could anyone clarify how much, if any at all money was actually invested in deadco…”
It’s strange how David King and a now a few others mention that he invested large sums of money or that he was the only one to invest money.
Now there is the 20Mil that he gave to SDM’S RFC.
I’ve seen runours that he got some, all or more back, but I’ve never seen anything firm.
If he had got it back surely SDM or D&P would have made it known when DK threatened to sue RFCia.
Now as far as the Whyte deal for RFC was concerned I believe this was funded through Liberty Capital, so who invested those funds obviously could have been CW but where did he get the money?
The other funding that is interesting is the Ticketus money, now Ticketus like many similar schemes is a short term investment vechcile with good returns.
But what is the norm is to sell a large block of tickets in advance so the Club can get some money up front, then when the supporters pay for their SBs Ticketus or whomever get their money back with profit.
Now by the mere fact that the Club need money up front suggests a possible cash-flow problem therefore a premium risk.
With Rangers financial woes, withdrawal of funding from the bank and the BTC hanging over it, funding was hugely risky.
Yet Ticketus didn’t just advance in March for the June SB money (a payday loan if you Will), they incredibly advanced three years.
Not only that after they were paid for their first tranche of SBs, Rangers failed to get into Europe so they went back to Ticketus to get another Seasons SB money 4 years in advance.
This is hugely risky, is it possible that some random investors decided to change the investment model and take a huge risk? Well yes, but I think it is far more likely that a Rangers man with available funds was behind the investment.
So in fact we don’t really know who invested all the money in Oldco.
Now could David King have invested in Newco well CW seems to have been involved in Sevco from the beginning and we are still not sure who invested the 5.5 Mil to buy the assets from D&P.
The IPO investors are also by and large anonymous.
So who knows, like you I’m intrigued by the claims that Dave King invested alot of money in Rangers and that Dave King was the only one who put cash into the Club.
Up to date now, the interesting thing is, unlike most Rangers men in or around the Club and the SMSM, in the last few years DK has called it right, he was obviously in the know.
Sure most of the Internet Bampots were but most Rangers men hide behind ignorance and incompetency as excuses for not knowing what was going on.
His last prediction, Newco Will be bust by Christmas!!!
Now last month you have the CEO and CFO of the New Club issuing the Accounts assuring everyone, everything is going to plan then weeks later….
Trips to South Africa for them both…
MMMMmmmmmmmmmm
Scottishleaf – SpareRoom.co.uk is the best for temporary accommodation.
I have heard some horror stories about GumTree – some real scams going on there, allegedly.
Off to the game on Friday with the bhoy. So a mild swally session beforehand and off to the Eire end. Germany got to win a,sell out. So looking forward to it. I will be wearing my CQN badges.
HH
If you are willing and able to give support to AxeTheAct in Govan tomorrow, you really should.
Chairbhoy
King got 26m back 6 months later it was in the Mark Daly program the men who sold the shits
HH
Tbj
My wife (a nurse) and her friend (a teacher) were witnesses to a fight outside Kellys bar one night. Nothing much happened she said. 2 punches thrown was about the height of it. The police were nearby and arrested 4 people even though it only involved 2. They punched my mate in the back of the van while referring to him as Paddy whilst he was handcuffed. He complained to the desk sergeant but nothing was done. Went to court. My wife and her friend told what happened but the judge went with the polices version of events and subsequently fined the 4 of them.
Is it any wonder very few have faith in the system.
Or maybe I’m just angry I had to watch the weans while she was at court.
awe naw
quality typo
tbj praying for oscar knox
15:03 on 9 October, 2013
BoscobhoyShow me an honest occifer of the law .. and I will show my arris in burtons window :)
See ye at Burton’s the morra… Am sure that’s tongue
Awe Naw
Those would be first vintage badges from Pablophanque?
Have a special time.
HH
They dont call Ibrox “the laundrette” (allegedly) for nothing.
Rwe
Yup the very ones ;-)
TBB,
A spelling mistake-typo from me ? Are you kidding ?;-))
HH
PeteTheBeat
Thanks I will bear that in mind and will look at the site as well.
Comin’ to an ole TV set near you soon [except Bada’s of course] – The Men Who Sold the Shrts II’.
The Men Who Soiled The Shorts.
Coming to a (blank) TV screen near Bada:
The Man Who Folds the Shirts (nuthin else to do)
scottishleaf
I hope everything goes the way you want it. I moved from Glasgow to south of Aberdeen. My wife always said ” we are on a foreign contract” !
Do not change your thoughts, please work as diligently as you can and say at the end of your career ” I did it my way” no brown brogues ” ONLY ME”
Best of luck
micktt
15:33 on 9 October, 2013tbj praying for oscar knox15:03 on 9 October,
2013Boscobhoy
Show me an honest occifer of the law .. and I will show my arris in burtons window :)
Sorry at dentist was just shouted through there… perfect teeth.. anyway
See you at Burton’s the morra, I’m sure that was tongue in cheek.
There are some good honest ones
HH
The man who sold a dodgy scart cable to bada…
Bamboo sorted …..evening all…..a weel impressed wee German …..not a drop of diesel was used Ernie…a well sharpened folding trench shovel from WW2 was used and my wee grinder to keep it gleaming and sharp….was rather enjoyable ….and a bottle of home-made Apfel Korn for yer man …..Braw!
DBBIA-TBB-SOAL et al- I just had success with a new dvd player,HDMI-HDMI was the job.Thanks for all help,advice and concern :))))
Awe Naw,
Talking of shit…..
HopethisworksCSC
Just received the following reply from my Milton Keynes MP regarding the Ibrox PR disaster for HM armed forces.
Dear *******
Thank you for your email and thank you to alerting me to this situation, I was unaware that this had occurred.
I will look into this on your behalf and if you wish I will write to the Secretary of State for Defence to ask him for his views on the matter.
Kind regards,
*****
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Dear Mr *******
Saturday’s embarrassing spectacle of British troops parading around Ibrox stadium singing sectarian songs was lamentable, all the more so when the commander, Major General Nick Eeles, General Officer Commanding Scotland, cancelled all such displays after last year’s remembrance day embarrassment.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rangers-remembrance-day-parade-branded-1558062
The British army is supposed to play a neutral role for the whole of the nation and it shouldn’t let itself, either willingly or by deceit, be led into such displays. Rangers, as you may know were liquidated in 2012 and are currently fighting a case against HMRC for £70m in taxes and fines, they also walked away leaving a trail of unpaid creditors in their wake. Is it right the British army should be used in such circumstances?
Rangers and it’s supporters have a long history of sectarianism and violence and the use of undisciplined British armed forces in some sort of Neuremburg style rally to sing the songs of the British extremists from Northern Ireland is shameful, it is even more appalling soldiers should be photographed holding a scarf with the sentiment “keep Ulster protestant”.
http://www.thefootballlife.co.uk/post/62660792991/army-of-darkness
With your military background and my constituency MP could I ask you to comment on this disgraceful episode.
Regards
BoscoBhoy02 et al
Enjoyed the story of your struggles with Glasgow’s (x ray) finest, and it reminded me of a less successful effort by a distinguished Scottish scientist.
After the war Sir Robert Watson-Watt emigrated to Canada where at one point he was stopped in a radar trap and fined for speeding. Sir Robert of course has a fair claim to being the “father of radar” through his pre and post war research. His (apocryphal) reply was;
“Had I known what you were going to do with it I would never have invented it!”
murdochbhoy-great letter .
Paul67,
This has to be the weirdest article ever on CQN!
Then again everything else has been covered so ‘ugliness’ was due a shot.
HH TCAH
Could someone post Paul67’s email address for me please, I probably need to remove my name from the post as it’ll probably draw some neanderthals.
Murdochbhoy
Good, succinct letter, and a decent reply.
Think you may get somewhere.
Big heads up to MM for all his endeavours for the predictor this season, the auld Acacia Milan have scraped through again, an example of my luck, the daughter asked me for 4 teams for last weekends games as it was her turn to have a bet in her punters club, after much studying I selected Man Utd, Wolves, Dundee Utd and Oxford £25 accy, fortunately for her the guy who was puting it on included Oxford City, ?, who won, old muggins did the same bet for £ 20, but bet Oxford Utd, she wins £ 325 me back to the drawing board , onwards and upwards, hail hail.
Murdochbhoy
Maybe remove the constiuency too.
The great Air Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris was stopped for speeding during the war.
The constable pointed out he ‘could have killed someone.’
‘My dear chap’ said Sir Arthur ‘ every night I kill thousands’.