Remember when Barcelona were regarded as the model of an ethical football club? I don’t know if it’s just every time I see Tumbling Neymar that I feel a little less affinity with brand Barca but that image has proven to be a mirage.
The clubs tax affairs, specifically over compensation to Lionel Messi, brought it into more disrepute than could be compensated for by the ethically immaculate (cough) ‘Qatar’ emblazoned across their shirts. Tax is not just for the wee guys.
Now Fifa (you know you have issues when these guys can get moralistic with you) have banned the club from signing players for the next two transfer windows and a fine of 450k Swiss francs after investigations into the signing of 10 foreign minors over the period 2009-2013. Their accomplices, the Spanish FA, were fined 500 Swiss francs for their role in the episode.
We’ll see if the Spanish FA have the equivalent of What-school-did-you-go-to Ogilvie in charge, who is able to arbitrarily change which transfer windows the ban applies to, in order to assist the club.
Speaking of Ogilvie, after leaving now-liquidated Rangers he continued his work at Hearts, who administrator Bryan Jackson yesterday admitted were themselves facing liquidation. Ogilvie had a legal responsibility for Rangers during the period they introduced the ruinous EBT scam, some of which was found to be illegal during the First Tier Tribunal, the remainder of which is currently subject to an Upper Tribunal deliberation.
Indeed, the man, who remains president of the SFA, pocketed a £93k EBT, but he can claim no credit for the liquidation of Hearts, which was brought about by the liquidation of the club’s shareholders and lenders. If there were two clubs in the whole world you would ask karma to liquidate……….
Before you react to this acknowledged possibility, check, are you a fan, or player and fan? If you are a fan, feel free to proclaim the situation loudly. If you are player and fan, stop. The SFA don’t want you proclaiming an acknowledged possibility, as though you were a fan. Hearts are going bust, but the only man in football allowed to say this is the Hearts administrator.
I see a bit of push-back against Beram Kayal, which is harsh. After a very promising start Beram is increasingly out of the picture at Celtic and needs to construct a narrative for himself and potential future employers. Everything he said was almost certainly true: he was ‘done’ by Lee McCulloch, leaving him with a poor first-hand experience of our game. Why would he retain a love for a league which is offers him nothing?
The comments about Liverpool and Manchester United showing an interest in him prior to his injury tells you lots about how the game works. Promising, though he was, he was never in this class, but all clubs watch hundreds of players every year. I see no reason why his agent would be unable to get Beram scouted by a couple of top English clubs. This would have been reported to the player, but should not be confused as being a qualified interest.
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Paul67
Apart from the MGMRT ebts which the UTT are considering, Ogilvie introduced the irregular DOS ebts in the Rangers Employee Benefit Trust scheme.
He failed to mention the irregular nature of these ebts to Lord Nimmo Smith when giving testimony at the LNS Commission.
The LNS Commission was unaware of the distinction because Duff & Phelps did not release the documents that would have revealed the irregular nature of the DOS payments to the law firm responsible for the LNS Commission.
The even greater significance of this is not only did Rangers cheat with ebts, they continued to cheat in the same way ( concealing evidence) when a commission tried to establish the truth about ebts, aided and abetted by the silence of Ogilvie.
If that man is in football by the time the season starts I’m finished with the game as a paying supporter unless there is a satisfactory explanation for his silence on all ebts.
The full detail is on The Scottish Football Monitor blog if someone can post a link to it.
anothe = another
ye knew that, right ?
Tallybhoy
Plus 1.
https://www.facebook.com/michael.mcgill.587606/posts/1574094866148016:3
Maybe my memeory is playing tricks on me but from what I recall Kayal’s form had dipped long before the McCulloch assault.
In his first season he looked a tenacious wee player who was a bit rough round the edges but had plenty of dig. In the last few years however, he has shown next to nothing positive. His goal against Ajax was a freak goal and after the Barca defeat at Parkhead he was posting gameplay pictures of himself alongside Xabi. The sort of behaviour you might expect from a fan who has won a raffle to play in a charity match with his heroes. This for me sums up his Celtic career. Content to appear to have made an impact rather than actually doing the business on the park.
His comments about the lack of technique in the league are a bit rich I think. I agree comletely with his comments about McCulloch but there are a raft of youngsters at Aberdeen and Dundee Utd with a far superior technique than Beram. Liam Henderson looks a much better player. His second touch is a tackle. Twist for me. Would be happy to see him regain his form elsewhere but I think he will find his level back in Israel rather than the Championship.
See awe this Rangers tax p#sh…I lost the trail
fell off the wagon etc…years ago !
For me it’ll awe boil down to this….
The masons v’s The masons – in mason land.
who’ll win ?
if he leaves as I think he should I hope young Biton doesn’t react in the same way as Adam Matthews has reacted to Joe Ledley going. 0))
i can’t do the link thing from the players video for the foundation dinner btw..
If elbows went in on Beram with absolutely no intention of doing harm to the player, it will have been a first.
And last.
Kayal is an intelligent football player I really enjoyed watching him and Scott Brown (POTY)
working together.
Tony Donnelly 67
Can I ask one last time what was the relevance of your post last night?
Tony Donnelly 67 18:56 on 1 April, 2014
The Arabs are foregoing their camels for this New Motorhome…
Especially designed for the Arab Market! And they’re buyin’em in droves at $3m a piece! The moving mansion can even clean itself.
Very interesting visitor at the brewery yesterday with some great tales about corruption in re game and pro rangers bias. A certain Mr Fulston the former Falkirk guy. Clearly no angel himself he certainly painted a picture close to what some on here suggest re esp Peat and some of the other esteemed gents running our game.
Kayal goes in for a lot of challenges he can’t win,and he gets constantly injured as a result.HT is spot on re Killie game,move him on.
BT fill yer boots.
youtu.be/Q0YK6Z6FtfU
If you don’t smile at some point during this vid yer beyond saving ;)
Kayal will always be fondly remembered by me for his performance
in the Sammi-Ne’erday game at the orcdome were he monstered
the huns midfield in that and, subsequent games v’s them.
As a result of those performances…his card was marked. imho
Re: Kayals game at Rugby Park…this game came at a time were
Neil and PL had promised him a new deal and as a result of those promises
BK knocked back some offers during the transfer window – then
the transfer window shut and….all of a sudden….the goalposts started to move re:
BK’s new deal – strange, eh ?
BK’s head was all over the place cos PL etc f’ed his head up! imho
Away for some toast n tea before bed. Bye.
http://www.tsfm.net/an-honest-game-convince-us/
In due deference to the practises of those running the beautiful game and their major alcoholic beverage sponsor our wee brewery team ae looking to create a beer to be known as ‘Definitely Not’ the official World Cup beer. Key point of difference is it will have character, authenticity, integrity and most of all taste.
Burnley78
13:16 on
2 April, 2014
George Fulston will know where all the goat skeletons are buried
http://t.co/4zI7vb61fC
Hmm. No worky
All this investigation stuff is going no where, it’s being fought hard and clever and with great gusto, but it will be to no avail in my opinion, but you have to say great effort and well done to the ones at the helm, I mean I was keeping up with it and interested in it, then thems had an investigation into themselves as to what was going on with thems, and then thems came to a conclusion that thems had, and where doing nothing wrong, and thems closed there meeting saying to all, people have to stop making accusations at thems, as none of it is true, because we had meetings after meetings and have found nothing wrong with the way we have conducted, and are conducting our business,……….hey! Ffs, gimmi a break.
Burnley78
I thought he was of the same ilk.
Did he used to have something to do with The Accies ?
Or am I confusing with somebody else.
Last night’s Libertadores
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Real Garcilaso (Per) 0 Defensor Sporting (Urg) 2
I said yesterday that I thought this one could be a draw. By halftime, I was convinced I’d got that spot on. Then two well taken Defensor goals early in the second half changed all that.
Man of the Match (I would say tournament, so far) Giorgian de Arrascaeta was quite in the first half, but shone in the second in this one. This included claiming Defensor’s second after good work with 20yr old, Brasilian forward, Felipe Godoz (who’s also a good candidate for Best of Tournament – so far).
I checked a bit further on Arrascaeta yesterday. Apparently, after Defensor turned down Barca’s offer this season, he signed a 3yr contract with Defensor, but with a clause that he’s free to go to a foreign team at any time.
Now, seems like he MIGHT have signed a pre-Contract deal with Galatasary and go there post World Cup/Libertadores, whichever finishes last for him. If so, that’s a shame as I don’t think he’ll get the same level of week in/week out European exposure if he goes to Turkey (good money though, by all accounts).
This result now means Garcilaso are out and Defensor are all but, mathematically qualified.
Typical PSL anti-Celtic bias :
http://www.kickoff.com/news/43096/amazulu-bloemfontein-celtic-charged-by-psl
BLOEMFONTEIN CELTIC: The club has been charged with contravening Rule 10.5 for not giving SuperSport United access to their change room ahead of their Absa Premiership fixture on 15 March at Kaizer Sebothelo.
I hope none ay thum were singin’….
Kayal`s time at CFC is up …he`s been well paid for it
He was “done” by McCulloch ….shame that no one at CFC spoke up about it at the time ….i seem to remember our manager suggesting he had no complaints over the tackle …i might be wrong
googybhoy ♥ we are all neil lennon
13:15 on 2 April, 2014
Tony Donnelly 67
Can I ask one last time what was the relevance of your post last night?
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It was a post of how rich Arabs have moved forward from the days of using the camel as a means of transport, and pictures of the out of this world motor homes they travel in now a days, but the pictures did not work on the post, why? Are you thinking of buying one? I can get you the link?
KevJungle
no need to ask where you got that info re Kayal
Fulton is a bible carrying walking orangeman….
but business is business as B78 will confirm…
No surprise that Super Salary would deny Elbows is a dirty player – the Klan look after their own. Kayal has been a good servant to Celtic, made innumerable vital tackles for us. He’s only considering leaving because we found even better midfielders in Wanyama and now Biton.
BT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0YK6Z6FtfU&feature=youtu.be
you were a little the same when mrs BT took you away from my side (and your pint) the other night
Burnley78 you will get a kick out of the product I am bringing to market chillies,Mr Symington….
Elbows at his finest, imo, he should have been sine died for this…….
http://i37.tinypic.com/13ztvf9.jpg
HH
Kayal comes over as a wee bit petulant but he is very much entitled, on the evidence, to feel that Elbows deliberately crocked him. Therefore, am I being paranoid when I am suspicious of an article in the same paper headed “Ally McCoist defends Lee McCulloch over Kayal slur”
Wouldn’t an impartial journalist be more inclined to say “Kayal accusations”?
Just another wee thing that is designed to subliminally influence the views of the great Scottish public.
ParanoidTimCSC
Tbh,Beram Kayal has been like quite a few players for us over the last few years.
Outstanding initially,demands from the fans to improve and extend his contract,gets one,discovers others have got better deals and he canny get a move anyway.
Huff.
Sod it,sometimes I can see where PL is coming from.
Half a dozen good performances and they think they’re world-class,show me the money.
THE EXILED TIM
That animal represents everything that’s wrong with Scottish Football, the fact that he is still playing professionally shows us exactly the pit we play in..
BMCUWP
Just about the size of it
imo Kayal is being grossly overpaid at present …..having regard to his contribution
THE EXILED TIM
Right in front of the linesman,disgraceful.
No free kick,no card,no retrospective action.
But then I’m mentally ill,being paranoid.
….pfayr supports weeoscar
13:46 on 2 April, 2014
BMCUWP
Just about the size of it
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Is that the size of my bicep?
Looks like barca will just have to get players on loan in the summer that’s how it works isn’t it?