Celtic have been dragged into a former club’s scandal today by Scotland’s former best-selling daily newspaper, who have completely misrepresented issues surrounding the registration of Juninho.
The newspaper makes the astonishing and completely inaccurate claim that the “SPL have revealed they decided not to investigate Celtic’s EBT payment to Juninho”.
The SPL have investigated Celtic’s EBT payment to Juninho. They found Celtic acted absolutely in line with the rules and this week issued a statement confirming this. To tell people otherwise is recklessly inaccurate.
A front page statement proclaims:
“Hoops in clear because Juninho only received cash AFTER he left the club”
Utter nonsense. It’s a bit like saying:
“Hoops in clear because Juninho’s name begins with the letter J”
A true reflection would read:
“Hoops in clear because they discharged the registration and entire employment process of Juninho in a correct manner and no differently than the way every other SPL club has registered players”
When Juninho “received the cash” has nothing whatsoever to do with Celtic being “in the clear”. It is, frankly, an embarrassing attempt to pander to the paranoia of others and betrays a fundamental lack of knowledge.
The newspaper also dedicated all-but-one column of their back page, and part of an inside page, to the ‘story’ of how Celtic “didn’t end up in the dock”. Compare this to the coverage the same newspaper gave to the actual SPL statement on Juninho, released in an earlier attempt to dampen-down ill-informed paranoia, which received a tiny, 35-word, 1-inch back page note and a single column inside the paper.
Throughout recent weeks a basic misunderstanding of the legality of EBTs appears to have taken root in some minds. It is as though some mass psychological phenomenon is at play. Or maybe it’s just a deliberate attempt to confuse the easily confused?
EBTs are not against football, or specifically, player registration, rules. This is accepted as fact by anyone even vaguely familiar with the rules, yet we have some, who should know better, tell us that Rangers’ EBTs were recorded in their annual accounts, as though this is some defence against player registration charges, or that others should join them ‘in the dock’, because they used an EBT.
The matter in hand is not the use of EBTs, it’s about player registrations. You can pay players in EBTs, folding notes or Dutch tulip bulbs, as long as you register him correctly. And pay your tax.
Player registration rules are categorically clear, clubs must register all contracts with the SFA and SPL. All monies due in relation to football must appear on those contracts. Juninho’s contract was registered correctly.
On this issue, Celtic are exposed to the joint analysis of other 11 SPL clubs and the other 93 SFA clubs (counting both Ibrox based clubs), who control the rules and their scrutiny.
There are limits to what an employer can publicly reveal about a former employee’s personal financial details, but Celtic have revealed all facts concerning Juninho’s employment to the SFA and SPL.
Their conduct was investigated, was found to be absolutely and completely impeccable AND in line with SFA advice on player registration.
All I am wondering about is, should we be happy that those who should be planning for some serious headwinds are instead following a ridiculous wild goose chase?
I think so. That being the case, what are people trying to divert attention from? Hmmm.
Last week I met John Maguire, managing director of Celtic Development Pools. John’s been there for 30 years, the enthusiasm for youth player development is tangible when you listen to him talk. He’s at the coal face, raising money for the enormous youth development project which brings players like James Forrest into the club, and also polished Tony Watt into the exciting talent he is.
The ‘Pools predate my time but today’s fabulous harvest of young talent was made more possible by the Paradise Windfall, which now pays £15,000 each home game and has been the largest lottery in world football for years. Income from the Pools and Paradise Windfall generates around £1.5m each season.
The coaches at Lennoxtown (and most fans) know how important it is for Celtic’s youth scouting and development to be the very best it can be. It has to be world class. For the guys at the Pools office, the challenge is clear, fund this ambition.
To this end, this weekend the Development Pools launch TikPick. For £1 you can win a cash prize for predicting 10 results. It’s not a lot of money and none of it will go towards putting fuel in a £100k motor car. This is a grass-roots level investment in our future. Go take a look here.
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I love it when mccoist and green talk about EBTs. It keeps them on the agenda when the MSM would just like to forget about them, hoping they’d go away. I wonder who is advising them now. It’s gotta be a Tim.
F.A.O Ally McMoist
http://funk.co.uk/blogpix/pic-tipex.png
“Id like to see emdae try to take the medals off big alec neil mc cann or alex rae” fat sal on ssb last night.
My Dear,Dear Kojo….
High Heid Yin…!!!!
Great Show Y’ve Been Puttin’ Oan Over The Past Week….
Skelpin’ Awe The Mooth Breathin’ Decerebrate Lefties….
Not Forgettin’ Canamalar….
Howeva….Wid It Be Possible Tae ‘Borrow’ Ma Moniker Back Fer The Weekend…?
I Doff My Beanie-Chapeau , Your Excellence !
Lil’ Audrey Expects….4-0
Allyss SAYS……………3-1
Why dignify the hun rags and their hun contributors by reading the stuff and posting about it on here?
It’s what they want you to do!
They are trying to upset and annoy Celtic people and it’s working.
I couldn’t give a monkeys what the wee fat noxious one or any of his hordes are saying or thinking.
They despise us. Who cares man?
Every decent person, be they football fans or not, know full well what they are up to at the cesspit. And more importantly what they got up to in a previous life.
The huns are fooling noone but themselves.
Let them roll about in their own muck!
They deserve it and they know it!
Hell will mend them!
Their day is coming……they are petrified.
istanbulcelt
Nowt there o((
Mon the Miku…
Thank Ghod the Celts are back…
Emdae know when Thick Of IT is on?
If Fat Shally was a character from literature he would be Uriah Heep.
Devious manipulative insincere and a seething pudding of anger and envy deep down, whilst outwardly evincing a sincere and humble face to the public and media.
Mind you he also reminds me of Bunter – the Fat Owl of Greyfriars, or should that be Greyskull.
Regarding the latest rant from FPLG. Until now I have been happy that our club have avoided getting embroiled in their shit storm but surely now that our integrity is being directly challenged the gloves have to come off.
A press conference in direct reply must be held! I live outside the UK and chatting with an English friend he asks me if what is being said (Juninho’s EBT) is true. After explaining the real reasons for what has happened to them and why our situation was so different he asks if thats the case why the MSM aren’t reporting this.
We are being tarred with the same brush and need to set the record straight.
Philbhoy
Aye,anything to divert attention from Ally’s pathetic managerial record.
This billy bunter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Xd7DLOsEE
The Thick of It
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qgrd
SSN……………………………………..McMoist demands to know Lord Nimmo’s name
Match Day after all that intn’l dross and I have work to do! Jeezo.
Will have to watch replay……
…..boo hoo.
miki67
hope you declare it…0))
Delighted to see Lenny speaking up for Craig Levein, & NOT because I think he is doing a wonderful job. He is doing a thankless & near impossible job as well as he can.
What pleases me is that Lenny is prepared to stand up to the tendency of this bitter wee country to join in a gang-bang.
Idiots who can’t manage their own pitiful affairs are only too delighted to gang up on any chosen target who happens to be struggling.
Nobody knows this situation more than Neil Francis.
Nobody has suffered from it more than himself.
Good on you, Neil.
So…..we get slated for being ‘obsessed’ with the ratbags because they cheated us for donkeys and made sure their pets in the msm told us how paranoid and jealous (!) we were.
So…..what do they do? In their wild despeartion to drag us into the sewer with them they batter on and on and on about a redundant non-issue re. Junhino and get their pets in the msm to do their bidding for them in the vain hope that the principle of throwing enough ordure at something will work for them.
Nah.
Not this time. They are a defunct ragtag rabble doomed to pale oblivion and eternal ignominy and they cannae cope with that reality.
So…..god rot them.
>>>>>
Anybody got a clue what our line-up is today?
HH!
Fat Sally ‘thouroughly enjoying life in division 3’.
Found his level!
Bring on the Mechanics!
HH!!
Mc oink playing the innocent wee man again.
No surprise there.
He knows the juggernaut is coming.
Trot off little man the truth is out.
4-0 for me today.Glasgows green & white.
Good morning CHAMPIONS
Any team news yet?
Weefra HH
soz
11:06 on
15 September, 2012
Fully understand why you would ask why Celtic aren’t reacting to sally and his puppet masters’ rants, but that is exactly what they want……. They want start a ‘war of words’, to divert the flack from their mess ……the SPL and Celtic know the truth of the matter, and it has been confirmed to everyone, including the MSM …….the fact that the dr is trying to increase their circulation, and the bhuns are being deceived by their own club is of no interest to Celtic.
When the Commission reports in November, Celtic will then have to decide what action is appropriate ….
How pathetic are they, and their ‘friends’ in the media……. They failed to avoid administration, liquidation and we are about to see some PUNISHMENT for 20 years of their supremacist shoite ..
Never disturb the enemy when they are heading for the precipice…………
Green Lantern (((((0)))))
11:05 on
15 September, 2012
If Fat Shally was a character from literature he would be Uriah Heep.
Devious manipulative insincere and a seething pudding of anger and envy deep down, whilst outwardly evincing a sincere and humble face to the public and media.
Mind you he also reminds me of Bunter – the Fat Owl of Greyfriars, or should that be Greyskull.
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To continue the David Copperfield theme :
Mr. Creakle, the headmaster, telling David ‘Your mother’s ill …………..she’s very ill ………….in fact she’s dead.’
Ditto to a hun : ‘Your team’s in debt …………… it’s very much in debt ………. in fact it’s been liquidated.’
blantyretim11:16 on 15 September, 2012:
>>>>>>
Aha……no need….pro bono for my good wife…..donations to a charity of my choice gratefully accepted.
But, thank you for your concern.
; > )
miki67
11:22 on 15 September, 2012
Correct…..and you put it more eloquently / accurately than I did ……LOL
Does anyone know whether Media House are now acting for the Sevco huns?
chasbhoy
11:27 on 15 September, 2012
…and also a shoite football manager….!!!!!
green lantern,
Uriah Mc.Coist has a certain ring to it.
I like it.
miki67
Ta HaiL HaiL
Any team news yet??
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miki
no worries mate..
if you ever need a good welfare rights officer gie googybhoy a shout.. o))
Miku debut
philbhoy – it’s just the beginning!
10:59 on 15 September, 2012
Hit the nail on the head there, bhoy………… I would suggest that Celtic fans, like me, find it all VERY amusing, and just can’t wait to see sevco meet the same fate as the zombie oldco…
Uriah Heep ? Possibly.
However, I see him more as Joffrey.
Whoever he resembles, he most resembles himself. A sleekit, cooerin’, timorous beastie ; nasty wee rabblerousin’ fud of a disgrace to himself, his family, the nation of Scotland.
Apart from that, I suppose he’s the epitome of what the sevcovians deserve and crave.
A rush to oblivion…..a quick exit is preferrable to a lingering demise. And every minute brings that closer.
Keep talkin’ Moisty…..it’s working.