FAI were paid after Thierry Henry handball, says John Delaney

La_Gordy · 04-06-2015 05:44PM #1

John Delaney: ‘It was a payment not to proceed with a legal case’

http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/jun/04/jack-warner-fifa-corruption-i-have-kept-quiet-i-will-do-so-no-more-live

Menas · 04-06-2015 05:49PM

I thought we knew this already?

VinLieger · 04-06-2015 05:52PM

Hardly new info tbh

Taxburden carrier · 04-06-2015 05:52PM

What does Delaney have to do to get the door ?

darkpagandeath · 04-06-2015 05:53PM

Meanwhile FAI officials head a fifa company as directors.

major bill · 04-06-2015 05:54PM

I'd be asking where the money went

Menas · 04-06-2015 05:56PM

major bill wrote: »

I'd be asking where the money went

Aviva loans.

VinLieger · 04-06-2015 05:56PM

major bill wrote: »

I'd be asking where the money went

Aviva by all accounts

La_Gordy · 04-06-2015 05:57PM

What are the likely implications for the FAI wi this?

Atlantic Dawn · 04-06-2015 05:57PM

How does it not show up in their accounts as a payment? Assuming it didn't.

Geniass · 04-06-2015 05:58PM

'Delaney was quick to deny that he had ever been offered a bribe: “No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not on my salary,” '

What does that mean? He's on so much he can't be bribed ?!?

:pac:

Also reminds me of the Vicar of Dibley character. No, no, no, no, no, no, no - Yes

handlemaster · 04-06-2015 05:59PM

Getting brave now the old man is going.

ScumLord · 04-06-2015 06:03PM

Jaysus, that's a handy way to make some money.

osarusan · 04-06-2015 06:07PM

La_Gordy wrote: »

What are the likely implications for the FAI wi this?

None.

Got money out of nothing really.

Even if there was somethign wrong with it, Delaney has long gotten rid of anybody in the FAI who would raise a fuss about it.

paddydriver · 04-06-2015 06:12PM

If this was an out of court settlement on a legal case then theoretically they may not have had to pay tax on it - I know for personal legal cases that's the way it works; I think...:p

Anyway's, can't imagine the FAI pocketed the cash and it would show on their accounts as a payment in, and like has been said was then used to pay down loans outstanding.

alphasully · 04-06-2015 06:19PM

How much of it went in his back pocket I wonder

I am the Res · 04-06-2015 06:19PM

alphasully wrote: »

How much of it went in his back pocket I wonder

Thinking the same .

Son Of A Vidic · 04-06-2015 06:31PM

Taxburden carrier wrote: »

What does Delaney have to do to get the door ?

Shoot the Pope, join Daesh, ride a goat, marry a horse, flash Merkel and headbutt Obama.

NachoBusiness · 04-06-2015 06:44PM

Mods don't own forums. The posters are what make the forums.

MathDebater · 04-06-2015 06:46PM

He spent the money on cans for the lads in Poznan.

The_Valeyard · 04-06-2015 06:52PM

Was all over Sky News few mins ago.

Could this be classed as a bribe or pay off?

RichardoKhan · 04-06-2015 06:54PM

quelle surprise !!

My name is URL · 04-06-2015 06:54PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Was all over Sky News few mins ago.

Could this be classed as a bribe or pay off?

Out of court settlement?

The_Valeyard · 04-06-2015 07:01PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Out of court settlement?

Well yeah, "if your drop this and let it all go away, we will give you X amount"

Sounds like a pay off to me

_Puma_ · 04-06-2015 07:07PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Out of court settlement?

That's assuming FIFA thought they may have a case to answer in court. Let me assure you the FAI were going to be laughed out of court. Remember thinking at the time how absurd the whole thing was. The handball was a sickener to be sure but to be threatening legal action is like something Willie Frazier would come out with.

Of course if it was an out of court settlement there will be lots of legal documents to back this up forthcoming from the FAI

My name is URL · 04-06-2015 07:13PM

_Puma_ wrote: »

That's assuming FIFA thought they may have a case to answer in court

Not necessarily. Out of court settlements are made for a range of reasons, not just because the risk of losing a case is high. It can be about PR as much as anything else, or perhaps FIFA just weren't interested in investing money and time by going to court over it.

The_Valeyard · 04-06-2015 07:20PM

Its now been termed a 'loan'

_Puma_ · 04-06-2015 07:26PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Not necessarily. Out of court settlements are made for a range of reasons, not just because the risk of losing a case is high. It can be about PR as much as anything else, or perhaps FIFA just weren't interested in investing money and time by going to court over it.

Perhaps and I understand what you mean and how it would be used in cases where the allegations were of a sensitive nature, but this was a very public issue at the time and ya had Blatter Laughing at Delaney when he proposed Ireland be the 33rd team(I still cringe when I think about that!)

Delaney came out saying he thought they had a case if it went ahead. Id say it was far more likely to be thrown out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport before FIFA had to even make a submission

Calvin and Hobbes · 04-06-2015 07:30PM

John Delaney is the most cringe worthy man alive. When people look at lads like Jack Warner and laugh at how they can still be supported in their own countries, remember we have John Delaney. He is just as ludicrous.

The man gets paid double the wages of people in the same position in bigger associations and has overseen a mighty dysfunctional league and a youth system the whores any prospects to England. We have an average international transfer age of a third world country with no infrastructure because we are the only european country without infrastructure too. There are no possible excuses for this.

Does anybody believe he said these things to Blatter?? Plus last week he suggested it was he who whispered into Platinis to expand the euros. He f**k off mentioning his girlfriend too. Nobody cares, you are a sport administrator, not a celebrity.

Simply he is a politician, who fails to make any tough decisions.

NotYourYear20 · 04-06-2015 07:33PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Its now been termed a 'loan'

Surprised he hasn't called it a 'development' grant.

mikeym · 04-06-2015 07:38PM

Can the FAI'S accounts can be checked by an independant person to see if there is fraud?

FAI were paid after Thierry Henry handball, says John Delaney

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