Theregulars

No, it's factually accurate to describe the Italian court system as corrupt. Stop reaching to excuse your own shortcomings, it's pitiful.

Ah right then, crack on. The world definitely needs more humour like yours.

There’s no such jurisdiction as Britain. Our legal jurisdiction is England and wales. The jurisdiction will very likely have been agreed by the parties in the contract, and is usually chosen by the party with greater bargaining power. If we were super keen to get him and had no idea about the betting problem, it could be that we face Italian jurisdiction. This would be tough because their court system is very corrupt, and Milan are likely well versed and well backed.

No, totally got it, but was just saying that despite the warning label it still didn’t quite stack up. Were I also a clumsy racist, I’d have gone with burritos instead of kebabs.

Do Paraguayans stereotypically like / cook kebabs? I’ve never known a Hispanic society whose main cuisine is kebabs. If we must resort to this lowest common denominator humour, let’s at least be accurate.

Depends on which jurisdiction applies to the contract. Easier if it’s English, but if it’s Italian then I don’t think we’d get very far.

And that's before we get to his Chester J Lampwick footwear.

That would be me.

Cracking, sounds fun.

“I’m a posting addict”

It’s unfair of me to withhold any longer that I’m a lawyer. I can’t see any prospect of a successful claim.

I think they’d only throw money at it if there was a good prospect of success, which I don’t think there is.

I don’t see it personally. I think it’s our problem to deal with. Perhaps we get some compensation from Milan but I’d be astounded.

And what’s the legal process for obtaining that document in multi-jurisdictional litigation? Especially in a local court system which is monumentally corrupt? Let’s say we get past that, and Milan argue “as we were told it was a medical condition, we didn’t think it would result in a ban” - you’re back into trying to persuade a court as to their state of mind at the time. How do we get round that? What if they argue they thought the system in England was different re: betting bans? Lastly, would there not be some mileage in Milan arguing that it’s up to NUFC to do adequate due diligence?

How do you prove it?

Weirdly I heard the exact same from my friend who worked for one of Sports Direct's panel law firms (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain). She was seconded there for 6 months and to this day says it was the best experience of her professional life. She's now like living in a hippie commune in Brighton and works in osteopathy and "energy healing", so she isn't at all the type of person who likes businesspeople. She maintains he's the most supportive, time-generous, and motivational manager she's ever had.

As far as I remember they were here at the same time...?

Electrifying chat

Ginger Pirlo touches down; he surveys the misty scene. The ground is wet - is it rain, or the tears of opponents vanquished and future? He crouches, squints - looks for the moon. It’s invisible; he howls anyway. The city shudders: it has been warned.

Get this man a platform

And still - nobody knows the facts.

Absolutely. In a normal employment contract there would be an express clause allowing termination for illegal activity / adverse court rulings; if not it could be implied in or argued under case law that it's a fundamental breach of trust in the relationship. I've no idea what a footballer's contract looks like though: following supply and demand logic and their value, I can see a scenario where all risk on this front is loaded onto the acquiring club.

I like this guy

Is Maguire out of form?