Manchester United have decided to get tough with French club Le Havre who have continued to make allegations against the Premier League champions regarding inducements to teenager Paul Pogba’s family in order to sign the player.
United are adamant that they have done nothing wrong and have today told the French club to put up or shut up. The verbal assault from Le Havre started following the ban imposed on Chelsea last week, despite FIFA saying they have not yet received a formal complaint from the club.
Manchester United have said that when negotiations were taking place with Pogba, there was no contract in place and therefore no contract to break. The club have written to the French club and have issued the following statement:
“In response to the wholly unfounded comments widely reported in the media of Le Havre AC President, Jean-Pierre Louvel, Manchester United wish to categorically confirm that as a matter of club policy and in accordance with the applicable football regulations, we do not offer inducements to the parents of players who sign for the club such as monetary payments or the purchase of houses.
Manchester United have today written to Le Havre AC to put it on notice that action will be taken if such allegations are repeated in relation to the transfer of Paul Pogba.
Manchester United is entirely satisfied that the transfer of Paul Pogba has been conducted in accordance with the regulations set down by the world governing body, FIFA. Manchester United is ready to defend any claim brought against it by Le Havre at FIFA.
It is to be noted that all contractual documentation relating to the player’s registration with the club has already been fully ratified by the Football Association and the Premier League.”
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1 Football Gifts // Sep 8, 2009 at 5:26 pm
It seems on a wider issue that there is a real objection by the football world to the power of the Premier League and the clubs that are within it. The leaders of UEFA and FIFA had made it clear they would like the balance of power back with Italy or possibly La Liga. This stems back to 1980’s during that riots that lead to the banning of English clubs from Europe.
Following Chelsea banning from buying any players for 2 years it seems that they are finding any way they can to undermine English clubs due to the lack of riots these days meaning that can not be used as an excuse.