Det er måske ikke så underligt endda, med tanke på hvad Fassone udtalte efter seneste møde i Nyon hvor man ikke blev tildelt en settlement agreement. Jeg fandt en engelsk oversættelse af hans udtalelser. Deri kunne det godt se ud som om at man trods sit ejerskifte, ikke bliver betragtet som ”ejerskifteberettiget” fordi man ikke indeholder den likvide beholdning, som CFCB tilsyneladende har krævet. Hvordan de har regnet sig frem til de omtalte 165mio€ skal jeg godt nok ikke gøre mig klog på.
Jeg tog dog først hans udtalelser som politisk motiveret, for at tørre skylden af på den tidligere ledelse samt ejerskab, men når Milan appellerer til CAS og rent faktisk refererer til regnskabsårene for 2014-17, så er der nok noget om sagen.
Fassone posted a statement on the club’s official website, saying:
It seems important for Milan to take a clear position after reading the UEFA statement. As you can imagine, that gave us surprise and a great deal of bitterness, because frankly I expected UEFA to offer a settlement agreement,” Fassone told reporters at the Lega Serie A summit.
Since Financial Fair Play has been in place, the settlement agreement has been offered to all clubs, only to one Russian club of a low status was it denied.
We went to UEFA for the first time 15 days after closing, so very premature situation to offer our plans. We had the right to a voluntary agreement, as the club had changed ownership in 2017, but that was not given because they required €165m from the holding company.
UEFA said the fact the holding, and not the club, has still not refinanced the debt with Elliott is casting shadows over the future of the club after October 2018.
So this is based entirely on doubts and assumptions about what could potentially happen. These doubts are based on nothing, because the year has seen consistent repayment of debts by the deadlines and nothing ever affected the club.
Also, Elliott are the creditors and have offered to act as guarantors for the debt with a written statement.
Obviously, tomorrow our legal team will evaluate the situation, as the fact we were deferred to the Adjudicatory Chamber is damaging to the club and to our image, so that has to be looked at carefully.
CFCB har en artikel 52 som bevæger sig om Future Financial Information, og det må være under den artikel at de ligger deres grund, selvom jeg ikke rigtig bliver frygteligt klogere på reglementet sammenholdt med Milans nuværende situation.
CFCB egen udtalelse ifbm nægtelse af settlement agreement:
After careful examination of all the documentation and explanations provided by the club, the CFCB Investigatory Chamber considers that the circumstances of the case do not allow the conclusion of a settlement agreement.
In particular, the CFCB Investigatory Chamber is of the opinion that, among other factors, there remains uncertainties in relation to the refinancing of the loan and the notes to be paid back in October 2018.
The Adjudicatory Chamber will make a decision on this case in due course.
The CFCB Investigatory Chamber will further communicate in June its other decisions in relation to the monitoring of the clubs under investigation or under settlement agreement.
Heri lægger de især vægt på evnen til at tilbagebetale lånet til Elliott. Et eller andet sted kan jeg godt forstå man går i halsen på Li YongHong hvor man sætter spørgsmålstegn ved hans finansielle stabilitet, men når Elliott rent faktisk stiller sig som garanti, undrer jeg mig en smule ift motivet. Og jeg synes man kommer ud på lettere gyngende grund, hvis det er politisk motiveret og man vil vise muskler, og dermed omgår sine egne regler. Så har man et problem for fremtiden, hvis politik bliver indblandet, fordi politik er påvirkeligt.
Det er i øvrigt noget Marco Bellinazzo hævder, at dommen delvist er politisk motiveret.
Samme Bellinazzo nævner i øvrigt i dag, at vi endnu ikke har set den hele sammenfattende skrevne udmelding fra UEFA, fordi de i lighed med et par millioner milanesiske fans følger showet fra The Big Apple, hvor nyhedsbureauet ANSA hævder at Commisso endnu ikke er død og begravet.