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McCrory reacts to report Di Canio set to sue club
           
           


  SWINDON Town chairman Jed McCrory has said he would be “disappointedâ€� if a report former manager Paolo Di Canio is considering suing the club for breach of contract are true.

           

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Oh FFS. Let it go.

I'm your biggest fan Paolo, but do you really want to drag us through this, really?

The Sun article is about the appointment of MacDonald but has this tagged on to the bottom:

"But McCrory faces more problems with Di Canio, who quit 11 days ago, now suing the club.
The Italian claims the January sale of Matt Ritchie to Bournemouth against his wishes was a breach of contract."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4818457/MacDonald-replaces-Di-Canio-at-Swindon-after-Wright-call.html

Honestly, this could just be another in a long line of bullshit "stories" the nationals have printed about us lately... just plausible enough but ultimately lacking substance.

When Di Canio use the word 'untenable' in his pre resignation speech I knew he would probably try to sue us,  shame if he does and would probably then go down as a cunt in our memories.

Well done Paolo you absolute cunt.

His could be interesting... Any employment lawyers on TEF who can give an insight?

As I see it his 'employer' was Black's holding company and Swindon Town FC is merely the brand name for the holding company (I assume).

Can Anyone clarify?

I'm stunned.  Seriously.  What does a man of his means and wealth need to do this for?  After all of the success that he had with us...he'll just ruin his legacy in the eyes of the fans with this.  It's so sad.

Well Paolo if you do go ahead and sue the club,you will probably guarantee that no football club chairman in this country
will touch you with a barge pole.You certainly won't impress Gold,Sullivan and Brady at West Ham.

I've not had much to say about PDC since he left, I liked him. I have something to say now:

Paolo, fuck right off you proper, proper cunt.

His original pre Crawley statement used the words "breach of contract", so legal action has always been an option

He's obviously bitter about things, and I can understand that. Heck, technically he could be right, but what's he trying to achieve and who is he trying to hurt here?

That said, this was down to another fuck up by Black and co too. You make a contract, you can't go ignoring bits of it. Wonder if there is money in escrow for Black induced liabilities...

Take it up with Black Paolo, see you in court!

My thoughts exactly. Like is anyone surprised by this turn of possible events?

This is definitely not going to help his future job prospects either.

If he goes ahead and do this he would seriously undermine his managerial propsects. Chairmen are wary now - let alone after a claim about selling a player.

Legally, it'll turn on the facts and we have very little information to hand. He has two potential claims - so I am told. From an employment law perspective, he could claim constructive unfair dismissal, which is capped at £72k. He could also put in a civil damages claim for the remainder of his lost wages, which isn't capped. He would need to show that he has mitigated his loss (i.e. looked for other work etc) and that his loss was foreseeable and directly caused by the breach. We just don't know if this is the casewithout more information.

There's no point going into the technicalities of it without the full facts, mainly because I don't think he'd be stupid enough to go through with it and also because I'm no litigator and it makes my brain hurt at this time in the morning.

Edit: It's also worth pointing out that the liability for any claim is likely to fall on Black. It would be very unusual for a sale and purchase agreement not to include a term passing liability for pre-transfer claims to the seller.

 :nod:

outrageous! when you think of all fire fighting and shit sweeping the old board had to do behind paolo?! I hope the mother of all smear campaigns rains down on his head. i'd start by getting tehui in for a nice chat.

The way this has all ended, I lean towards expecting it to be true.

If he goes ahead with it then he and Alan Curbishley can sit in the managers retirement home and compare sob stories.

I'd question whether it's really Di Canio who's suing for breach of contract, or whether he's been 'advised' to by his agent.

Like Ardiles said, PdC doesn't really need the money. Phil Spencer on the other hand...

This is hardly going going to make him more attractive to prospective employers, maybe Phil will talk some sense into him.

Edit: Maybe it's Spencer who is behind it. Who the fuck knows?

He should ask Alan Curbishley how it worked for his career prospects.

Maybe it was our once glorious leader trying to wipe us out because he can?

Perhaps it's a nothing story.

I can't see why his advisors would say this was a good idea unless he has zero interest in managing elsewhere in England.

Where's that 'We Want Our Paolo Back" petition now? If this is true, PDC goes from hero and saviour to pantomime villian in one fell swoop.

I've always been suspicious of the "badly advised" line. It suggests that these people are in someway mentally incompetent and unable to make their own decisions.

Whilst there are some footballers for whom this might have a bit of truth in it PDC doesn't strike me as one of them. He's a man that always seems to know his own mind, even if that mind is slightly cracked.

I can't imagine anyone telling him what to do.

At this stage it is only a paragraph in The Sun. On that basis I'll continue to give Paolo the benefit of the doubt.

Paolo Di Canio, Razor Ruddock.  There.  I've just mentioned those two in the same breath.  Never thought that would happen.

Didn't Ince try it on as well?

With his mentioning in his prepared statements to the Adver of 'breach of contract' and things being 'in the hands of his legal representatives' this isn't a huge surprise.

Disheartening as fuck though, the people he seemed to have the issue with are no longer at the club. The only people this would serve to hurt from his tenure are the players and the fans - the two sets of people he professed to have such respect and affection for.

Paolo, I am disappoint.

Maybe it already has, negative PDC stories in the Mail and Mirror (Samuel, picturegate, etc). Maybe this is another one that is of limited substance.

If this is a true story, Black and his board just as culpable in this. They left the legal route  door open by not sticking to what was contractually agreed (assuming the worst case of Paolo being legally right).

Well, that depends who is legally bound to pick up the legal bill and damages should he win any case. It could also hurt the new owners, equally it could be all Blacks mess to sort out.  Depending on the terms of club sale.

I thought he just walked and was one of the good guys?

If his contract states that player sales must go through him, then it depends on the wording. If it says he must approve them then its a breach. If it says we have to advise him then its probably not. Black says we advised him, PdC says not. I would have thought given the influence of his agent then telling him would be as good as tellnig PdC.
His contract would still have been with the old lot so it may well yet be a slam dunk for PdC.  
We could always counter sue for his breach of contract in walking away. could get messy.
I can't see what he's got to gain. This is one deep felt grudge. I would expect more fans to turn against him. Just walk away Paolo, while some of us still have fond meomories.

You could be right, I have it in mind that Fitton ad to deal with him and he was after £50k or there abouts.

From him saying he would pay 30k of his own money to keep players, and waive his image rights for us to use top facilities in Italy, which was the behaviour of a passionate, generous person to apparently (it is the Sun so pinch of salt maybe needed) sueing the club that he was so passionate about?

If its true, it will leave a very very bitter taste with the fans here, who supposedly he was so fond of.

1 Paolo di Canio will ALWAYS pursue a perceived injustice no matter what the consequences.

2 Paolo di Canio's whole life is a repeating story of passionate engagement followed by deep hurt and messy endings.

This is all you need to know.

I don't believe this at all. Just sounds like the kind of throwaway story based on guesswork a tabloid journalist would come up with. If the Sun knew this was true i'm sure it would have taken precedence over the story of our appointment of a name no-one will recognise rather than a few throwaway lines at the bottom of the article when Di Canio + controversy is click-bait as recent dramas have shown.

I'm not saying it's beyond the realms of possibility, but save your 'cunts' and 'judases' until something concrete emerges.

Fuck me. This maybe indeed be true but it's in the current bun for fucks sake. How many stories have the nationals actually got right about us in recent weeks?

I'd be annoyed with Paolo for sure if true as there really is no need, but most likely this is bollocks i should imagine.

And yeah Paul Ince is one of the good guys i believe. Just walked away after a couple of games when he realised he couldn't cut it as a player anymore, despite having a contract to the end of the season. Ruddock on the other hand, the fat cunt.

And yes i think i might have tourettes (having read my post back). Apologies for any offence caused.

What I need to know is how exactly you know both those statements to be accurate?

You hated Di Canio, we get it and we don't care, still....

I think he just cancelled his playing contract, as he realised he couldn't hack it, but he stayed on doing coaching  until the Macclesfield job came up.

I'd always assumed he'd been tipped the wink that he'd get the job at Macca, and asked the club to cancel his playing contract to simplify the move to take over as manager there.

Actually, this could be part of just that:
Spin Dr to journo (off the record): "Di Canio's said he's going to sue us, the bastard"
Journo to Di Canio's agent: "Sources are telling us Di Canio's threatened to sue the club, any truth in that?"
Agent playing a straight bat: "Paolo feels very let down and we are investigating whether there was a breach of contract. All avenues remain open"
Back page: "Di Canio preparing to sue former club"

Or it could be Phil Spencer floating a possibility, to see whether they get a bite from the club about a settlement.

Or it could be Di Canio just wanting to derail the new manager announcement with his trademark "Me, me, it's all about me. Look over here, don't look over there, look at me"

In any event, I'd be surprised if there's any real substance to this, any half-decent lawyer would laugh Di Canio out of his office in 5 seconds flat

Thought you'd read his autobiography?

Clearly you do

Nope and even then autobiographies aren't exactly know for heir accuracy are they?

Or another option could be that it's 100% made up bollocks by the Sun, in the same way the Mail fabricated the Hoddle, Coppell, Barker story yesterday.

Noooo, but they do give an insight into the mindset of the author. Which is what RedFrog was talking about.

Well, yeah, I was taking that as a given :)

...but the author of Paolo Di Canio's autobiograph wasn't Paolo Di Canio was it?

Not quite sure where to start with this .... :D

I was with you DV. You've let me down.

Forget about the autos DV

 :o Surely you're not suggesting that footballers sometimes advertise their books as autobiographies when they've not been involved in writing them?

I'm shocked.

Its in the Sun

Good rule of thumb: If its in the Sun, its made up.

People reacting to this as if its real?

This, IF TRUE (must be if it's in the Sun)

People who slated others for jumping to conclusions recently are now doing the same. Ironic eh

He's a bit of a dick really, if he does sue.

Take it out on Black or Patey if you must - not the club, fans or current board.

Was the decision to Richie a joint one between new and old board? I was thinking at that point the club was in Joint control - so maybe there is some comeback for the current lot

He was loved by so many at STFC, he is starting to lose that affection and it's a shame that his time at Swindon will now contain so many bad memories as well as the good ones.

 :nod: IF the rumour is true...

I think it's safe to assume that every post in this thread comes with the disclaimer of ***IF TRUE***

Paolo picked a funny time to go all quiet on us!

Yeah, he left of his own accord, saving us his wages and a severance package.

The article on the BBC site certainly seems to be pure speculation - no quotes from Di Canio. Until then I'd regard it at journalistic guff.

Just goes to show doesn't it.

Ince - Condemned in the press for his arrogance, slef proclaimed "Guv'nor" etc. Walked away for nothing rather than shaft us for money we couldn't really afford.

Ruddock - The media's favourite loveable rougue. Well...you know the rest.

Paul Ince was never a favourite of mine but i certainly respect him more these days.

If it's true, it's probably because his friend Phil Spencer is upset he's lost a good thing here*. Maybe Paolo was trying to call the club's bluff all along.

*hypothetically. That may not actually be the case.

Could purely be that by making such a quote on the day new manager was appointed it keeps Paolo di Canio as 'the story'.

If he does sue it could lead to some interesting revelations, how much we spent of Agents fees, who was signing off the off the wall signings, how much we paid out in release fees etc.

Equally does it not constitute a breachof contractor to be slating your employer in the media for a prolonged period?

Solicitors are making a killing at STFC at the moment it seems.

Currently my thanks and respect for Paolo are significantly greater than that for The Sun, regardless of the way his departure unfolded.

Until this ceases to be the case, or we hear something directly from Paolo, then this is all just a non-event. I will not let it get in the way of the recent optimism about the new manager, and hopes for the remainder of the season.

Almost certainly not, sadly. It does, however, constitute being a complete knob.