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Frankfurt gave wrong Email address to Lazio to avoid selling Kostic
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They've pulled a Woody as it's now known.
That's next level shithousery - taking it from the pitch to the transfer market.
Xx-pussyslayer69-xX@gmail.com was too embarrassing to give out
“Offer?, what offer?”…And they say people in football are different than the rest of us…
"So sorry, we forgot to plug in our fax machine".
Ah man that’s hilarious
I’d imagine the player is just going to go on strike till January more or less
I’d imagine the player is just going to go on strike till January more or less
Every time I've tuned in to Frankfurt this past season he's impressed. I'm surprised no bigger clubs were in for him.
Absolute scum move by "Unity Frankfurt". I hope Kostic scores an OG on purpose and then sits it out 'till January.
Absolute scum move by "Unity Frankfurt". I hope Kostic scores an OG on purpose and then sits it out 'till January.
Can they be sued?
Modern day Dream Team kind of stuff.
Can they prove that they did it on purpose? 
Top level shithousery this.
Top level shithousery this.
Well done - less than 15 mio for Kostic would be an even bigger joke than giving out a wrong mail adress…
Dick pick sent!
The fax machine tactic was already done
What sort of backwards business practices in football are there. Fax machine cock ups. Emails to register bids? Is that all there is in this world of technology? Surely if you need to register a bid you can email and the other club should reply back 'got your bid we will contact you shortly'. All big businesses acknowledge your emails these days. Secondly you txt the agent or ring him and tell him. Just to let you know we have lodged a bid for your player. Thirdly there should be a separate organization FIFA etc and the bids should go through them to stop this kind of sht. Or any other way.
There must be ways and means to communicate in multi million/billion dollar businesses that don't fall over after such small things. How hard can it be.
There must be ways and means to communicate in multi million/billion dollar businesses that don't fall over after such small things. How hard can it be.
Well played. Hahah the modern day not putting paper in the fax machine trick!
Emailing a transfer bid.
At least it's an upgrade on faxing.
Should have noticed it was bids @ eintractfrankfurt.comm instead of com.
At least it's an upgrade on faxing.
Should have noticed it was bids @ eintractfrankfurt.comm instead of com.
Did he do that angry ‘dailymailesque’ picture pose just for this story?
“yeah it’s 0121 fecking do one...@yahoo...”
Not impressed.
This is just an educated opinion, but no, they can't be sued. And they can, maybe, with some creative interpretation of caselaw.
It goes directly to his work contract. The contract stipulates the term he's employed by Frankfurt and his contractual obligations. Unless there is a release clause in the contract, the club has no legal responsibility to sell the player.
Filip Kostic could risk being in breach of his own contract if he does not show up for practice - This is at the discretion of the club if they wish to pursue penalties such as fines if the player refuses to train.
That's the formalities. A "promise to sell" is just that, a promise. On that note... Here is how they COULD be sued.
German contract law is similar to most other European contract laws but reads as follows:
Unless the law provides otherwise, oral contracts are generally valid and may be proved by any type of evidence. However, certain contracts must be in writing; the most important
of these include:
1. The inter vivos establishment of a foundation;
2. Assuming or assigning a mortgage;
3. A lease for more than one year;
4. A promise of an annuity;
5. Guaranty and surety contracts (unless the transaction
is a commercial one for the guarantor or surety);
6. A promise to payor perform which is independent of
and unrelated to any other obligation (Schuldversprechen);l0
and
7. Acknowledgment of a debt (Schuldanerkenntis).
None of pt. 1-7 directlly contradicts the premise of selling a football player between clubs for a fixed fee. The argument any legal action form Kostic's side would have to prove that the club has in fact made a verbal agreement with Kostic to sell him at the reported price. As the price has been both reported online, and further evidence provided by the clubs own subterfuge, could provide a sufficient argument that Frankfurt has broken a verbal contract. The adversary’s party may fully or partially deny entering into an oral contract, whereas its up to the plaintiff to prove that it hs in fact done so. I've been unable to find a comparable case in CAS, which is where this argument would be heard, as opposed to a German court. I listed the contract law from Germany since its applicable even in CAS.
Penalties for Frankfurt could range between anything from: Allowing the player to complete the transfer to the bidding club AFTER the transfer deadline (this won't happen, theres no time to conclude a case like this in time for the next available transfer deadline, even the January window and would have to involve UEFA), fining Frankfurt, UEFA can choose to ban the club from European competition, etc.. Or there is no penalty at all. There's no presedence here, I can't recall a club flat out lying to a player like this. Everything is just an educated guess and possibility before someone takes legal action.
It's equally possible that the club can prove that it has not entered in a verbal contract and that it reserves the right to refuse an offer even if it matches the reported price. Sales are completely at the disecrtion of the selling club. The only thing that makes this interesting is the part where they hide a bid from the player. Which is so weird.
But man, this is some teenage highschool dramaclub fanfiction. Whoever dictates transfer operations at Frankfurt has the moral backbone of a very moist jellyfish.
Instead of acting like an adult and telling the player "We don't want to sell you, see you on Monday", the club instead offers the player at a marketprice thats reasonable to a buying club and gives the player false hope and expectations. This ranks right up there with Arteta in future academy lectures on: "How not to deal with problems that arises in a football club".
Why not just pricing him out of a move?
Didn't say it was my dick!
Who is Gigi then?
maybe had a gentleman’s agreement
I'm surprised how eager people are to believe this. Why would Frankfurt do such a thing? It's not like they could have expected to fool Kostic for more than a few days and it would make them look really unprofessional to the whole world, especially Kostic's agents, who have one of the bigger agencies and have done a lot of business with Frankfurt over the past couple of years.
I think it's more likely that Di Marzio is reporting rubbish (like he often does these days) or that this is only half the story at best.
I think it's more likely that Di Marzio is reporting rubbish (like he often does these days) or that this is only half the story at best.
He’s a little on the slow side for his position I think, which holds him back from being really top class.
So he didnt get a bounceback and try to ring them up? Or did they send an email address of a completely different club and failed to notice the difference...
That's brilliant.
Are you talking about customer service? Because I email sales directors at some of the biggest sportsbrands in the world frequently and they are notoriously terrible at replying before they're reminded by either a phonecall or a saucy text along the lines of "Let me know if you need a e-mail course, you dick" (disclaimer: we're on friendly terms).
The point is, in my experience there's really no automatic aknowledgement unless the person you're sending an email to just happens to be the type of guy that actually bothers doing that. I certainly dont.
If I was doing a multi million euro transaction with a deadline I would be fired if the only excuse I had was they sent me the wrong email address. I would send the email. Wait an hour then resend asking if they got it. Wait. No response? Id ring. Hi Frankfurt Its Bob in Lazio finance. Did you get my emails? In the meantime I would be on the phone to the agent, my recruitment team - hey Im not getting any response from Frankfurt. Id do all sorts. Its how business is handled when multi million transactions are in play.
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Eintracht Frankfurt deny claims they gave Lazio the wrong email address when negotiating about Filip Kostic. Instead, Lazio forgot the letter "K“ in the address when they emailed their offer.
Some of these clubs are killing me.
What a show. I remember they signed a star striker from Barcelona for £40 million and then he went blind after a few games.
Also, Linda Block
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