Burnley Legal Case

[MPLS Toffee]

JJ Watt can pay us back. He has the dough.

[StirlingBlue]

The league has to pay it to us, if they're unable to.

Where have you seen that?

[Jamokachi]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 3zeq4eln1o

So we’ve paid them, despite an ongoing appeal

And our payment has seemingly saved them from financial oblivion (for now), at least we’ve got a leveraged buyout to look forward to in the near future…

What if we win our appeal and they can’t pay it back??

The league denied our request to hold off payment pending our appeal.

[weimaranerblues]

So what happens if we win and they have spunked it all away.....

[Free Agent]

The league pays?

[Paddockoldie]

So what happens if we win and they have spunked it all away.....

We get a points reduction and a bigger fine

[weimaranerblues]

Read , Money has been paid but just sitting in situ. In the bank of Burnley . We win we get it refunded , they win the funds are available then.

Now sure how this can be used in there finances. But fuck it

[Bluebridge]

Read , Money has been paid but just sitting in situ. In the bank of Burnley . We win we get it refunded , they win the funds are available then.

Now sure how this can be used in there finances. But fuck it

And who gets the interest? there’d be a fair bit.

[74Blue]

Read , Money has been paid but just sitting in situ. In the bank of Burnley . We win we get it refunded , they win the funds are available then.

Now sure how this can be used in there finances. But fuck it

So if they cannot use the money, why was it such a big deal for it to be placed in Escrow? I see from Burnley's POV that they have just used the cash in the bank as part of their accounts, but since the case is not fully settled and is under appeal, surely Escrow would have been the more sensible option, which would prevent either club receiving any benefit from the cash until the appeal was heard and a final decision made.