Ligue 1 - Father prosecuted over Cana move

Eurosport - Wed, 09 Sep 13:50:00 2009

The father of Sunderland captain Lorik Cana has been given a suspended prison term for fraud when his son moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Marseille.

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Agim Cana was handed a one-year sentence, deferred by the Court of Marseille, who also fined him 100,000 euros after he was found guilty of conspiring to forge documents that allowed him to illegally receive an agent's commission during the summer of 2005.

The player's former agent Christophe Mongai was also convicted of the same offence and fined 50,000 euros, with his company made to pay an additional 20,000 euros.

Cana was however cleared of making death threats to Jean-Michel Moutier, who was PSG sporting director at the time, in order to facilitate the transfer.

It was alleged that Mongai illegally paid half of the commission earned from the move to Cana's father, with an invoice for the payment provided as evidence.

"The charge of making death threats was rejected out of hand," Cana's defence lawyer Olivier Martin told AFP. "However I do not understand how they can convict for fraud over an invoice.

"We have not ruled out an appeal."

The prosecution initially demanded 18-month and 12-month suspended sentences and fines of 130,000 euros and 230,000 euros for Cana and Mongai respectively.

They also wanted Mongai banned from working as an agent for three years.

Albania midfielder Cana (pictured) spent four seasons at Marseille before joining Sunderland this summer, where he was immediately named skipper.

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  1. Downy100(brain cells)

    Ok, i'll be gone by new­ year, just like Brucey

    From Tony K, on Sat 12 Sep 9:54AM

  2. Hey Tony K(nobhead) can we hope you are gone by the new­ year too pal coz your craic is absolutely boring!? I­ mean its that boring even Sean A doesn't talk to­ you anymore, MALCOLM D would be better off ignoring you­ too instead of fuelling your inane drivell! Now get­ your Mammy up to change your wet man nappy, oh &­ don't forget to give her your tenner to place on­ Hull before she pops down the pub!
    FTM

    From downy100, on Sat 12 Sep 8:13AM

  3. Comment9
    read the date in thr prologue (thats the lead­ into the story, incase you didnt know) This all­ happend in 2005, by my arrogant reckoning and knowing­ everything That was 4 years ago. So please do explain­ how it is anything to do with SAFC and us having­ Skeletons in our cupboard (we keep silverware in our­ cupboards) not that your club has won any recently. ­ Engage your brain before you start to speak or type.

    From MALCOLM D, on Fri 11 Sep 7:02PM

  4. your points are not valid if all you have done is cut­ and pasted your comments from another thread, very­ lazy.

    From paul.brick, on Fri 11 Sep 9:23AM

  5. When Brucey was taken on, he constantly chirped on­­ about "the warchest" and "shopping at­­ harrods" and also how smug he felt about finally­­ managing a big club (yes I laughed at this bit as­ well)­ Now the realisation has sunk in that he has to­ balance­ the books and the warchest was, in fact a­ myth­ perpetuated by spin doctor Quinn on the orders of­ the­ American Nazi fascist owner, Ellis Short. Spin­ doctor­ Quinn was employed by the wily old fox Short­ purely as­ a 6 foot 5 inch irish smokescreen between­ the­ bullsh1tting board and the fans. Being Irish,­ Quinny is­ thick enough to do Ellis Shorts bidding,­ even if it­ means lying to thousands of faithful­ mackems about­ funds available.

    Conclusion to this­ brief­ report......for Brucey the penny seems to have­ dropped,­ Quinny wont be far behind, both will be gone­ by new­ year.

    From Tony K, on Thu 10 Sep 8:42PM

  6. MALCOL D(oughnut) probably handled the move, he's a­ true football expert in every way............

    From Tony K, on Thu 10 Sep 8:38PM

  7. Which agent handled the Sunderland move?

    From JOHN, on Thu 10 Sep 5:54PM

  8. Exactly , it has no bearing on SAFC at all as it­ occured long before he put pen to paper and signed for­ us. Ofcourse there are some who would love to see­ something happen to him. Why??because they are jealous­ and deluded.

    From MALCOLM D, on Thu 10 Sep 4:54PM

  9. how can this be classed as skeletons jumping out of the­ SAFC cupboard it happened long before we signed him

    From heslop448, on Thu 10 Sep 1:40PM

  10. Tony K

    see your back in the prem blogs now @#$% off­ back and die

    From Ian, on Thu 10 Sep 11:01AM

  11. Tony K

    see your back in the prem blogs now @#$% off­ back and die

    From Ian, on Thu 10 Sep 11:00AM

  12. better than rats jumping from your sinking ship m8

    From paul.brick, on Thu 10 Sep 9:14AM

  13. Here we go........the skeletons begin to jump out of­ the SAFC cupboard

    From Tony K, on Thu 10 Sep 7:47AM

  14. So the squeaky clean French Association having their­ dirty linen aired in public - way to go

    From trevor.wightman, on Wed 9 Sep 1:48PM
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