Serie A - Fiorentina consider United complaint

Eurosport - Wed, 09 Sep 14:51:00 2009

Fiorentina are considering a formal complaint to FIFA over the signing of teenage defender Michele Fornasier by Manchester United.

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The Italian club (sporting director Pantaleo Corvino pictured here) have made initial contact with FIFA but no investigation has yet been launched.

United are confident of their legal position - players aged under 18 are not legally permitted to sign contracts in Italy and Fornasier was not contracted to Fiorentina when he was signed by the Manchester club this year.

Fiorentina are furious at losing out on the 16-year-old, however, and have written to FIFA.

A FIFA spokesman said: "FIFA can confirm that we were contacted by Fiorentina with regard to the potential transfer of the player, Michele Fornasier, to Manchester United.

"However, so far no formal investigation was opened since the relevant documentation still needs to be completed. Only then will we be in a position to evaluate possible future steps to be taken."

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  1. 'Bike 69, mabaho ka !' I'll grant you that­ Liverpool did well in the late 70s & early 80s, but­ I remember when they were a permanent fixture in the­ old 2nd Division (pre Bill Shankly)!

    From dave.fleming, on Thu 10 Sep 1:19PM

  2. dave fleming, you are correct, it is RESERVED for­ man ure, so until you have past Liverpool`s land mark­ of 5 European top awards then that honour still belongs­ to Liverpool.
    To your other question, Yes.

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Thu 10 Sep 12:57PM

  3. 'Bike 69, mabaho ka !' You are correct - for a­ change - you spotted the deliberate mistake, (the for­ then).
    However, enough frivolity, back to business. No­ person who still had any marbles remaining inside their­ head, would ever equate Liverpool with the term­ 'The Greatest Football Club on Earth'. That is­ reserved for the world renowned Manchester United. By­ the way, do you actually live in the Philippines?

    From dave.fleming, on Thu 10 Sep 10:47AM

  4. hi Mr Tevez , I see you're still playing"­ fantasy life"....and I notice you have got someone­ to type your post for you again......

    From Chill, on Thu 10 Sep 10:01AM

  5. ha ha england,fifa are anti english,their gonna ban man­ utd from the transfer market just like chelsea.

    From joeblow, on Thu 10 Sep 9:38AM

  6. You would use the term "Liverpool"­ to­ describe the greatest football club on earth.
    The­ word­ "manure" is s**t on the fields and a­­ minuscule football team that plays it`s home games at­­ old trafford, there is no difference though !

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Thu 10 Sep 9:00AM

  7. dave, you meant to say "Then i`m­ afraid........" Tut Tut !

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Thu 10 Sep 8:57AM

  8. 'Bike 69, mabaho ka !', it's patently­ obvious that it's you who needs to 'chill­ out', 'Mr Saddo'. If as you state, you hate­ 'The Great Man Utd.' with a passion - the­ I'm afraid you need to get a life!

    From dave.fleming, on Thu 10 Sep 8:38AM

  9. Post 23 dave fleming, take a chill pill dave dear­ chap, i hate man ure with a passion, and your a sucker­ for being taken in by these post`s, now scoot off to­ work and let the haters of man ure fill these pages­ with drivel.......

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Thu 10 Sep 8:22AM

  10. CHILL, Good Morning, Hey I missed your insults­ yesterday(weds), and your foul langauge, as i said I­ had a very day good in Manchester, how did you go with­ the B.I. , My business took me to Deangate, and I­ mentioned to my Business collegue, every were you go­ these B.I. sellers are everywhere. still suppose they­ have to earn a living some how. Went to a great­ restuarant , just off Deansgate, some juicey chicks­ waiting on there alright . they spoke a bit funny­ though, must be either there upbringing or maybe where­ they come from , still they worked very hard , poor­ people. must go CHILL, got to earn that wedge,
    PS,­ what do you think of this claim BY FIORENTINA, looks a­ bit merky don,t you think, .. never trust a SNIFFER!

    From TEVEZ, on Thu 10 Sep 8:10AM

  11. 'Bike 69, mabaho ka !'. You just can't help­ it can you? You have to keep broadcasting to everybody­ on this comments board, just what a stupid idiot you­ really are. Who is it you really support, you­ illiterate scumbag!

    From dave.fleming, on Thu 10 Sep 7:09AM

  12. It just wont go away, it`s all coming out now, too­ many­ dodgy deals that man ure have been taking part­ in, so­ one of them is bound to be true, but everyone­ knew that­ man ure were corrupt anyway.
    That`s it man­ ure get the­ cheque book out as always !

    From Bike 69, mabaho ka !, on Thu 10 Sep 6:29AM

  13. Its beacuse Italian sides cant sign players aged under­ 18 as they are not legally permitted to sign contracts­ in Italy, thats why they are not signing u 18 english­ kids!!, If they could they surely would!

    From mark.grove, on Wed 9 Sep 8:27PM

  14. Ever heard of a european club taking an u18 english­ kid?..nope, they never do!
    As for the gravy train...its­ the english clubs making the mills

    From sloflowrida, on Wed 9 Sep 6:56PM

  15. 15

    no it is just you? im sure if other european clube­ were guilty of breaching player transfer laws they­ would be investigated

    the fact that only english teams­ are being investigated and not just that but only clube­ like chelsea, manure and man city, goes to show that­ tho u may have enuf money to buy whoever you want if u­ think just cos u got money to throw around u can do­ what u want is wrong

    Oh and FFS Manure­ "fans" and old red nose should STFU about how­ real madrid went about getting ronaldo

    U did exactly­ the same thing with Rooney and Bebatov just to name a­ couple but of course its only wrong when others are­ doing it in your eyes

    From peteandphoenix, on Wed 9 Sep 4:57PM

  16. Actually Chelsea wont get away with anything and they­ will have to endure their length transfer ban. Man U­ will not get anything because they always make sure to­ put everything down on documents and confer with their­ lawyers as because they are the richest sport club in­ the world there will always be teams trying to bring­ them down.

    From zehst, on Wed 9 Sep 4:06PM

  17. wow...everybody is going to report Man u to Fifa...

    From Davis K, on Wed 9 Sep 3:40PM

  18. if it wasn't an english club being investigated,­ some of ye idiots would be supporting the claims!

    From Creaven91, on Wed 9 Sep 3:11PM

  19. Its all just part of the master plan, to stop English­ domination in Europe, Sepp %#atter AND Michael %#atini,­ see it has a personal crusade to do so.... or is the­ only me that can see this?

    From bigtoe, on Wed 9 Sep 2:47PM

  20. LOOKS LIKE COMPLAINTS TO FIFA ABOUT ANYTHING WILL GET­ MORE USUAL..
    MAYBE IF I COMPLAIN TO FIFA THAT MY MUM­ HIT ME I CAN RECEIVE A COMPENSATION!

    From Vítor, on Wed 9 Sep 2:44PM
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