Manchester United are ready with a robust defence should Le Havre ignore the warnings and continue to pursue a case against the Red Devils over their signing of Paul Pogba.
United have warned the French outfit they may sue them if there are any more allegations such as made by the Le Havre president Pierre Louvel, who claimed the Old Trafford outfit had offered Paul Pogba's parents 100,000 Euros each and a house if the 16-year-old joined them.
Although Pogba subsequently did join United, the Premier League champions insist the move was legal. And they are ready to defend themselves in the strongest terms should proof be required following FIFA's decision to punish Chelsea last week over their pursuit of Gael Kakuta.
"Manchester United is entirely satisfied that the transfer of Paul Pogba has been conducted in accordance with the regulations set down by the world governing body, FIFA," said the club in a statement.
"Manchester United is ready to defend any claim brought against it by Le Havre at FIFA."
The ink had barely dried on FIFA's damning judgement into Chelsea's recruitment of Kakuta - a signing that means they will not be allowed to bring any new players to Stamford Bridge until 2011, pending appeal - than United's pursuit of Pogba was brought into question.
United have courted controversy before in their recruitment of players such as Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Macheda from Italy because youngsters cannot, by law, be tied to professional contracts before the age of 18.
Yet the Red Devils feel there has been nothing wrong with their conduct and are ready to sue Le Havre, who have yet to lodge a formal complaint with FIFA.
"Manchester United has written to Le Havre AC to put it on notice that action will be taken if such allegations are repeated in relation to the transfer of Paul Pogba," continued the statement.
"In response to the wholly unfounded comments widely reported in the media of Le Havre AC President, Jean-Pierre Louvel, Manchester United wishes to categorically confirm that as a matter of club policy and in accordance with the applicable football regulations, it does not offer inducements to the parents of players that sign for the club such as monetary payments or the purchase of houses."
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NO20
HO HO HO HO YOU'VE SAID IT AGAIN ! MANURE ,THATS A CRAKER THAT !
I'M GONNA CALL YOUR TEAM LIVERDUNG HA HA HA ITS A JAZZER THAT !
LIVERDUNG FOREVER IN MANURES SHADOW
redgeoff, 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 !
K: people who use terms like manure to describe the greatest football club on earth are silly children. Doesn't your Daddy have web controls to stop you accessing adult websites.
NO15 DON
YOU OBVIOUSLY HATE MANCHESTER UNITED,AND YOU SAY YOU SUPPORT A DIV 1 CLUB,BUT YOU HAVE N'T SAID WHO?
I WOULD GUESS IT IS STOCKPORT COUNTY , BECAUSE MOST OF THEM SUPPORT MAN CITY AS WELL AND THEY ALSO HATE MAN UTD.
I BET YOU DON'T ADMIT IT !
sorry meant Don
what rubbish, Dob, Utd and their fans get more vile insults thrown AT them on sites like this......just look at the HUNDREDS of post calling for them to be punished for things that they havn't even been officially accused of, never mind found guilty......I still say they wouldn't be hated if they hadn't won so much....if you go back to just a few years ago, when Chelsea were going fo their 3rd title in a row, and it became clear that it would them or Utd, these type of forums were full of post saying" come on Utd stop Chelski from buying the title again"...other then Chelsea fans MOST people (obviously not all) wanted Utd to win it.....however what they didn't want is Utd to go on and win 3 in a row. I can understand this, I would be pissed off if Liverpool were to win the next three. I would however admit the reason and wouldn't spend hours writing posts about how they bought the refs, cheated, bullied teams, all their fans are vile, their manager has a red nose and all the other bull that the anti Utd brigade write over and over again day after day after day....
Chill, United are hated so much because of the arrogance of there supporters on sites like this and the vile insults they throw around to rival teams.
Real Madrid are the most successful club in Europe but I don't hate them?
I hope United get the book thrown at them maybe a 2 year trading ban and 20 points docked with a 50 million pound fine will teach your thieving team away from teams who have invested great amounts of time money and effort in players.
If it had been United in the 90s having the young Beckham Scholes ect taken as youth players you would be nothing fact.......
No doubt there will be some in house and political manouvering by man u and as allways they will get away with it, lets be honest when the sh.t hits the fan none will stick to ferguson and crew.
bow locks....Man Utd are hated because they are successful...............if they had done everything exactly the same for the last 20 years EXCEPT finished mid table very few people would hate them and even less would write about it........I am old enough to remember when they didn't win much and there was no hatred then!!!
#'s 9 and 10, Don't you realise that it's because of people like you that Manure and the supporters of that club are the most hated in the country.
Arrgghhhh Arrghhh. How darrrrre dey bloooody basturrds:
I om tha only Ferrgie in thes univerrse. We will win the lott wid or wideut Pogba or Drogba or whuever.
MU should have no fear if FIFA are not as biased as EPL refs and British Media - the outstanding MU haters.
If Man United can prove that the signing of Pogba was legitimate, then they have nothing to worry about.
So all you Man U haters out there can go to hell!!!
Bill B: Giggs, Scholes, Neville, Fletcher, Brown, O'Shea, Beckham.
Point proven I feel.
Post #7
Where did you get those rose tinted glasses, most of the top clubs scour the world for young players with potential and none of them will be adverse to paying cash up front. Take a player on Barcelona's or Real Madrid's youth scheme, is he more likely to move away from one of the top clubs and home to a foreign country where he has to learn the language etc. No but a cash inducement, if big enough, will convince him he should try.
Man Utd will do what's necessary.
Look at United's history of producing players from their OWN academy. Unlike Chelsea and City, they simply don't need to bribe ANY youngsters. The lure of coming to the world's largest club would be enough for ANY young player.
Le Havre are just like Platini. Jealous of the EPL's success.
Suarya79s, #1, you plum, "United should be banned for this", what are you talking about? If they did anything wron they should get the same treatment as Chelsea yes, but the article quotes a pretty categorical statement from the Club saying that the allegations are baseless, unfounded, that they do not make monetary payments to parents or buy them houses. Did you even read the article before you posted you wally?
manc tw4ts!
comment 1 so you know united are guilty then?
man. u. fans should not worry as the problem will be solved within a brown envelope, i.e they will buy themselves out of the problem. which of will of course increase that...... HUGE DEBT.
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