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Taarabt: Faurlin not to blame
Alejandro Faurlín should have no blame attached to him in the Football Association investigation that could lead to Queens Park Rangers' missing out on promotion to the Premier League. That is the message the Argentinian midfielder at the centre of the inquiry has received from his QPR team-mate Adel Taarabt.
"The first few days he was a little bit worried because he may have thought the lads would blame him, but we told him it is not your fault," Taarabt said of Faurlín ahead of the FA disciplinary hearing beginning on Tuesday into charges arising from his 2009 transfer to west London. "He has been brilliant all season and you can't deny that. He deserves to be in the Premier League as well. We have done the job on the pitch so we deserve to be where we are. Every game we play 11 against 11 and we win games on the pitch; we don't do anything else. We didn't cheat or do anything wrong. I don't know what is happening upstairs but the FA will make the decision and we will see."
It is common practice for South American players' registrations to belong to agents or investment companies rather than their clubs; however in this country such arrangements breach FA and Premier League rules. The Guardian reported in March that in the Faurlín case Instituto de Córdoba, his former club, received nothing from the transfer. The FA refused to comment about any element of the affair on Monday. However the case has led to seven charges being levelled against QPR and their chairman, Gianni Paladini, which will be considered by a three-man disciplinary commission led by an independent QC this week.
QPR and Paladini could not be contacted on Monday but have consistently denied wrongdoing. As well as three charges relating to the third-party contracts, QPR face more of bringing the game into disrepute and of using the services of an unauthorised agent. Paladini is personally accused of concealing or misrepresenting elements of the Faurlín transfer, leading to a supplementary disrepute charge for him.
QPR have previously let it be known that they considered Faurlín, now 24, to have been out of contract with Instituto at the time of his move and that he was therefore a free transfer. The agent named in the transfer documents is believed to be Peppino Tirri, who held a Fifa licence at the time of the transfer but had not registered with the FA, meaning he did not have its authorisation to conduct transfer business in England. Tirri, who could not be contacted on Monday through the email address or telephone numbers on Fifa's website, is now registered with the FA.
QPR should learn the commission's verdict on Friday and if they are found to be in breach of FA regulations they may be deducted points. The Championship leaders were nine points clear of the playoffs before Monday's fixtures and have one match still to play.
The Football League is believed to be considering the logistical implications for those playoffs and may defer the semi-finals to accommodate the legal process, which would surely include a QPR appeal in the event of a guilty verdict.
The existence of the third-party agreements only came to light when the club asked the Football League for permission to buy out the third-party interest in Faurlín's contract. At the time there was no Football League rule against third-party ownership – it is now aligning its rules with those of the Premier League – and QPR claim they were unaware that the FA's rules did make provision against it.
In the course of its inquiries the FA has been trying to uncover what was paid to whom. Paladini was quoted on Monday as saying: "We will fight all the way. Justice will be done. We have done everything in good faith."
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"The first few days he was a little bit worried because he may have thought the lads would blame him, but we told him it is not your fault," Taarabt said of Faurlín ahead of the FA disciplinary hearing beginning on Tuesday into charges arising from his 2009 transfer to west London. "He has been brilliant all season and you can't deny that. He deserves to be in the Premier League as well. We have done the job on the pitch so we deserve to be where we are. Every game we play 11 against 11 and we win games on the pitch; we don't do anything else. We didn't cheat or do anything wrong. I don't know what is happening upstairs but the FA will make the decision and we will see."
It is common practice for South American players' registrations to belong to agents or investment companies rather than their clubs; however in this country such arrangements breach FA and Premier League rules. The Guardian reported in March that in the Faurlín case Instituto de Córdoba, his former club, received nothing from the transfer. The FA refused to comment about any element of the affair on Monday. However the case has led to seven charges being levelled against QPR and their chairman, Gianni Paladini, which will be considered by a three-man disciplinary commission led by an independent QC this week.
QPR and Paladini could not be contacted on Monday but have consistently denied wrongdoing. As well as three charges relating to the third-party contracts, QPR face more of bringing the game into disrepute and of using the services of an unauthorised agent. Paladini is personally accused of concealing or misrepresenting elements of the Faurlín transfer, leading to a supplementary disrepute charge for him.
QPR have previously let it be known that they considered Faurlín, now 24, to have been out of contract with Instituto at the time of his move and that he was therefore a free transfer. The agent named in the transfer documents is believed to be Peppino Tirri, who held a Fifa licence at the time of the transfer but had not registered with the FA, meaning he did not have its authorisation to conduct transfer business in England. Tirri, who could not be contacted on Monday through the email address or telephone numbers on Fifa's website, is now registered with the FA.
QPR should learn the commission's verdict on Friday and if they are found to be in breach of FA regulations they may be deducted points. The Championship leaders were nine points clear of the playoffs before Monday's fixtures and have one match still to play.
The Football League is believed to be considering the logistical implications for those playoffs and may defer the semi-finals to accommodate the legal process, which would surely include a QPR appeal in the event of a guilty verdict.
The existence of the third-party agreements only came to light when the club asked the Football League for permission to buy out the third-party interest in Faurlín's contract. At the time there was no Football League rule against third-party ownership – it is now aligning its rules with those of the Premier League – and QPR claim they were unaware that the FA's rules did make provision against it.
In the course of its inquiries the FA has been trying to uncover what was paid to whom. Paladini was quoted on Monday as saying: "We will fight all the way. Justice will be done. We have done everything in good faith."
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