[turkeydinner]

REVEALED: Amazing court allegations in Derby's £6.8m case against former chief... including £700,000 payment to Paul Ince's wife for 'scouting' and £1m report that suggested they buy Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele

*Derby are currently suing their former chief executive Sam Rush for £6.8million
*They have accused Rush of negotiating 10 'sham transactions' during his tenure
*One transaction saw Paul Ince's wife Claire paid £700,000 for 'scouting services'
*Rush denies any wrongdoing and has launched a counter claim of around £2m

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsn...mbele.html

Interesting and I think more than one club fan one like to know where their club finances are actually going and being diverted to

[St Charles Owl]

If this ends up in a courtroom its going to get very messy. Having said that it will give an interesting insight into how players are potentially scouted, what it costs and who is doing it. On the surface a lot of this looks like a sham but I would bet they are not the only club making these sort of payments for essentially nothing. The Ince payment to me looks like simply a fee to get son Tom to sign that would be outside agents and transfer fees.