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Antonio GÓNGORA
The end to the deadlock over the new Malaga CF Academy in Arraijanal drew one step closer on Wednesday as club president Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani signed off the outstanding 4.5-million-euro payment before a notary. This money, which had been tied
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The long-delayed 'BlueBay case' resumed on at the Ciudad de Justicia in Malaga on Thursday with Malaga CF president Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani facing questions from lawyers representing BlueBay. The hotel group is demanding that the conditions of a ... the time, Al-Thani insisted that he knew nothing about this, nor the arrival of Gonzalo Hervás and his team to run the club. Al-Thani also denied knowledge of the existence of NAS Spain, the company which controlled the club's shares for a period of ... time. When presented with documents which purportedly showed a written agreement, Al-Thani said: "I have never seen these documents and I never signed them." He went on to say that at the time of the deal, in 2012, that he never authorised any such
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Antonio Góngora
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani took the decision on Sunday to relieve coach Juan Ramón Muñiz of his duties with immediate effect. Muñiz, who only rejoined the club for a third spell in the summer, started the campaign well but a run of just four wins in the
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...have one year left on his deal. The merits of keeping hold of him seem limited, but club president Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani is unwilling to sanction a move. Not only is the quantity deemed too small (Vasyl Kravets, by contrast, has just moved from ... Lugo to Leganés for 2.5 million euros), Al-Thani's argument centres on the image of the club. He doesn't want Malaga to appear to be a 'small club' that sells its best players. The same applies for any of the squad currently featuring regularly under
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...president Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani took to Twitter to leap to his defence after attracting criticism for the absence of funding from the 'IU-Málaga para la Gente' group on the council. Al-Thani said: "We are on good way to finish the Academy of Málaga CF and
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Abdullah Al-Thani in the stands, it quickly became clear that the coach’s future was hanging in the balance. In what turned out to be his final press conference, Muñiz remained resolute in defeat: “I trust in the squad and we will fight until the end,” he
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Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani flew into Malaga on Friday morning with his daughter Hamyan. The chairman of Malaga CF is back for the first time since May 2017. During his absence, while he controlled the club from a distance, Malaga were relegated to ... Segunda division and survived a management crisis last summer. Al-Thani left the private terminal at Malaga airport driving a black Range Rover. He was followed by Hamyan, who is currently the head of the club's junior Academy and the women's team, left
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Malaga CF owner Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani announced on his Twitter page on Tuesday: "Soon to My love Málaga city". Al-Thani has not been in the city since mid-2017, more than a year ago, but he didn't give any further details about when he would be
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The so-called 'BlueBay case' has been hit with yet another delay as the trial was postponed until 21 February 2019 at a hearing at the Ciudad de Justicia in Malaga on Tuesday. Malaga CF president Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani was in attendance and was ... its running. Al-Thani, for his part, says BlueBay never complied with the conditions of the contract, rendering it invalid. The trial was postponed two years ago when Al-Thani's lawyers lodged a criminal complaint for falsehood and misappropriation ... sheikh's team to delay proceedings. "We hoped that it would take place today, but once again it hasn't been possible thanks to yet another deliberate manoeuvre from Mr Al-Thani which only serves his interests and not those of the club. We hope this can be
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The assignation of powers to sign documents or contracts has changed at Malaga over the years. Nowadays these decisions can be taken by members of the board of directors, led by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani, and also Hamyan Al-Thani, who has now been