I see Vanguard Bears are the principal investigators behind this website's look into the celtic/gcc/nhs/vatican/stateaid/corruption/bheast/scandal. Well that's me convinced http://footballtaxhavens.wordpress....ennoxtown-initiative-were-working-for-celtic/
It's not GCC who have the report, it's SEPA. Funnily enough although these bams have seen no documentation which backs up their hopeful fantasy in any way, in their tiny minds that's just evidence of a Timmy-Based cover up. It's garbage.
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/viewDoc.asp?c=e%97%9Dc%8Ek%7E%90 http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/councillorsandcommittees/viewDoc.asp?c=e%97%9Dc%8Ei%7B%90
Why are the EU carrying out a preliminary investigation ? Is this something they are duty bound to do after receiving numerous complaints ?
Yes. The Complaint (or allegation) originated in Belfast apparently, and was picked up by The Rangers Standard and other online Rangers forums, they are wasting their time.
They have to act on all allegations although they still haven't decided if they will open up an investigation. They have 2 months to decide whether to open up an investigation or not. We should know by the end of this month.
What he said. [h=1]EC looking into Celtic land deals[/h] The European Commission is looking into claims that Celtic Football Club broke EU rules in land deals involving Glasgow City Council. Officials in Brussels said they had asked for detailed information after receiving a number of complaints. In a statement, the council confirmed one of the complaints focussed on land deals around Celtic Park in the east end of the city. The Commission said it had not yet opened a formal investigation. The information is being analysed, it said, so no conclusions can be drawn. Last year, the council agreed to sell land valued at more than £750,000 to Celtic. Celtic FC statement A statement released by Celtic said the club "operates to the highest standards and with the utmost integrity". It added: "At a time when the club is committed to investing in and improving areas around Celtic Park, not only for Celtic supporters but for the benefit of the local community, it is sad that these baseless accusations have been raised with the European Commission. "Any suggestion that Celtic has been the beneficiary of state aid is preposterous - as ludicrous as any suggestion that we have benefited from soft loans from our bankers. The historic transactions referred to were negotiated with the council on commercial terms at market rates. "The club will assist the Commission fully with the process and will not be deterred from our work to improve our local area." A spokesman for the city council said: "A complaint was made to the European Commission on historic land deals around Celtic Park. "The Commission is legally obliged to investigate all such allegations, and the council was happy to provide information on these transactions." Health boardNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which sold part of its Lennox Castle site at Lennoxtown to Celtic for a training ground, said it has had no requests for information about any land deal it has been involved in. A spokesman for the Scottish government said: "We are aware of these allegations and we are working with the relevant parties to help the Commission to investigate this case consistent with our role to ensure public funds in Scotland are used in compliance with EU state aid regulations. "The transaction between the health board and Celtic is not being investigated by the European Commission but we are also aware of it and are discussing it with the relevant parties." The European Commission is also looking at whether claims of deals between the Spanish government and some of the country's football clubs, including Real Madrid and Barcelona, constitute "state aid".
That is what celtic's report also successfully argued along with other things. The council wanted £5m for the land Celtic did a soil report that showed the land required significant remediation to develop on. Look at the report they posted, although it is from 1986. The foundations would need to be increased due to the 2m of made ground, it was 3.5m on Celtics report. Celtic as part of the deal also agreed to sell land valued at £3m for £250k to the council for the commonwealth games. Its just the usual ****wits who go on google and all of a sudden think they are an expert on it.
I think it's laughable and sad at the same time. They keep mentioning some report which states that some of Westhorn was contaminated, they've not seen it and none of the paperwork i've seen so far has any mention of contamination, so how do these semi professional Celtic investigators know that the land was considered contaminated? They are asking to see this alleged report only to back up their argument because without it their argument falls apart. Maybe no one ever said it was contaminated, maybe that's why GCC, SEPA and others have stated that they can confirm they have received no information which suggests that to be the case? Here's a bit off one of "J Canoe's" other windy letters to GCC: Can I also request that prior to this review being undertaken, that the individual responsible for the review has no undertaking with any third party that this request may deal with, whether that be financial or through a sense of affection (as in a supporter of a football team). This will ensure no misunderstanding of impartiality can be construed.
