Scout refutes Kakuta wrong-doing

22 September 2009 12:50
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Chelsea's French scout Guy Hillion, the man who discovered Gael Kakuta, insists the club did nothing wrong when they signed him.[LNB] Fifa have ruled against Chelsea and Kakuta after Lens reported them over the move, which took place in 2007.[LNB]As well as handing out big fines, Fifa banned Chelsea from signing any players until 2011. The London giants are appealing this decision.[LNB]Hillion has revealed that Kakuta's mother told them that no contract had been signed with his previous club Lens - prior to his move to Stamford Bridge.[LNB]The widower later unveiled paperwork which is understood to be a pre-contract, but she has since claimed ignorance of what this agreement meant. [LNB]"His mother is widowed and was responsible for five children and had big financial difficulties," Hillion told La Voix du Nord.[LNB]"When we started to talk about a possible move to Chelsea, we asked her if she had ever signed anything with Lens. [LNB]"She promised she had signed nothing, nothing at all. Six months later, sorting out her papers, she found a pre-contract. She didn't even know what it was."[LNB]Hillion also hit back at French clubs, who he says are just trying to make money out of their young players.[LNB]"French clubs try to appear as the innocent victims," he continued. "But that is a caricature. It is just a money matter." [LNB]Hillion also claims that last week an agent working for Le Havre chairman Jean-Pierre Louvel contacted him about signing their best young player, believed to be Gueida Fofana.[LNB]"A few weeks ago, an agent called me for Le Havre chairman Jean-Pierre Louvel, to know if I was attracted by their best young player, a French international born in 1991," he claimed. [LNB]"They wanted to sell him for a nice sum (about €4 millions). Morally they were not been disturbed a young player could join England for such a fee."[LNB]

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