Abdullah Al Thani: A Lawsuit Losing Machine

Trials, appeals, appeals, lawsuits, litigation … it doesn't matter. Abdullah Al Thani's contacts with issues related to shysters are counted as resounding failures. The sheikh remains engrossed in his absurd world of levitation and mysticism. His responses are outbursts through any of his communication agencies or, directly, drop bullshit on his Twitter account where he even messed with Macron, the president of France.

When we say that Abdullah Al Thani has lost his mind, we can refer to two concepts. First of all, to your deplorable ability as manager at Malaga and second to his inexhaustible record of lost lawsuits. For the first reason, he was dismissed from his functions as president by judicial decision. And the second … it adds up and goes on.

This tendency to disaster in the always cumbersome office affairs or robes We have already seen it during the period of opulence and seemingly unbridled spending. Hamburg, Valencia, Villarreal, River Plate and Osasuna presented the rigorous claims for Al Thani's delay in fully satisfying the transfers of Mathijsen, Joaquín, Cazorla, Buonanotte and Nacho Monreal. Malaga ended up paying, but late and 'that way'. What happens is that it was the time of maximum popularity of the Qatari and in the media it was sold that it was a campaign to overthrow the new rich in Spanish football. How wrong we were!

Unfortunately the defaults were happening. Footballers and employees in general were victims of the irritating informality of the sheikh and in the summer 2012With the team classified for the Champions League, several players denounced the club. The sheikh got out of the way and the problems were solved thanks to the improvised transfer of Rondón to Rubin Kazan for ten million and that the team, led by Pellegrini, qualified for the group stage of the top competition after eliminating Panathinaikos. If not for these two circumstances the club would not have even been able to start.

Al Thani's mismanagement kept turning powders into sludge. UEFA sanctioned Málaga with a year without playing European competitions and a 300,000 euro fine for skipping the 'Financial Fair Play'. Debts with the Treasury (about 12 million euros) and to the workforce (around nine million euros). Málaga appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, (TAS) that of course, did not revoke this punishment. Al Thani mounted on Twitter his particular show against UEFA and its then president Michel Platini.

The BlueBay case

In 2013, Malaga's debt was more than 100 million euross. As Al Thani was going through everything, the club's managers, who were then Moayad Shatat (vice president), Vicente Casado (general manager) and Manuel Novo (deputy to the general management) reached an agreement with the hotel company BlueBay that lent two million euros to plug immediate holes. BlueBay agreed to manage this debt in exchange for a percentage of Al Thani shares, 49%, for less than one euro. The debt was lowered and Al Thani backed down. BueBay denounced. The 12th Court of Malaga agreed with him and awarded him 49% of the 565,861 titles of Al Thani. More lawsuits with Vicente Casado, with Shatat … a non-stop!

We cannot forget that even Barcelona, ​​yes, friends, Barcelona! denounced Mr. Al Thani before the Anti-Violence Commission for drop that memorable as stupid and rude “the scum of Catalonia is not going to smell the smell of the League”. The proposed sanction was 6,001 euros. In the end it was 3,500. Another fine of 6,000 euros is also noteworthy for an absurd incident with the Police … He also received a penalty of 1,500 euros from the Competition Committee at the request of a complaint from the arbitration team because the man used his immense free time tweeting against the referees.

The whirlwind of lawsuits lost entered a loop on February 21 when the owner of the Court 14 of Malaga ceased its functions as president to Sheikh and his sons Nasser, Nayef and Rakkan, members of the Board of Directors after a complaint filed by the APA (Association of Small Shareholders) appointing a judicial administrator, Jose Maria Muñoz (hereinafter AJ). The subsequent appeals of the sheikh to revoke AJ, that Richard Shaheen be reinstated, who was dismissed as CEO, that the aforementioned Shaheen control AJ, or the lawsuits against the transfer of Antoñín and Álex Mula … all rejected by Justice.

The recent precautionary embargo on its actions and its leading vehicles unleashed its Twitter fury and, in the absence of better arguments, he resorted to his usual repertoire: corruption, racism, etc. Of course, he has lost the appeal to the resolution where the deposit was increased to 8,518,898.15 euros that was imposed on the Al Thani, as investigated, for possible civil liability.

Things have not gone any better for him with his business aspirations beyond football. Example, the project in the port of La Bajadilla in Marbella Of which, it would be missing more, the sheik was separated by judicial order after rejecting the rigorous resource. The concession for the management and expansion of the port area, which was approved in 2011, was canceled.

Despite so many judicial setbacks Al Thani cannot be said to have had bad lawyers. In fact it is the opposite. It has had (and has) renowned lawyers. Not for those. Abdullah Al Thani is a losing machine. We could continue with more situations such as the dismissal of Lucas Alcaraz without having debuted, the Caminero case, that of the former legal advisor Joaquín Jofre, suppliers, employees … we better leave it here.