Quote: John Gilbert Reds "Puletua was £128k per annum at Saints, they offered him a one-year extension whereas Salford offered him a two-year deal. As we were upto the cap, only £80k of Tony's salary could be put on the cap the other £48k was to made up through a side-payment and paid by EuroMachTech under the guise that it would be for "training and advice on player recruitment".
Last Friday, Koukash and Puletua settled on an undisclosed amount. An RFL representative sat in on the two day tribunal and will investigate whether any operational rules relating to the salary cap have been broken, given the evidence disclosed. If found guilty, it carries a punishment of upto 20 points.
Marwan and his legal team are confident that they haven't done anything wrong.'"
Who are EuroMachTech? The only defence Salford will have based on this is if they share no common manager, owner or contract.
The rules relating to payments for training and education
(b) costs paid directly by the Club to an educational/vocational training establishment in respect of the Player’s development, provided that such costs are approved in writing by the HSCR (with such approval usually sought prior to commencement of the course in question).
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