The
girlfriend of Cesc Fabregas may have sold the Spanish star a £5.5million
London flat at a knock down price as she left her tycoon husband for
the footballer, a High Court judge has ruled.
The
Spanish international, 28, who earns around £150,000-a-week, bought
the apartment in Belgravia in 2013, which Daniella Semaan had formerly
shared with Elie Taktouk, 40.
But
Ms Semaan's ex-husband has always insisted that the property was worth
up to £2million more and called the deal a 'gross injustice'.
And
now, after a hearing today, senior judge Lady Justice Gloster has given
Mr Taktouk permission to fight on at the Court of Appeal - almost four
years since the legal battle started.
Battle:
Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas bought the Belgravia apartment from now
girlfriend Daniella Semaan in 2013, which she shared with former husband
Elie Taktouk, 40.
His
barrister Nicholas Davidson QC said: 'Our evidence is that it was worth
much more and that was on the basis of expert evidence'.
Mr Taktouk has claimed that the Belgravia flat should have secured £7million.
The
legal battle erupted back in early 2013 when, during divorce
proceedings, Mr Justice Coleridge ordered that Ms Semaan sell the house
on the couple's behalf.
She was told to sell at the 'best reasonable price' and to appoint agents to market it.
However, she did not do that, instead agreeing a private sale to Mr Fabregas, who she had left Mr Taktouk for.
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