David Goodwillie and Mark Donaghy locked in £400,000 legal row The legal row between Dundee United footballer David Goodwillie and an agent who claims he lost out on £400,000 commission is set to continue. Mark Donaghy, who trades as Arena Sports Management, claims he was wrongly cut out of the transfer deal when Mr Goodwillie, 24, moved from the Dundee club to Blackburn Rovers in 2011. Mr Goodwillie, who is contesting the action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, asked a judge to throw the case out on a point of law. However, in a written ruling issued on Wednesday Lord Stewart said the case should continue. The next stage is likely to be the setting of a court date for a judge to hear evidence from both sides. The court has heard that in March 2011 Mr Goodwillie signed a document authorising "Licensed Players' Agent Mark Donaghy to act exclusively on my behalf." But the footballer's legal team pointed out that the supposed agreement said nothing about money. There is no basis for the lost commission claim, they insisted. Mr Donaghy's lawyers said the financial aspects of the deal were discussed over a Burger King meal near Stirling, although nothing was written down then. Mr Donaghy also claims that, in spite of English Football Association rules, he would have received money from Blackburn Rovers, whether or not anything was written down. Lord Stewart, in his written ruling, said some of the SFA's regulations for resolving disputes between players and clubs were "garbled."