SPORT 24 - Συνεχής Αθλητική Ενημέρωση Blackpool pay United old boy £90 a week while John O'Shea stumps up for his digs By Peter Higgs Updated: 10:11 GMT, 5 December 2011 Blackpool have been reported to the PFA for paying one of their senior players just £90 a week. Friends of former Manchester United winger Bojan Djordjic contacted the players' union after finding out he is relying on help from former team-mates like John O'Shea to live, and the PFA have pledged to look into the case. Struggle: Bojan Djordjic in Blackpool Djordjic, 29, joined the Championship club last summer from Videoton in Hungary on an appearance-based deal but has not been picked by manager Ian Holloway. A source said: 'Blackpool were concerned about something in Bojan's medical so they wanted to give him a contract of £90 a week plus appearance money. 'It was Bojan's understanding that, if he was fit, he would be member of the first-team squad, but it hasn't happened and he's been left with virtually nothing. Slide down the game: Djordjic (left) is at Blackpool after failing to impress United
Sport News in english from AS.com | Noticias deportivas en inglés en AS.com "The qualifying phase has been very difficult. We started badly, but ended well", the player told Portugal’s public broadcaster, RTP1. Pablo Laso’s team withstood the first 17 minutes (35-35) but after that it was all one way for the visitors. Around 400 people attended Thursday’s funeral. “I will remember my father as an honourable and hard-working man”, his daughter said. "It makes me feel very proud to be here; I’ll try to be at the level required", Paco Alcácer said on the eve of Spain’s meeting with Luxembourg. "Occasionally you find yourself in a position where the person who went before you was highly successful – that’s when you have to work even harder” The FIFA Ethics Committee announced their decision to suspend both from all football related activity; Valcke and Chung Mong Joon also sanctioned. The Asturian responded to insinuations about his future and the criticism he received for his comments over his radio in Japan.
Do we take Harry for granted? Mention of Harry Redknapp’s managerial qualities is always guaranteed to spark some serious debate but is there more to his armoury than just an arm round the shoulder? Emmanuel Adebayor seems to think so and he has gone on record this week in suggesting that the Spurs boss is equally as good as his Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho. “Harry Redknapp is a top manager. I would put him closer to Mourinho because of the way he treats players. He gives you full confidence. He too knows how to talk to players and that makes him special as well,” Ade said. Asked if Harry could take Spurs back to the Champions League, the player added, “For sure, yes. Admittedly Adebayor was speaking in the Hotspur so he was never going to compare Redknapp to say, Dave Bassett but the assessment is worth taking notice of.
sport-fm.gr: NovaΣΠΟΡ FM 94.6 Brazil football legend Socrates dies aged 57 - News & Comment - Football The former midfield great was being treated for food poisoning at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo but, owing to his already ill-health - this was his third hospital admission of the year - he was unable to recover. Speaking after his initial hospitalisation in August, Socrates revealed his poor condition was the result of alcohol abuse. A statement on the Brazilian Federation's website, said Socrates died of severe septicaemia early this morning. "President Ricardo Teixeira, on behalf of the directors and staff of CBF, expressed sorrow over the death of Socrates, the captain of the Brazilian team in the 1982 World Cup," said the statement. Socrates is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, a cultured midfielder who won 60 caps for Brazil, scoring 22 goals. He captained the 'Selecao' at the 1982 World Cup and also played at the 1986 tournament in Mexico, although never managed to win football's biggest prize.
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Is Harry Redknapp really the right mug to be the next England manager? | Paul Wilson | Football When Alan Shearer says, as he just has, that Harry Redknapp would be ideal for the England job because he is great at man-management, it basically tells you two things about his take on a task that has proved troublesome for even the best-qualified coaches yet still attracts the interest of inexperienced hopefuls such as himself. The first is that he believes Fabio Capello has failed thus far because he is poor at man-management. Shearer may not care to say so quite as bluntly, although there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to support such a claim, but word has clearly reached him either in his capacity as a BBC pundit or someone who still retains close links with current professionals, to suggest that Capello is too distant and authoritarian a figure to bring the best from his players. Fair enough, though don't go mad with the I spy points yet. England had tried hiring man-managers before. Just to be clear, Capello is the manager with all the success at club level, not Redknapp.
The Secret Footballer: players with depression do get help | Football 'Clubs employ sports psychologists who sit down for the sort of one‑to‑one chats unthinkable years ago.' Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian There are some things that happen in football that, for a moment at least, do not seem as if they're really happening at all. In the week leading up to Speed's death I had been reading A Life Too Short, the book about Robert Enke, the former Germany goalkeeper who killed himself, written by his friend, Ronald Reng. Since last Sunday, frustratingly for me, a fair amount has been made of the lack of help available to footballers and managers should the stresses of the game ever become too much. What did Strong expect? Strong may well have been right when she uses words such as "stigma" and "taboo" but she was wide of the mark when she came close to suggesting clubs are negligent when it comes to players with mental health problems. Whether those who experience difficulties can make the leap of faith to use what is on offer is another matter.
Redknapp Moves With The Times, Spurs Prosper « TOTTENHAM ON MY MIND Harry Redknapp is the quintessential English manager. Working class roots, played football since he was a kid, steeped in the game, worked his way up in management from the lower leagues. Close to his players, he preaches the virtues of hard work and character. He has prospered in the modern era but his teams would look familiar to fans from any era of English football – big men at the back, tough tackling midfielders and wingers with another big bloke up front. He’s often scornful of tactics, preferring or so he claims, to assemble good players and let them express themselves on the pitch. Teams play from the back – get it right there and everything flows. As a result, Van der Vaart has prospered. The other major development is our centre midfield. The modern game is so much about possession and movement off the ball. Scott Parker is good at many things but this is finest quality. At his best, the game moves at his pace, hums to his tune. This isn’t about straight lines, remember.
I'm to blame for Wayne Rooney's scoring woes, admits Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson By Chris Wheeler Updated: 23:00 GMT, 2 December 2011 Out of form: Rooney has not scored for two and a half months Sir Alex Ferguson admits that his decision to use Wayne Rooney in midfield at times this season is partly to blame for the England striker's barren run. Rooney is Manchester United's top scorer with 11 goals in all competitions but has not hit the target in the Premier League for two-and-a-half months stretching back to the 3-1 win over Chelsea in September. That has coincided with United also struggling for goals in the league. After hitting 21 in the first five games of the season, the champions have scored just one goal in each of their last six matches. Ferguson agreed on Friday that using Rooney in midfield to compensate for injuries and the loss of Paul Scholes, who retired in the summer, has interrupted the striker's flow of goals. 'Maybe that has got something to do with it, yes,' said Ferguson. 'He had a great start scoring-wise.
Harry Redknapp: 'You can have all the computers in the world but your eyes have to be the judge' - Premier League - Football "My dad would watch Jamie every week at Liverpool no matter where he played. He would get the train," Harry says. "My mum would make a cheese and pickle roll for Jamie to eat after the game. "Jamie would meet my dad after the game and take him back to the station and once Steve McManaman was in the car with them. The passion burns strong for Harry Redknapp Jnr, 61 years old, and every inch the man of the moment as he leads an extraordinary revival of Tottenham Hotspur. Yesterday he was urgently required in a meeting to discuss the plans for Spurs' new training ground in Enfield but with Harry there is always a time for a chat about football, his dad, the West India Quay docker, or the squirrels in his garden in Poole. The squirrels have been a bit neglected of late with his hectic schedule. It is a very busy life for a man who could have chosen to put his feet up and see his time out at Portsmouth. The temptation with Redknapp and Tottenham is to ask the simple question: how?
John Terry and Anton Ferdinand racism row: CPS handed file 1 December 2011Last updated at 15:52 The allegations centred around a game at Loftus Road in October The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been handed a police file concerning allegations England and Chelsea captain John Terry made racist comments. Terry has been accused of using racist language towards Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand, during Chelsea's 1-0 defeat at Loftus Road on 23 October. The CPS received the file late on Wednesday night and will now decide whether to bring a prosecution. If Terry is found guilty, he could lose the England captaincy. Terry was questioned under caution by the Metropolitan Police last week. Scotland Yard then passed a file on the matter to the CPS, which will spend the next few weeks considering whether there is enough information to prosecute. 'I'm saddened' After the allegations were made, Terry issued a statement saying: "I've seen that there's a lot of comments on the internet with regards to some video footage of me during the game.
Redknapp pips Pep to Coach of the Year - Football news In a poll conducted by MSN Sport Harry Redknapp secured 23% of the 14,000 votes to make him our 2011 Coach of the Year. The Tottenham manager beat Spanish, European and World conquering Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola (22%) who narrowly finished runner-up, while Sir Alex Ferguson (16%) finished some way behind in third place after winning the English title for the twelfth time in his 25 years at Manchester United. Vote in the 2011 MSN Sport Football Awards Redknapp has turned Spurs from a team struggling in the relegation zone into genuine title contenders. However, with the England role vacant after Euro 2012, the former West Ham boss is the favourite to succeed Fabio Capello, a fact that will please many England fans but, perhaps, not those from the white side of north London. Bringing up the rear are the two Rugby World Cup coaches of Wales and New Zealand, with, perhaps, surprisingly the tournament champion Graham Henry (4%) losing out to Warren Gatland (3%).