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Quinn appointed Sunderland boss
« Reply #48 on: July 25, 2006, 10:52:41 AM »
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Quinn appointed Sunderland boss
Niall Quinn has been appointed the new manager of Sunderland.
The former striker, who is also in line to take over as chairman, admits his reign may yet be short-lived.
He takes over with the Championship season kicking off in just over two weeks, but revealed he could step aside if a top-class boss becomes available.
Quinn admitted: "If it takes three months to get to a point where we can bring in a new manager then great, I will gladly walk away."
After announcing his consortium had bought a controlling stake in the club earlier this month, Quinn made his first task to find a new manager for the club.
But he has been frustrated in his attempts to fill the role, with moves for former Celtic boss Martin O'Neill and Bolton manager Sam Allardyce both coming to nothing.
And on Monday, following their 2-0 win over Shelbourne, former Republic of Ireland international Quinn outlined his proposal to take over at a board meeting.
But he made it clear his intention is to fill in until he can attract the right calibre of manager.
He said: "When I was in full flow with the club three months ago, becoming manager is not something I thought I would be doing.
"But it has transpired that way, even though the group who are backing me could not have been more ambitious in trying to attract a world-class manager.
"What happened is that we decided we would try to attempt the first hurdle because what we have to do is try to stop the slide, to turn the corner.
"We have to gather momentum, and then to lift it so that we get to a point where I can pick the phone up, go to a world-class manager and hopefully with the position we are then in, say to him 'come now'."
On 3 July, Quinn announced his Drumaville consortium had been successful with a £10m offer for the north-east club.
He was given 21 days to try and gain the rest of the shares in the club as he attempts to gain full control.
Sunderland were relegated to the Championship with a record low Premiership points total last season and are about £40m in debt.
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Re-United in Manchester
« Reply #49 on: July 25, 2006, 10:58:20 AM »
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Football/English Premier League: Re-United in Manchester
25 Jul 2006
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LONDON: Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been linked with both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, returned to training with Manchester United early yesterday but doubts still remain over whether he will be at Old Trafford for the start of the season.
After his bust-up with Sir Alex Ferguson prior to the final game of the last campaign against Charlton, after which van Nistelrooy was banned from playing in Roy Keane’s testimonial, it was widely assumed the 30-year-old Dutch striker would have moved on by now.
Instead, after insisting he wanted no discussion over his future until after the World Cup, van Nistelrooy’s hopes of an immediate move have been scuppered, with neither Real nor Bayern currently willing to meet United’s £15 million (RM100.5 million) asking price.
Van Nistelrooy has indicated to both clubs he would be willing to join them, with Bayern on Sunday revealing they had already started talks with the striker.
However, mindful of the £29 million Chelsea paid AC Milan for Andriy Shevchenko, the Red Devils do not see why they should be railroaded into a deal.
Last week, Ferguson claimed he would have "no problem" if van Nistelrooy was still around when United open their latest assault on the Premier League title against Fulham on Aug 20, even though the former PSV Eindhoven man has handed in a written transfer request.
It was the same diplomatic card van Nistelrooy played following the Netherlands’ elimination from the World Cup, when he said unless his situation changed, he would report for training as required.
However, given the breakdown in relations between player and club, it would have been no surprise if van Nistelrooy — one of only eight players to score 150 goals for United — had backed out of yesterday morning’s session.
Instead, he joined many of his senior teammates — including Edwin van der Sar, Park Ji-Sung and United’s England contingent — at the club’s Carrington training ground.
Ferguson was not due in until later, having delayed his departure from South Africa by 24 hours.
And, unless an arrangement has been agreed between the pair, it seems highly possible van Nistelrooy could be involved in the high-profile friendly against Celtic at Parkhead tomorrow, or the clash with Preston next weekend. — AFP
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Bruce slaps £5m asking price on Pennant
« Reply #50 on: July 25, 2006, 11:12:31 AM »
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Bruce slaps £5m asking price on Pennant
Steve Bruce has warned Liverpool they will have to match Birmingham's valuation of Jermaine Pennant - believed to be around £5million - if they want to sign the winger.
Blues have already rejected an offer of around £3.5million from Rafael Benitez for the former Arsenal player who moved to St Andrews from Arsenal for £3million 12 months ago.
Bruce is mindful of the fact Birmingham will have to pay Arsenal 25% of any fee for Pennant as part of a sell-on clause included in the deal.
He said: 'We had an offer from Liverpool which we rejected and, until they meet our valuation of Jermaine Pennant, they will get the same answer.
'There's only been one bid, of around £3.5million. We paid £3million for Jermaine plus we owe Arsenal 25% of any sell-on fee.
'We don't want to sell him for £3.5million, that's for sure. Now it's a question of how far Liverpool are prepared to go in meeting our valuation. If they don't then they will move on, I suppose.'
Benitez could now make an improved offer, especially as one of his potential targets in Damien Duff has joined Newcastle from Chelsea in a £5million deal.
Meanwhile, Bruce looks like he will have to admit defeat in his bid to sign Coventry striker Gary McSheffrey after the player insisted he was committed to the Sky Blues.
Birmingham have had two bids rejected for the player who was Coventry's leading scorer in 2005-06.
Bruce is keen to bring in new fire-power, particularly after the sale of Emile Heskey to Wigan for £5.5million to supplement DJ Campbell, Mikael Forssell and Cameron Jerome.
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Rooney blames 'overbearing' Moyes for Everton exit
« Reply #51 on: July 25, 2006, 11:15:12 AM »
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Rooney reveals bust-up with Moyes
Wayne Rooney has revealed he fell out with Everton manager David Moyes before he left the Toffees to join Manchester United in a deal worth £27m in 2004.
The 20-year-old England striker said the row meant he considered an offer from Newcastle before moving to United.
"I would have gone almost anywhere just to get away from David Moyes," Rooney said in his autobiography, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail.
"To me, he appeared overbearing; just wanting to control people."
He added: "I suppose being young and confident and playing for England at 17, I wasn't bothered about upsetting him or answering back."
Rooney claims he had already decided to leave Goodison Park when he had a training ground confrontation with Moyes and told him: "I don't want to play for you ever again."
The striker became the youngest Premiership goalscorer when he scored a blistering last-minute strike to secure a 2-1 win against Arsenal in October 2002, five days before his 17th birthday.
He went on to score 17 goals in 77 appearances for the Toffees before securing his move to United in August 2004.
Newcastle made the first offer for Rooney but he says he was only interested in a move to Old Trafford once it became apparent United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wanted to sign him.
"If no-one else had come in I would have gone to Newcastle," stated Rooney.
"But I knew that United was the club I wanted to join."
Source: BBC Sport
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Rooney blames 'overbearing' Moyes for Everton exit
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Wayne Rooney's soured relationship with Everton manager David Moyes hastened his departure to Manchester United, the England striker has said in his autobiography.
Rooney, who joined United in 2004 for a fee estimated at £25 million ($46.30 million), made his first-team breakthrough at Goodison Park as a teenager.
'I would have gone almost anywhere just to get away from David Moyes. If no-one had come in I would have joined Newcastle,' Rooney wrote in My Story So Far, serialised in the Daily Mail.
'To me he appeared overbearing; just wanting to control people. I suppose being young and confident and playing for England at 17, I wasn't bothered about upsetting him or answering back.'
Rooney, a product of Everton's youth academy, made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old in 2002 and two months later, five days shy of his 17th birthday, became the Premier League's youngest scorer (since surpassed by James Milner) when he netted a superb match-winner against Arsenal.
His England debut followed in February 2003, a rapid rise to fame that Rooney said irked the Everton manager.
'There was only one person who seemed a bit upset and envious of what was happening to me - and that was Moyes,' said Rooney.
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Duff has 'nothing to prove' to Chelsea
« Reply #52 on: July 25, 2006, 11:16:33 AM »
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Duff has 'nothing to prove' to Chelsea
Damien Duff is adamant he has nothing to prove to anyone but himself after quitting Premiership champions Chelsea.
Close friend and now Newcastle team-mate Shay Given had yesterday stated Duff would be 'hungry to prove a few people wrong at Chelsea'.
But in completing a cut-price £5million move to United, and signing a five-year contract, Duff is just eager to play football regularly rather than endure bench life under Jose Mourinho.
In his three seasons at Stamford Bridge following a £17million move from Blackburn, Duff started just 63 of Chelsea's 114 Premiership matches.
Despite picking up two Premiership winner's medals, the frustration was as much as Duff could bear, resulting in him asking Mourinho and chief executive Peter Kenyon for a move.
Duff readily concedes he 'had to go,' but is not looking back.
'I had a great three years at Chelsea which I thoroughly enjoyed, and I'd like to think they enjoyed me as well,' said Duff.
'But I just want to get back playing. I just want to play week in and week out because when I do that I am at my best.
'I'm not kidding anyone because I know I struggled in the second half of last season, so I guess I've something to prove to myself, but not to Chelsea. I'm the only one.'
Magpies boss Glenn Roeder was bowled over by Duff's passion to move to the north-east, spurning other advances from Tottenham and Liverpool.
'When I spoke to him a few nights ago his enthusiasm jumped down the telephone at me,' recalled Roeder.
'It was terrific talking to somebody who wants to play football as much as he does.
'I really felt what he was saying was from his heart and truthful. He sounded excited about joining us.
'That is important in signing players, that you really believe they want to come, and that's the feeling I got with Damien.'
Like Duff, Roeder also feels the Republic of Ireland international has no need to show Mourinho just what he might be missing.
'His quality is there for all to see, as we have seen over a number of years,' added Roeder, who hails Duff as 'one of the finest wide players in the British game.'
'So he has no point to prove to anybody, and nothing to prove to Jose Mourinho at all.
'The refreshing thing is he has come to play football every week, and that is something not guaranteed for any player at Chelsea with maybe the exception of John Terry and Frank Lampard.
'A lot of the other players are rotated and don't play full seasons, and that's what Damien wants, to play every game he is fit for and we can give him that opportunity here.'
Before he has even kicked a ball for Newcastle, Duff is already being compared to another famous Magpies left-winger in Chris Waddle.
While the compliment is flattering, Duff is uncomfortable with the tag, adding: 'I don't need to be compared to greats like that. I want to be my own man and play my own game.
'Hopefully I can become a hero like him, and I'm not saying I left Chelsea just to get worshipped.
'All I want to do is play football and be happy inside because I've not been happy for a while. I hope this is a place I can be happy.'
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Alonso insists: 'I want to stay at Liverpool'
« Reply #53 on: July 25, 2006, 11:20:32 AM »
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Alonso insists: 'I want to stay at Liverpool'
Alonso insists: 'I want to stay at Liverpool'
Xabi Alonso insists he wants to stay at Liverpool despite reported interest from Real Madrid.
The 24-year-old midfielder is believed to be a target for new Real boss Fabio Capello, but Alonso has ruled out a return to Spain.
'I have heard the rumours but that is all they are,' he told the Daily Mirror.
'As far as I am concerned there is no truth in the story at all. I am focused on my job here at Liverpool.
'I have had no contact with Real Madrid, and I am confident I am going nowhere.
'You have to be flattered when you are the subject of this speculation, but I want to stay at Liverpool.'
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Van Persie eyeing Bergkamp role
« Reply #54 on: July 25, 2006, 11:37:56 AM »
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Van Persie eyeing Bergkamp role
Arsenal forward Robin van Persie will stake his claim to fill the boots of his compatriot Dennis Bergkamp when the Barclays Premiership season starts later this month.
Bergkamp, 37, bade farewell to Arsenal fans at the weekend with a testimonial at the new Emirates Stadium, and his potential successors are now vying for the chance to establish themselves as the next Gunners great.
Van Persie, who has been tipped to be Bergkamp's eventual replacement when he was signed from Feyenoord two years ago, believes he has benefited from playing and training with the veteran Dutchman.
"He helped me a lot, sometimes I think I was asking him too much and asking all types of things," said 22-year-old Van Persie to Arsenal TV Online.
"When I see how he lives, it's a great example - he's a different human being. The way he does it is, it's fantastic on and off the pitch.
"You have thoughts about your hero before you meet them and sometimes there is disappointment but with Dennis it's not."
Van Persie endured troubled times at the start of last season, having been kept in jail for two weeks last summer while under investigation after he was accused of rape, but was later cleared of any wrongdoing.
However, he finished the season strongly, scoring a spectacular goal against Aston Villa and easing Arsene Wenger's previous fears about the youngster's strength and temperament.
Jose Antonio Reyes, Tomas Rosicky and Theo Walcott will compete with Van Persie to play as Thierry Henry's foil this season, although all of them could also be deployed on the flank to replace Robert Pires.
"I took Rosicky to replace Robert. I moved very quickly after Robert told me he would go," said Wenger when Czech Republic international Rosicky signed for the club.
Bergkamp's future in the game appears uncertain as he appeared ready to walk away from football completely following his testimonial.
On his departure he praised Frank Rijkaard, his former Ajax team-mate who led Barcelona to victory over Arsenal in the Champions League final last season.
After Rijkaard appeared in the testimonial, Bergkamp added: "He has his heart in the right place, he is a really nice man and if anyone beat us I would want it to be him.
"I was happy for him that he won it with Barcelona. When I made my debut (for Ajax) he was there as well.
"He told me I had a golden future in front of me and now on the pitch he said I had an amazing career."
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Re:THE TOP 4
« Reply #55 on: July 25, 2006, 11:48:52 AM »
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who do you think the top 4 teams will be for this season?
For me its Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U and Spurs in that order.
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This is what I think it's gonna be:
1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Man Utd
5. Tottenham
This is what I want:
1. Arsenal
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Man U
5. Newcastle
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