With Roy Keane out, the Mirror is reporting that the Sunderland gig is going to either Gordon Strachan or big Sam Allardyce. Other names allgedely in the mix…Alan Curbishley, freaky deaky Steve Mclaren and David O’Leary. Who do you think would be the better choice?
Former Manchester United and Ireland midfielder Roy Keane has resigned from Sunderland after three days of negotiations following their losing the last 5 out of 6 and slipping into the Relegation zone in the Barclay’s Premiership standings.
Big “Buzzkill” Phil and “Killjoy” Keano have forbidden their players from flying to Miami for a lavish bash this Christmas hosted by hip-hop stars Lil Wayne and Akon and including Kanye, Gwen and Michael Jackson. “The footballers were really up for a big night out but the bosses have said no.”
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UPDATE - Seems like the FA didn’t like what they heard as they have officially charged Newcastle head coach Joe Kinnear with “Improper Conduct”.
After branding Martin Atkinson a “Mickey Mouse referee” following Newcastle’s 2 - 1 defeat to Fulham at Craven Cottage, the English Football Association has chosen not to fine manager Joe Kinnear and instead has warned him of future conduct.
Speaking at his post-match press conference, he said: “[Claudio] Cacapa was on the ball and [Andy] Johnson completely pushes him out the way, nicks the ball and gets the penalty.
It was a costly decision to head over to the Tyneside to celebrate Newcastle’s Obafemi Martins’ 24th birthday party for Sunderland’s Djibril Cisse, El - Hadji Diouf and Pascal Chimbonda.
After an internal investigation of the trio being spotted out and about until the early hours of Friday, just 48 hours before Sunderland’s 5 - 0 loss at Chelsea, Keane laid down a financial punishment.
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Keane said: ‘We hope players behave in a certain way they have had a fair hearing and its has been dealt with.’
Texas businessman Ellis Short bought a significant stake in Sunderland, the English Premier League told The Associated Press on Friday. Short is co-founder of Dallas-based private equity group Lone Star Funds. In August, he acquired more than 30 percent of the consortium that owns the club in northeast England.
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West Ham’s Alan Curbishley has claimed that they have accepted an 8 Million Pound bid from Roy Keane’s Sunderland for the services of 23 year old Anton Ferdinand.
The 6 foot centerback has appeared over 135 times for the Hammers in the Premiership and with his refusal to sign a contract extension, West Ham is seemingly forced to make the move now before potentially losing him for free.
The board have accepted the bid - he’s not renegotiated his contract - and the decision was taken out of my hands.
‘I don’t know where Anton is in terms of signing for Sunderland - but once the club accept the bid it moves on.”image via Img
UPDATE - It didn’t take long for Djibril Cisse to make his mark on his return to the Barclay’s Premiership with Roy Keane’s Sunderland as they beat Tottenham 2-1.
“Cisse has got that physical presence and the pace and we had a feeling amongst the staff that if he got on he could do a bit of damage to Tottenham and he certainly did”, said head boss Keane who gave Cisse his debut 65 minutes into the match.
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Roy Keane and Sunderland have seemingly captured one of the most intriguing players of the 2008 summer transfer window in oft-injured French striker Djibril Cisse on loan from Ligue1 side Marseille.
Cisse, who’s first stint in the Barclay’s Premiership with Liverpool started brightly before snapping his tibula and fibula after being tackled only 19 games into the season at Blackburn, fell out with Rafa Benitez over the Spaniard’s insistence over playing Cisse in a wide role instead of his preferred striker position, which led to his loan and subsequent sale to Marseille.
