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    Blow to Man Utd as ‘staff leave’ over Mason Greenwood and Antony scandals as stars are given behavioural training

    MANCHESTER United stars are being educated on how to create “healthier relationships and behaviours” as staff reportedly leave the club.CEO Richard Arnold has told staff the club learned a lot in the wake of former striker Mason Greenwood’s case.
    CEO Richard Arnold said that stars are being educated on how to create “healthier relationships and behaviours”Credit: AFP
    Greenwood had all charges against him dropped in February
    Mr Arnold said that Utd are working to make sure at the front of players’ minds is promoting healthier relationships and behaviours.
    Greenwood, 22, was arrested in October last year but all charges were dropped in February by the Crown Prosecution Service.
    The striker – who has denied any wrongdoing – was provided with a pathway back to football by La Liga side Getafe.
    Meanwhile Brazil star Antony has vowed to clear his name after allegations of assault were levelled at him in bombshell claims.
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    Antony has strongly denied all allegations made against him and volunteered to meet cops in Manchester for questioning.
    He was also voluntarily interviewed by Brazilian cops in June and was free to leave for the UK after cooperating with Sao Paulo police.
    Antony has not been arrested or charged in either the UK or Brazil.
    Now, some United staff have started the process of searching for new work, reports MailOnline.
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    Last month, United CEO Richard Arnold led an all-staff meeting during which he was grilled extensively about the club’s handling of situations.
    Those who attended were left under no illusion of the level of dissatisfaction from staff.
    This is allegedly because of the disappointment at how the club handled the cases.
    But sources insist there has not been a spike in staff exits following the Greenwood and Antony sagas.
    United employ over 1,000 people and have a regular turnover of staff.
    Teresa Parker, head of media at Women’s Aid, said she has been sharing information about domestic abuse with United and the club has listened to feedback from survivors.
    She said: “We welcome these conversations.”
    Antony previously said that he “trusts ongoing police investigations” to reveal the “truth about my innocence”.
    Last month, the star gave a tearful interview in which he denied the allegations made against him, and stated he does not fear for his United future.
    But beyond Greenwood and Antony, staff are also understood to have confronted Arnold over structural imbalances within the club.
    It comes as Greenwood spoke out after scoring his first professional goal for nearly two years following his loan move to Getafe.
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    The English striker, 22, scored to send Spanish side Getafe 2-1 up at Celta Vigo in La Liga on Sunday.
    Greenwood arrived at Getafe on deadline day this summer and made his debut on September 17.
    Antony has vowed to prove his innocence and has not been charged by cops in the UK or abroadCredit: Alamy More

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    Ex-Man City star banned from driving & given community work after being caught in Mercedes while disqualified

    A FORMER Manchester City star has been banned from driving and given community work after being caught behind the wheel while disqualified.Leeds United player Ian Poveda was caught driving a Mercedes-Benz AMG A180 while banned in Manchester on April 14 of last year.
    Ian Poveda was caught driving a Mercedes-Benz AMG A180 while bannedCredit: Rex
    The young winger figured for Pep Guardiola’s first team just once
    The 23-year-old appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
    He was handed a six month driving ban and a community order for 140 hours of unpaid work.
    Poveda was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge and court costs, but avoided a fine.
    The young winger figured for Pep Guardiola’s first team just once.
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    He joined the Whites on a permanent deal in 2020 and played for a number of clubs throughout his youth career including Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona.
    The offence happened while Poveda was on loan with Blackburn Rovers and out injured.
    Asked about his court appearance in September, manager Daniel Farke said: “I respect my players as being human beings and also mature, and they have a private life.
    “Obviously I always prefer when in their private life everything’s okay, but like all human beings [have to be] also professional.
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    “We all have sometimes our times when it’s also a bit tough for us due to private reasons or whatever and then we still have to keep going in our job.
    “So again, it’s also like I asked him to be professional and to concentrate on the hard work.”
    Poveda has made four appearances for the Championship side this season.
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    Ally McCoist in shock career move as Rangers hero unveils new business venture with son

    RANGERS legend Ally McCoist has started a chauffeur and limos firm, we can reveal.The footie hero, 61, set up the business with his eldest lad Alexander, 29.
    McCoist has started a new business venutreCredit: Getty
    But since forming AM Executive Chauffeur Ltd he has been fined for speeding twice on the same day.
    Officials say the pair’s company is involved in the “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles”.
    It’s registered in Erskine, Renfrewshire, with both Coisty and his lad named as its sole directors.
    Last month the ex-Scotland football legend was hit with £510 in fines after he admitted going over the speed limit twice on January 6.

    Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard the former Rangers striker was clocked driving at 48mph in a 30mph zone in Tarbet, Argyll. And on the same day McCoist was also recorded doing 55mph in a separate 30mph zone on the A83 in nearby Arrochar.
    The telly pundit, of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, also had four penalty points added to his licence.
    His vehicles business was incorporated days before he was cleared of liability for a £244,000 insurance bill.
    Aviva claimed he should’ve stopped son Argyll, 24, driving his motor before a hit-and-run crash in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, in 2016.
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    Victim Stephan Murdoch was given a £200,000 compo payout. But a judge said Ally did not have to pay up for his uninsured lad.
    Last night a source said: “Ally has a lot of contacts who like to be driven about in limos, so this could be a nice earner.”
    And last night Sheffield Hallam University sport finance expert Dr Dan Plumley said diversifying income and considering business alternatives was vital for retired professional footballers.
    He added: “Of course, they are also often in a more privileged position to do some of these things linked to their profile as a footballer.
    “It is a case of leveraging that as much as possible to your advantage, just like any business will do with its brand and reputation.”
    Ally McCoist has set up a chauffeur firmCredit: Getty
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    Ten Hag sends Man Utd flops brutal warning over ‘one or two players not doing their job’ & calls team a ‘pack of cards’

    ERIK TEN HAG has dealt his Manchester United players another warning, saying: Stop ­folding like a pack of cards.The Red Devils’ supposed aces have looked like jokers — conceding 14 goals in their last five games and losing three in a row.
    Erik ten Hag has told Man Utd they must start defending and attacking as a whole team after their poor start to the seasonCredit: Getty
    The Red Devils were well beaten by Bayern despite the narrow 4-3 marginCredit: Rex
    Keeper Andre Onana blamed himself for the opener in GermanyCredit: Rex
    Lisandro Martinez shows the dejection of United playersCredit: Getty
    But Ten Hag has also claimed his shuffled Old Trafford squad and staff are ‘united’ — despite Jadon Sancho being kept out of the pack.
    On United’s defending, the Dutch boss said: “It’s about 11 players who do their job.
    “I  always tell my players we attack with 11 and defend with 11.
    “When one or two are not doing their job, it’s like a pack of cards. So that is not only one or two players.”
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    Asked if he knew why a team that had the most clean sheets in the league last season, 17, is now not working for each other, Ten Hag replied: “No.
    “When you are in a period like we are in, you are asking yourself these questions. My job is to get them to do the job.
    “We have shown that we can do it.
    “Last year we had the most clean sheets in the Premier League because we defended very well as a team. We have to get back to those standards.
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    “I am pushing the team and demanding from the team. So why are they not doing it?
    “I try to find out,  I try to get and give  solutions and try to motivate the players to do the job.”
    Sancho remains out in the cold for refusing to apologise to Ten Hag for his  social media post hitting back at claims that he was not working hard enough in training.
    Despite this, Ten Hag yesterday claimed everyone at the club is pulling in the same direction.
    He said: “It’s my second year. I know it’s not always going up, you will have your gaps and you get stronger from it as long as you stay together, that’s what we’re doing.
    “The dressing room, staff, all the staff, coaches, medical, everyone is united.”
    Ten Hag has vowed to do everything he can to get to the bottom of United’s latest slump as they prepare for a trip to Burnley this weekend.
    He said: “As a manager you have many tools and I make sure I use them.
    Marcus Rashford’s effort out of possession was criticised by Stuart PearceCredit: PA
    “You have to be creative, you have to be innovative.”
    The criticism is piling up though, especially after the Champions League beating in Munich on Wednesday.
    England legend Stuart Pearce took aim at Marcus Rashford for his lack of effort off the ball.
    He told talkSPORT, Rashford was running ‘like he has a fridge on his back’.
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    Pearce added: “Too many have jacked it in. Rashford half running back and Casemiro half running back.”
    Fans were also incensed with Scott McTominay being outpaced by the REF after he had lost the ball. More

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    I’m an international football manager dreaming of reaching the World Cup – but I also work as a dentist

    HEIMER HALLGRIMSSON is using his wisdom as Jamaica’s head coach – when he is not pulling out wisdom teeth in his other job as a dentist. The Icelandic manager took over as the Reggae Boyz boss in September 2022.
    Heimir Hallgrimsson is the head coach of the Jamaica national football teamCredit: Getty
    He is also a fully qualified dentistCredit: Refer to Caption
    And he dreams of taking his adopted nation to the next World Cup – in the United States, Canada and Mexico in 2026.
    But if things do not work out for Hallgrimmsson in the Caribbean, he knows he can return home to his tiny Icelandic island of Heimaey and resume his dentistry full-time.
    The former defender, who first cut his teeth in management at Hottur’s women’s team while playing for the men in 1993, opened his own clinic nearly 30 years ago – even combining his pro career on the pitch by seeing patients in the dentist chair.
    He did put the fillings and treatments on the backburner when he co-managed Iceland at Euro 2016 and then took over singlehandedly for the nation’s first World Cup appearance in 2018.
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    Hallgrimmsson told SunSport ahead of the tournament in Russia: “I still have my clinic and I like to keep my fingers working.
    “So I try to go there as much as I can in my spare time and do some dentistry.
    “Some coaches go and play golf, I do dentistry.
    “The reality of a football coach, you never know when you are out of a job so it’s good to have another profession to jump into.
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    “The clients love it, and I love it too.
    “They talk about football until I’m fed up… and then I give them anaesthesia!”
    Hallgrimmsson even had to step into action while watching a game from the stands in 2016 – even having to repair a tooth.
    He added: “I was watching a local women’s game when one of the players got knocked out and her tooth came out.
    “So I jumped on the pitch and put the tooth back in, took her to a dental office and fixed it.
    “That kind of thing can happen.”
    It may seem like two totally different careers – football management and dentistry.
    But Hallgrimmsson certainly sees some similarities, adding: “Working as a dentist has helped me a lot as you’re always working one-on-one.
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    “Some people are really afraid of going to the dentist, so you have to find the right way to talk to each individual client.
    “You might have to relax one, be funny to the next one, be serious to the third, but you have to be quick to adapt. It is the same with footballers.”
    Jamaica have played at just one World Cup previously, winning one and losing two of their group games in France in 1998.
    But under the tutelage of Hallgrimmsson, they could be in with a shot of making it in three years’ time.
    Hallgrimmsson will be hoping to get experience in facing some of the big hitters in international football, including world champions Argentina, at the 2024 Copa America, which has six spots for CONCACAF nations.
    Demarai Gray, Michail Antonio, Leon Bailey, Bobby Decordova-Reid and incoming Chelsea youngster Dujuan Richards help make up an exciting Jamaica squad.
    He said: “I think we can do good things in the World Cup in 2026. We are just starting our journey.
    “Now we have to try to find players, to select players who we want to have on the bus on this long journey to 2026, and this is like the beginning for us the coaches.
    “I have to be patient and Jamaica has to be patient, but given the quality of the players I think we can be very, very good.
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    “To prepare for the World Cup, it would be huge to be able to play in the Copa America finals with the likes of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and so forth.
    “Our plan, our aim, our mission is to do well in the USA, Canada, and Mexico in 2026.”
    Jamaica are aiming to qualify for the 2026 World CupCredit: Getty
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    Gary Lineker reveals he snubbed Premier League manager job offer – and gives three brutally honest reasons why

    GARY LINEKER revealed he turned down the opportunity to work as a manager in the Premier League.Lineker is arguably the most famous UK media personality thanks mostly to his work as presenter of Match of the Day ever since he took over from Des Lynam in 1999.
    Gary Lineker revealed Match of the Day could have looked very differentCredit: BBC
    However, the popular football show could have looked very different if the ex-England star decided to follow in the footsteps of fellow legends and try his luck in management.
    The 62-year-old was offered the top job at Aston Villa and his beloved Leicester in the 1990s.
    In fact, the late Doug Ellis – who was Villa chairman from 1982 until 2006 – called the Tottenham legend personally and offered him the position.
    But the Barcelona hero turned down the opportunity, just like he did with the Foxes, because that career path never “appealed” to him.
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    The ex-Everton star was certain that wouldn’t work and is adamant he wouldn’t “have been very good at it”
    The popular presenter also remembered how much he disliked training as a player.
    Finally, the former striker wouldn’t be able to handle a dressing room as he couldn’t even be able to leave someone out of the team.
    Lineker told The Rest Is Football: “It never appealed, for a variety of reasons.
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    “I don’t think I’d have been very good at it. I don’t think I could have coped with leaving someone out of the team.
    “I never really loved training, I found it quite boring most of the time. So if I didn’t like training, I’m not going to really like watching training. It just never, ever, ever crossed my mind.
    “I got a couple of job offers, I think Villa, Doug Ellis asked me to be Villa manager, and Leicester did at one point.
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    Lineker was offered the opportunity to manage Aston Villa and LeicesterCredit: BBC
    “I got a phone call from Doug Ellis, it was shortly after, I can’t remember the era apart from the fact that it was relatively soon after I’d finished playing.
    “And he said, ‘Would you be interested in the Aston Villa job?’ And I just said, ‘Management is not for me, sorry Doug’.” More

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    PGMOL share job vacancy as football fans say ‘I think I’ll pass on that one’ after VAR controversy

    FOOTBALL fans were quick to “pass” on a new job opportunity at the PGMOL following the latest VAR controversy.Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was fuming after his side’s defeat at Arsenal on Sunday, while Gooners believed they were robbed of a second half penalty.
    Both Arsenal and Man Utd were raging at VAR calls last weekendCredit: Rex
    The first controversy came when Havertz went down after darting between Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Casemiro.
    Referee Anthony Taylor initially pointed to the spot, only for him to change his mind after being sent to the pitch-side screen for an Off Field Review.
    Arsenal fans pointed to the contact between their man and Wan-Bissaka to argue that the original call could not have been a “clear and obvious error” – but Aussie VAR Jarred Gillett recommended a review after Taylor told him he had given the offence for a trip by the United defender, clipping Havertz’s left heel.
    The video of the incident then showed that there was clear distance between Wan-Bissaka’s foot and the Arsenal ace, who was then felt to have inadvertently instigated the subsequent contact by moving his left leg off a straight line – as Taylor agreed when he took his second look at the clash.
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    Dutchman Ten Hag was then raging about the “camera angle” of the offside call which ruled out Alejandro Garnacho’s late goal in normal time.
    The incidents have been hotly-debated by pundits and supporters alike since, although Premier League referee chiefs have backed EVERY key decision made in Arsenal’s controversial win.
    Now it has emerged that the PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited) are advertising for a new Communications officer to join their team.
    But after all of the fresh drama regarding officials, a lot of supporters were quick to make light of the vacancy after it was shared on social media.
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    “Think I’ll pass on this one,” said one with a fellow fan tweeting: “One job where you’ll truly earn your wage.”
    Another said: “Now there’s a job and a half…”
    While a fellow footy supporter commented: “Seriously hope that pays well – it needs to.” More

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    I thank Anthony Joshua for making sure my undercard fight goes ahead… it means I don’t have to go back work this week

    BOXER Maisey Rose Courtney thanked Anthony Joshua for keeping her undercard fight alive – so she doesn’t have to go back to work just yet. Courtney features on AJ’s card on Saturday night at the O2 Arena against Gemma Ruegg.
    Maisey Rose Courtney ahead of her fight on Anthony Joshua’s undercardCredit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing
    But that bout and the event itself faced the KO after Dillian Whyte was withdrawn amid a failed drug test.
    Thankfully for Courtney & Co, Robert Helenius filled in on seven days notice to make sure the shows does go on.
    Courtney, 22, told SunSport: “I thank the lot of them.
    “I thank Eddie for doing it, all of Matchroom, DAZN, Anthony Joshua of course and even Helenius for taking the fight.
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    “I’m just grateful that it’s actually happening.”
    Courtney ensures she gets more ring time and another purse to her name but she will have to wait a little longer to snack out.
    She said: “I would definitely have ate a little bit more. I haven’t been eating a lot.
    “I would have treated myself to maybe a packet of crisps or some chips, then straight back to it.
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    “I haven’t got time to be wasting weeks and months because a fight has been called off. I want to be fighting.”
    Courtney works as a PT and coach at former world champion Darren Barker’s 12×3 Boxing club in London.
    And had she been denied the chance to return on the weekend, then the flyweight would have rocked up for her Saturday session as normal.
    She said: “I would have had to have gone back to work. I would’ve gone back to PTing people and teaching classes.
    “Without that, I don’t have any other way of getting through the month, that’s my pay.”
    Courtney’s class are still due to see her this week as they continue to show their support to the prospect prizefighter.
    She said: “I’ve got loads of regulars that come actually. They support me massively. They see the hard work that I put in.
    “They see me with a black eye, when I’ve been beaten up in sparring.”
    Courtney prepares for her fourth professional bout and steps up in class against Ruegg, who beat her last opponent Kate Radomska.
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    She said: “This is a good step up for me, she’s the one person that beat my last opponent.
    “So now I’m ready for that step up, I’m ready to fight someone that’s tougher. I like getting drawn into the fight and Gemma does that.”
    Maisey Rose Courtney ahead of her fightCredit: PA More