Red Devils May Care
‘IT looks like being a football fan still counts for something, and we read with interest how Glenn Hoddle will not be returning to Southampton…yet.
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Rest assured their [fans] feeling will be taken into account, promised the message from the Saints boardroom, as posted on the clubs official website.
And so it would seem, as the Mail tells us how the club has delayed making any decision on Hoddle for a few weeks.
And while Southampton fans sweat it out, they might enjoy the distraction of watching the troubles enveloping the mighty Manchester United.
The Sun says that John Magnier, the Irish tycoon, has won his war with Uniteds manager Sir Alex Ferguson and will have a major say in how the club is run.
He has, through his company Cubic Expression, increased his stake in the club to 28.89%, a shade under the 29% that would force him to make a bid for full control, but enough to, in his opinion, entitle him to three seats on the board.
Ferguson should be a worried man – a mood not helped by his sides home defeat to Middlesbrough last night.
But salvation for the purple-faced Scot might come in the form of one Malcolm Glazer, who, says the Express, is on the verge of making his own bid to take control of the Old Trafford club.
We learn that Glazer is American and a billionaire. He and his sons, Joel, Edward and Bryan, are all big fans of Manchester United and will back Ferguson.
Of course, they might not and United might not be sold and Ferguson might or might leave under his own steam. Its all very much up in the air.
The only things for certain is what the Times Giles Smith tells us, namely that Conrad Gates has signed for Earl Park FC from Juventus.
This transfer is, of course, in the world of make-believe, a new update from the show called Footballers Wives.
But you can be sure that there are people at Chelsea who wonder how this rising star was allowed to slip though their catch-all net.
Heads will surely roll…’
Posted: 12th, February 2004 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
