Perth Glory team owner gives up on his dream of getting Beckham to play in Oz

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Tony Sage, the Perth Glory owner, has decided to give up on his goal of getting David Beckham to come and play for Australia after a chance meeting between the two occurred last week in London.

Sage happened to bump into Beckham during the Spice Girls inspired new stage show that premier at the O2 Arena in London. He explained that he was rebuffed by Beckham when he asked the England captain if he might be considering a move down to the south.

Sage who was a special guest of Mel B, stated that he had the chance to chat with David for a second and asked the football star if he had ever thought about coming to play for Australia. He went on to say that Beckham clearly looked him in the eye and said it was a nice idea but would be too far away from his businesses.

Beckham is in the process of scouting for a new club after he decided to call it quits on his five year stint with the LA Galaxy team in America last month. After the announcement was released the Football Federation of Australia claimed that they were negotiating with his agent.

Metropolitan Police cracking down on football related violence

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Today a group of football hooligans were arrested for an after match brawl as part of a new effort to crackdown on violence that is related to football matches.

The investigation that brought the arrests began after a fight started between Brighton & Hove Albion fans and Crystal Palace fans on November 10 following two separate football matches that took place on the same day.

Officers from the Met Investigations Team carried out six arrests during the early morning hours at addresses located in Sussex, Kent, and Surrey. Four of the men between the ages of 21 and 41 were arrested in Sussex and the other two men aged 21 and 28 were arrested in Kent and Surrey.

Later two more men were arrested from the Croydon area making it a total of eight men that were arrested as a result of the football fight.

Adebayor to quit international football due to a pay dispute

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Tottenham were given a slight edge when Emmanuel Adebayor announced that he will not continue to play internationally for Togo due to a pay dispute that was not promptly resolved. As a result, the Spurs striker will no longer take part at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

In his statement, the Sparrow Hawks player declared that despite the fact that he was the former captain of the team he will not continue to for Togo and last week he condemned the fact that he had not been paid after the stunning Morocco win that he led the team through.

In addition to issuing a statement, Adebayor also asked that the Togolese football federation place aside a sum of money that was paid to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. He explained that if the fees are not straightened out then he is not going to play internationally or for his country any longer. He said that within the FA the only thing that anyone ever worries about is money, and there are plenty of players that have only received half of their money or none of it.

Adebayor also expressed concern that players turn to him to ask about when they will be paid and it is a shame. He said he asked the Moroccan Federation who told him that the Togolese FA has been paid and that means that the President has the money but has not yet distributed it to any of the actual players choosing to keep it for himself.

Roberto Di Matteo continues to refute injury crisis claims at Chelsea

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Chelsea manager, Roberto Di Matteo, keeps denying that there is an injury crisis at his club. The latest addition to the list of injured players is team captain, John Terry, who was injured in Sunday’s game against Liverpool. Terry had to leave the stadium with a brace on his right knee and a pair of crutches, but the medical staff at Stamford Bridge denied that the injury is serious. Terry was injured after a collision with Suarez, minutes before the half-time whistle.

Terry was treated on the field for almost five minutes, before being carried off the field. The fact that Terry, a footballer known for his strength and aggressiveness, held his head with his hands, shows that he was indeed in a lot of pain. Currently, the other injured players at Chelsea are David Luiz who has tonsillitis and Ashley Cole who is suffering from a hamstring problem.

Di Matteo spoke for the media: “Terry’s injury is a problem for us, but we have good cover for the centre-back position, so I’m confident that the team will be ok.” Di Matteo added that he believes that Luiz and Cole will be ready for Saturday’s game against West Brom. However, Frank Lampard won’t be able to take part in this game, because of his calf problem.

The match against Liverpool was the first match for Terry after he was handed a four-match suspension due to racism. There is still no official information regarding Terry’s injury, but considering that it affected his right knee which was operated in February then it won’t be a surprise if Terry stays injured for several weeks or even months.

Di Matteo continued: “Hearing one of your players scream like that is concerning. Everyone at the club hopes that John’s injury isn’t as serious as it seems, but we’ll find out this in a couple of days.”

 

Cole believes he and Rio Ferdinand can be mates again

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Ashley Cole is ready to share a dressing room with England’s Rio Ferdinand after a statement saying that he believes that they can be pals again. Ferdinand and Cole fell out over Cole’s support of John Terry the Blues skipper.

However, Ferdinand may return for an international run with Cole when England attempts to take the World Cup qualifiers against Poland and San Marino.

Hodgson, the boss of England, has not spoken to Rio since he chose not to take him on the Euro 2012 squad, but now that Terry has decided to drop out of the world of international football he will have to do something.

Hodgson is not excited about the idea to take the Manchester United player back on his team, but Cole wants to make it clear that his strained relationship should not be a factor in the decision.

Cole was on the defence for Terry in a courtroom case against that charged Terry of racially abusing Rio’s brother. Terry was cleared of all of the charges but Ferdinand ended up with a FA fine after re-tweeting a racial comment against Cole.