Portsmouth administrator wants brand new team

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Portsmouth administrator wants brand new team Andrew Andronikou, the Portsmouth administrator, has announced that he would like the club to come back next season with an entirely new group of players after the team was granted permission by the Premier League to sell their players off outside of the normal transfer window time period.

Already Andronikou has announced the first ten team players who are up for sale with many more expected to come available during the summer when their contracts expire.

The club already faces a certain end after they lost nine points for entering administration.  Currently, they are attempting to raise £30m, so that they can reduce their debts.

The administrator stated that supporters can rest assured that there will be a next season for the time with all new players, but this time not only will the players be able to compete but the club will have a more secure future for the coming years.

He continued to say that the club will need to cleverly look into how to manage the greatest asset of a team, the actual players, which mean that they need to sell eight to ten members of their first team squad out of the 28 on the squad.

Andronikou expects to be able to pick up some replacement players on free transfers.

In order to sell players outside of the normal transfer window the Premier League has stipulated that Portsmouth must sell the players to a football league, the players will not be allowed to play this season, and the agreement for transfer must be made with the other club for the summer.

Kick4Life Charity to run one of the FIFA 20 centres for 2010 in Lesotho

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Kick4Life Charity to run one of the FIFA 20 centres for 2010 in Lesotho Kick4Life, a UK charity backed by the Vodafone Foundation to tackle the AIDS crisis in Lesotho in Southern Africa, announced it had been selected by FIFA to host a sport, health and education centre as part of ’20 Centres for 2010’ campaign.

In 2008, England Manager Fabio Capello visited a Kick4Life event in Lesotho where he witnessed a young boy being tested for HIV. It was here he called upon the world of football to do more in the fight against disease and poverty.

Kick4Life Charity to run one of the FIFA 20 centres for 2010 in Lesotho The ‘20 Centres for 2010’ will help increase awareness about HIV/AIDS, increase literacy, improve gender equality, integrate youth with intellectual disabilities and promote development in other targeted ways, leaving a social legacy for the African continent.

Kick4Life have spent the past four years delivering a range of programmes focused on tackling HIV by providing sports-based health education, voluntary testing, life-skills development and support into education and employment.

Steve Fleming, Kick4Life Co-Founder said:

“Being selected as a centre host as part of the official World Cup campaign is a fantastic development for Kick4Life that will provide a first class sports, health and education facility right in the heart of Maseru, Lesotho’s capital. It will enable us to deliver activities to thousands of orphans and vulnerable children in an aspirational setting, and become, we hope, a centre of excellence for the use of football as a tool for social development.”

Capello offered his congratulations at the announcement: “I have seen first hand how Kick4Life is actually changing lives for the better. This summer all eyes will be on South Africa, and it is my hope that we can harness the power of the game to transform the lives of some of the world’s most disadvantaged people, and continue to fight this disease”.

Kick 4 Life is a registered charity funded by The Vodafone Foundation. For more information & to see how you can get involved go to www.kick4life.org.

Footballers will see salary capping, Mawhinney

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Footballers will see salary capping, Mawhinney The outgoing Football League chairman, Brian Mawhinney, stated that it is inevitable that salary capping will occur because the current business model of England’s professional football league cannot be sustained without change.

Mawhinney stepped down from his position of chairman on Friday to Greg Clarke after seven years with a harsh warning that the clubs are spending more on players’ wages then is actually in their budget.

He continued to say that the business model is broken which can be seen throughout the administrations and that some clubs actually spend around 85% of their income on wages, which is not a sustainable business model in any setting.

In terms of a salary cap, Mawhinney stated that the Championship clubs are not ready to commit to the idea but it will need to happen down the line because it simply will not be sustainable in the long term.  He strongly campaigned for the introduction of a cap throughout his tenure as the Chairman of the League, which he concedes that many did not approve of him due to the fact that he was so vocal on the matter.

In particular, Mawhinney was questioned about Stockport County whose club has faced administration since the month of April last year, and there is still no resolution.  If they do not figure out a way to get out of the whole by next season the team will be in breach of Football League regulations.  He stated that if he were a fan of the team he would be quite concerned.

Colegate sees Cheryl harden her stance

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Colegate sees Cheryl harden her stance In the ongoing Cheryl vs. Ashley Cole wars, it’s still hard to tell where the battle lines are really drawn.  The last time they were photographed together was on February 12th at the hospital where Ashley was treated for a broken ankle.  Cheryl picked him up, but since then she has hardened her heart, in spite of attempts on his part to see her and “sort things out”.

According to sources close to the Chelsea star, Ashley has been pretty confident that the two will get back together, perhaps after a period of separation during which Cheryl will change her mind or at least soften up towards him.  Whether his hopes are unfounded remains to be seen.  She refused to see or speak to him when he arrived at their mansion to pack some of his belongings, and her mother showed him to the door.

Ashley left that non-encounter in the boot of a Range Rover, the possessions he had retrieved piled on the back seat.  Not a comfortable exit, especially for someone with an injured ankle.  He has been recuperating in a French sports clinic since the injury, and there is still doubt about whether he will make it to the World’s Cup this summer.

Meanwhile Cheryl’s state of mind has been described as extremely stressed.  Friends and associates say that she’s furious and tired of being a pushover, but the strain is telling on her.  She’s having trouble sleeping and has abrogated a lot of her promotional duties, behaviour that is very unlike her usual energetic involvement.