Calling the Shots: How to Win in Football and Life

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After meeting the pair, Kelly got straight to work. The FA commissioned an executive from Saatchi & Saatchi, Alex Fynn, to imagine how a new league might be organised and the revenues it might generate. Kelly also hired Parry, then a management consultant at Ernst & Young, to act as emissary to the Big Five. I was out the club. I was ostracised … so I just had to get the best price I could for the shares. But also thinking that maybe whoever I sold to could end up owning the club and then I would end up driving the car again. I didn't have an agenda. Kroenke in his wisdom had a value on the shares which wasn’t the same as mine. I ran Usmanov’s [Arsenal investment] vehicle for a year and built him up to 30 per cent. I had sold him 15 per cent and then I withdrew and that was it. I hardly saw him after that. That was the transaction.” The story regarding Eriksson and Ulrika Jonsson (left) broke just before the 2002 World Cup, while his relationship with Faria Alam (right), David Davies' PA, attracted plenty of headlines It was an historic moment, the blazers hustled by the suits. For those who have since watched the England team struggle or seen their club fall ever further behind the zenith of the domestic game, with the chance of winning the Premier League not even a dream, it is indeed a sporting tragedy. But at that very moment something miraculous also happened, a piece of administrative genius that would capture another, vastly greater audience. Within minutes of Millichip’s fateful words, the clubs had heard enough. They announced they would design the league among themselves. Millichip, in a further act of anachronistic gentlemanliness, offered them a conference room next door. The clubs took it and appointed Parry, who had been working in a second role for Kelly as ambassador on behalf of the breakaway, to a third job: that of chairman of the putative league. Ex-Liverpool keeper Kirkland reveals he was 'taking the equivalent of six shots of heroin a day' and 'should have died' from addiction to a pill that's to be banned

Unai Emery plays down Aston Villa's top four chances and claims there are SEVEN teams more likely to finish above them after his side's 2-1 triumph over Tottenham Man United 'legends' reunite for a game in Dubai with some looking unrecognisable (and some you might not recognise anyway!) I don't know where his mind was': Glenn Hoddle suggests Manuel Akanji's error which allowed Lois Openda to give RB Leipzig the lead against Man City was down to Pep Guardiola's tactical instructions One of the best things an aspiring career-author can do is develop a mailing list. By setting up a newsletter for fans to enjoy, you’re also building a list of people you can easily reach out to any time you launch a new book. Establishing a mailing list is a lot easier than it sounds, and you can get started right away by enrolling in our free course on setting up your mailing list.Now sanctioned in the aftermath of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, Usmanov – often referred to as Putin’s favourite oligarch – would have been a disastrous owner for Arsenal had he been able to gain control. Did Dein make a mistake in selling to him? “Not at the time,” he says. “We are all clever with hindsight. You are looking now. When I sold my shares in 2007, I gave Kroenke first option. He was my preferred buyer. Quite frankly he didn’t offer me what I thought the shares were worth. He openly said to me ‘If you think you can do better you must do so, David’. I said, ‘Okay fine’. The next thing is Usmanov appeared. Dominik Szoboszlai downs a shot in the stands after helping Hungary qualify for Euro 2024... as he leads celebrations following win over Montenegro Soon The Premier League announced itself as a legal entity separate from the FA. It may have ditched first the Football League, then the FA before it had even come into existence, but it had also created a framework that would not have been possible under either. By streamlining its governance, the Premier League was more agile than its predecessors. By altering the TV formula, each club had a stake in making it work. This would not have been possible under either. It was one ideally suited to a new era, in which television would become the most important way to consume the sport, and where that sport would be less a competition between domestic tribes and more an internationalised branch of the entertainment industry. Still, plans for the competition, now known as the Premier League (the title having been adjudged less confrontational than the original “Super League”) pushed relentlessly onwards. With more and more clubs interested, a meeting was convened with the FA to discuss the fine print. It was to be a fateful meeting. FA suspend council member for saying 'Adolf Hitler would be proud of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu', as they launch investigation

Ex-LaLiga star and Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena's cardiologist reveals he chose to have a defibrillator REMOVED a year before he collapsed and died EXCLUSIVE: Sky Sports PULLED an interview with Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham calling for the Premier League to drop their 10-point penalty against Everton... as the Toffees fan calls the move 'deeply troubling' What a load of s***': Alan Shearer leads the outrage as Newcastle are denied a famous win over PSG by a... David Dein was appointed President of G14 in October 2006 and used his time at the head of the organisation to try to reduce the tension between clubs and country and develop better relations between clubs and international governing federations such as UEFA and FIFA. At the time several legal disputes between clubs and FIFA and national associations relating to the release of players for international matches were on-going. It led to an agreement on compensation for the release of players for international tournaments. Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards debate their England starting XI for Euro 2024 with the trio disagreeing on THREE positionsIn that meeting, which lasted less than two hours, the clubs and Parry created the founders’ agreement. It is not legally binding but it has acquired a kind of sanctity, close to that of a religious text. Inside were two simple changes that were to prove incredibly profound. The first was that, within the Premier League, everything would be voted on by the clubs, every club would have one vote, and every vote would require a two-thirds majority to pass. There would be no committees or sub-committees. Secondly, at the behest of the smaller clubs, all TV revenue would be split in a new way. The Premier League would no longer share its money with the lower divisions. But neither would the Big Five take a share commensurate to their size. All money would be divided 50-25-25. 50% was to be split equally between the clubs, 25% according to the league position achieved in the previous season and only 25% dependent on the number of times a club appeared on TV. (A footnote: any international TV revenues, which then were nigh-on zero, were to be divided equally.) Zlatan Ibrahimovic's son is selected for Sweden Under 15s boot camp... as former national team manager plays down comparisons David Dein said: ‘It’s time to break away.’ They were going to break away and had worked out that the absolutely crucial element of this was the FA. If they could get the governing body on side, then they could do it.” Max Verstappen jokes about going 'straight to the nightclub' in hilarious footage from car ride with Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez after Sin City win

Tottenham lead Premier League tributes for Terry Venables after their former manager, who won the FA Cup with Spurs in 1991 and led England at Euro '96 Chelsea and England star Cole Palmer admits he 'can't stop seeing' video of him singing reggae dancehall song, as he opens up on his West Indies roots Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa: Pau Torres and Ollie Watkins goals see visitors come from behind to win as injury-hit Spurs suffer a third-straight Premier League defeat after Giovani Lo Celso had put them ahead Former Premier League and England defender RETIRES at the age of 41... as he decides to call it a day after failing to find a new club following his release by Stoke at the end of last seasonRECAP PSG vs Newcastle - Champions League - Live score, team news and updates as Kylian Mbappe slots home injury-time penalty to deny Toon famous and vital win as Tino Livramento is harshly penalised for handball