Guest afternoonfix Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Kevin Keegan was talking to his lawyers last night as he considered launching a claim for constructive dismissal against Newcastle United After a day of drama in which owner Mike Ashley insisted Keegan had not been sacked as manager, the ex-England boss was in a Manchester hotel with his legal advisers. Newcastle do not want to pay the compensation on his contract, believed to be £8million. The 57-year-old believes his position at St James' Park has become untenable after a day of boardroom posturing. Although players and staff are expecting Keegan to take training this morning, his family and friends believe his time is over. His contract obliges him to pay more than £1million in compensation if he walks out and Keegan is exploring how to resolve the situation without actually resigning. The club have admitted Keegan and Ashley, along with members of the board, held two heated meetings, as exclusively revealed by Sportsmail yesterday. Transfer policy, the failure to tie Michael Owen to a new contract, the role of football director Dennis Wise and the aborted sale of Joey Barton, which fell through on transfer deadline day, were discussed. The Newcastle board were convinced Keegan had walked out following a ferocious row. He accused them of 'false promises' and they told him he knew he would be working within a budget when he returned to the club. 'We are not Chelsea or Manchester City,' one senior member of staff is said to have told the manager during the blazing row. Enlarge How it all went toon barmy Keegan left the second meeting yesterday morning believing he had been sacked but Newcastle put out a statement seven hours later claiming he had not been dismissed but remained an integral part of the club's future. This came a f t e r thousands of fans gathered outside the ground calling for Ashley's head. The billionaire sportswear tycoon is understood to have been unsettled by the adverse reaction of fans to Keegan's departure and the prospect of Wise taking over the reins with his former Leeds assistant and Chelsea team-mate Gus Poyet. The current regime is already reeling from the lowest attendance at St James' for more than a decade for the opening home fixture with Bolton, with an unheard of 4,500 empty seats. Huge pro-Keegan demonstrations are expected at their next game against Hull City on September 13. Keegan and Ashley clashed in a heated exchange over a number of issues which have been coming to a head for several weeks, with Keegan unable any longer to suppress his anger and frustration. He was upset that the entire squad was put up for sale on Monday as the transfer window closed and that two more players, Xisco and Nacho Gonzalez, were signed without his knowledge. Keegan was also disturbed by the plan to sell Joey Barton behind his back. Like summer additions Danny Guthrie, Fabricio Coloccini and Jonas Gutierrez, the latest signings have been scouted and hired by Wise and his fellow director Tony Jimenez, with Keegan having little say in the process. Keegan, who resigned as Newcastle manager in 1997 over the club's Stock Market sale, was fully aware of Wise's pending arrival when he took over but has not been comfortable with the reality of being a manager in name only. Former Ireland and Newcastle defender John Anderson, who played alongside Keegan on Tyneside in the early Eighties, said: 'It's no surprise. I think the way he has been treated has been shabby to say the least. From the outside it looks like he's been let down.' John Beresford, who played under Keegan during his first spell as manager from 1992-97, said: 'I can't tell you how bad this will be for the club. This could be devastating for Newcastle. Kevin Keegan had put the club back on track again - the fans were starting to feel pride in the club again.' http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1051950/Keegan-doomed---row-8m-Newcastle-compensation.html :-[ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 ...or what done who. new korean left back ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 ...or what done who. new korean left back ? mackems.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 The Hatemail's take on events. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1051950/Keegan-doomed---row-8m-Newcastle-compensation.html It's hard to not believe a lot of that. It's also hard to side fully with Keegan knowing that he wanted to keep Barton and Smith, which was one of the issues. Time for NUFC to implode me thinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Oh, and seems the "transfer team" are actually doing a good job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afternoonfix Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 gutted...............if true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 The Hatemail's take on events. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1051950/Keegan-doomed---row-8m-Newcastle-compensation.html " Keegan and Ashley clashed in a heated exchange over a number of issues which have been coming to a head for several weeks, with Keegan unable any longer to suppress his anger and frustration. He was upset that the entire squad was put up for sale on Monday as the transfer window closed and that two more players, Xisco and Nacho Gonzalez, were signed without his knowledge. Keegan was also disturbed by the plan to sell Joey Barton behind his back." What the fuck are they on about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 The Hatemail's take on events. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1051950/Keegan-doomed---row-8m-Newcastle-compensation.html " Keegan and Ashley clashed in a heated exchange over a number of issues which have been coming to a head for several weeks, with Keegan unable any longer to suppress his anger and frustration. He was upset that the entire squad was put up for sale on Monday as the transfer window closed and that two more players, Xisco and Nacho Gonzalez, were signed without his knowledge. Keegan was also disturbed by the plan to sell Joey Barton behind his back." What the fuck are they on about Taking the whole "every player has it price" a little too literally.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Having just seen the SSN stories for the first time, if I was Kevin, I would be hunting down each of his "friends" that he supposedly told he was leaving seeing as though one of these said "friends" has spouted off to someone in the media. If I was him I would batter them to within an inch of their lives Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer9 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm also curious why there are references to Man City spending so much money, surely all this started to go down before any of the Robinho/Berbatov/take-over stuff went down. Sounds like a load of bollocks to me. Some of it may be right, but it surely is almost entirely made up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxaux Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Surely after today no one believes what those shit spinners have to say after today of all days, they know about as much as we do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Having just seen the SSN stories for the first time, if I was Kevin, I would be hunting down each of his "friends" that he supposedly told he was leaving seeing as though one of these said "friends" has spouted off to someone in the media. If I was him I would batter them to within an inch of their lives Could be the root of the rumours and why everything could have been blown out of proportion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 out of interest, can other people see avatars and the amount of people online? I haven't been able to, is something up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 out of interest, can other people see avatars and the amount of people online? I haven't been able to, is something up? We've turned bits and pieces off to try to stop things from slowing up too much. Nowt to worry about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 out of interest, can other people see avatars and the amount of people online? I haven't been able to, is something up? We've turned bits and pieces off to try to stop things from slowing up too much. Nowt to worry about. cheers. Thought it was me browser fucking up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Donnymag Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 out of interest, can other people see avatars and the amount of people online? I haven't been able to, is something up? didnt even notice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 out of interest, can other people see avatars and the amount of people online? I haven't been able to, is something up? We've turned bits and pieces off to try to stop things from slowing up too much. Nowt to worry about. If the last couple of days are anything to go by, I reckon they might be staying that way for a few weeks yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 That was a long day.. I literally feel like shit now, I'll just post my take on things before I pass out. What I could make of the decrypted official statement and the lack of other information was that Keegan has walked out but the management are apparently persuading him to stay.. at least I hope that's the case, although it's unreasonable to believe that Keegan will back down as the differences with the other side must've been quite big to make him walk out in the first place.. I don't know what to think tbh, but I'm sure that Keegan realises that if he goes, we're left in the deep once again and the fans don't deserve another sequence of inadequate managers and several more years of underachievement. Ashley/Wise/Llambias or whoever have obviously let Keegan down and lied to him, but for the sake of the club, both sides need to compromise - it's their responsibility to not make us the laughing stock of the league again. I just hope tomorrow brings better news and today's events go down in history as a huge media over-reaction.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxaux Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Sack the mods I say, going behind our backs making changes. Jeez, they'll be employing ex-thugs to recruit new members soon. Will N-O ever be the same again? I'm thinking about giving up on it personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Sack the mods I say, going behind our backs making changes. Jeez, they'll be employing ex-thugs to recruit new members soon. Will N-O ever be the same again? I'm thinking about giving up on it personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 The Hatemail's take on events. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1051950/Keegan-doomed---row-8m-Newcastle-compensation.html " Keegan and Ashley clashed in a heated exchange over a number of issues which have been coming to a head for several weeks, with Keegan unable any longer to suppress his anger and frustration. He was upset that the entire squad was put up for sale on Monday as the transfer window closed and that two more players, Xisco and Nacho Gonzalez, were signed without his knowledge. Keegan was also disturbed by the plan to sell Joey Barton behind his back." What the f*** are they on about Apparently, the 'rumour' is that when Keegan went in for talks with Ashley yesterday, they held heated discussions and Ashley came out with the above statement, saying that noone was guarenteed to stay - if the offer was good enough, the player was out the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 The Hatemail's take on events. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1051950/Keegan-doomed---row-8m-Newcastle-compensation.html " Keegan and Ashley clashed in a heated exchange over a number of issues which have been coming to a head for several weeks, with Keegan unable any longer to suppress his anger and frustration. He was upset that the entire squad was put up for sale on Monday as the transfer window closed and that two more players, Xisco and Nacho Gonzalez, were signed without his knowledge. Keegan was also disturbed by the plan to sell Joey Barton behind his back." What the f*** are they on about Apparently, the 'rumour' is that when Keegan went in for talks with Ashley yesterday, they held heated discussions and Ashley came out with the above statement, saying that noone was guarenteed to stay - if the offer was good enough, the player was out the door. isn't that true of every player everywhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Tomorrows a new day, hopefully everything will be cleared up and we can get back to concentrating on how we will do against hull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Similar to at the end of last season, the club is a pantomime because of keegan throwing his toys out of the pram again in public. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Sack the mods I say, going behind our backs making changes. Jeez, they'll be employing ex-thugs to recruit new members soon. Will N-O ever be the same again? I'm thinking about giving up on it personally. Classic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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