Authorities told the Spanish daily El Pais that Aubameyang was hit and forced to open a safe where the couple kept jewellery. However, presenter Richard Keys who slammed the players and manager for celebrating their win. Ive turned that to my advantage now so, if there are a few of us going to play golf, Ill play with him because when hes on your side, everything will go your way. Richard Keys divorced his wife with cancer and slept with his daughters friend.Andy Gray sacked for making derogatory, sexist comments about female referee Sian Massey and other female figures in football. Im hearing that the 49ers wanted him in last summer along with a wish list of players hed worked with before the likes of Minamino and Brenden Aaronson, Keys explained on his blog. Maybe he has another coach who does the back four.". Well play out instead with his claim that the World Cup drives many western economies something that at the very least should put our hero in the front running to become the next emeritus professor of economics at the University of a Qatari City That Hasnt Been Built Yet But Is Being Slung Up To Stop A Stadium Looking Silly. It was nothing to do with Sian. The 62-year-old fronted Sky's football coverage since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992, until his shamed exit in 2011. Andy has become a very good operator journalistically, hes very sharp. The former Sky Sports anchor is of the view that if the Marsch appointment does not work then the proposed full buyout of Leeds by the 49ers will look very different. If we drove similar cars, which we dont, his would have to be quicker than mine and Im sure it would be. Despite the suggestions, Guardiola decided not to heed their advice. "He (Guardiola) could go and watch Roy Hodgson work, or bring Sam Allardyce in on a temporary basis. But for Sky Sports leadership, that was a price worth paying to set the right standards of behaviour. And City have improved hugely defensively ever since, and have now kept clean sheets in each of their last four Premier League games. He has worked ever since for the When Coventry lost at Aston Villa on the last day of last season, I was resigned to accepting relegation so I was mellow, but during the course of that season I was very highly strung. If you talk to our match reporter, Geoff Shreeves, hell tell you Im highly strung, but others would say Im fairly mellow. We have our own atmosphere which mirrors whats going on outside. Its headquarters in Osterley, Keys and Grays own domain, was besieged by journalists from other organisations. Keys has revealed that he has heard Leeds part-owners the 49ers wanted to bring in Marsch last summer, along with two players the American worked with at Red Bull Salzburg in the shape of Takumi Minamino and Brenden Aaronson. For Arsenal fans, Saturday's win over Fulham was just as sweet as Richard Keys' post-match reaction was salty.. Gabriel's late winner sealed a 2-1 victory for the Gunners as they maintained their 100% record to remain top of the Premier League, sparking jubilant scenes around the Emirates at full time.. And frankly, who are we to opine on how other nations fill that Alan Shearer-shaped hole in their forecasting models? Coming from behind to gain 3 points entitles you to celebrate as much as you want. Last week, when she ruled a full-speed Timo Werner just offside in the Leicester vs Chelsea game and was vindicated by the technology, she was widely praised for getting such a difficult call correct. Ok. Did Arsenal get the wrong man in Mikel Arteta? So dont ever think that it was.. If this goes wrong theyre sunk and that 2024 buyout takes on a very different look.. The former Sky Sports presenter broke his silence with an apologists masterclass on behalf of his new homeland, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Richard Keys said he has found Qataris 'a delight to do business with'. While acknowledging that there is still work to be done on gender balance in top management roles, female staff talk of an atmosphere that is far more modern than it was a decade ago. Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 2, 2022. Ten Hag admitted he always intended to use Weghorst as a striker, with his recent role as a number 10 a spur of the moment decision. If Andy has gone, there is nothing I want to be associated with, no one I want to be working with left if that is the case. So Keys called up Sky Sports and told them that he was quitting. Read more, Editorial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected], Commercial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected]. Now Sian Massey-Ellis after getting married in 2018, she has officiated consistently at the highest levels of the mens and womens games, at a club and international level. Keys and Gray, seen here in 2012, have continued to work together after leaving Sky Sports (Photo: Tim Whitby/Getty Images). Even for him, this has to be a new low, which says a lot given what he did to his family. Even senior staff were taken by surprise by the constant stream of leaks from inside their organisation. , Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) January 22, 2023, READ MORE: Seven Arsenal players Piers Morgan has ripped into & how they bit back. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Who ultimately then becomes the master of discipline? (I'm not sure if there are different Chelsea's?) What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. Instead, Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected strike before Gabriel made amends by bundling home the winner five minutes from the end. Doha government contests blog claiming 1,200 migrant workers have died on World Cup construction sites - but article has been repeated across the world, Louise Glass was centre of the sexism row involving former Sky Sports pundits Richard Keys and Andy Gray. https://t.co/1yi0rEjrZj, Richard Keys now moving into touchline policing:"Have I missed something? No entourage, no agent, no minders. What sets him apart is his ability to tell you how and why a footballer is able to do what he does. FC Barcelona confirmed the incident and said the player and his wife are doing well. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images, Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process. So, when Keys attempted to backtrack slightly after his Fulham rant, the former Netherlands midfielder held the knitted puppet to account in characteristic style. She was a little embarrassed, he added. Theres much work to be done on workers rights and various freedoms, he concedes of Qatar. While Andy Gray, unexpectedly cast as the voice of reason, opined his feeling that the bridges were burnt between Arteta and Ozil, Keys somehow resisted the urge to speculate on how Sam Allardyce wouldve dealt with the situation. After Paul the Octopus coiled off this mortal shuffle a few months after the 2010 World Cup, a Chinese film director called Jiang Xiao addressed local conspiracy theories with a film called Who Killed Paul the Octopus?, and declared herself 60-70% convinced that Paul had died before the World Cup final, and the Germans have been covering up his death and fooling us [with a body double] for a long time. When did Arteta get special dispensation to stand on the touch line for 90 minutes waving his arms about like a broken windmill? 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. She has run the line at the 2017 European Championship, 2018 Champions League final and 2019 World Cup in the womens game, and recently moved into the mens Europa League. Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have not just made themselves favourites for the Premier League, theyve ruffled the feathers of a certain Richard Keys in the process. Whenever we do anything head-to-head, whether it be golf or even tossing a coin, he will always win. While Gray was sacked after a separate leak showed the pundit making sexist comments about official Sian Massey-Ellis. In response, Martin Keown showed all the ruthlessness of his playing days by two-footing the beIN presenter. I think not.. 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Keys signed his deal to leave and was then escorted back to his car by two security staff. Theyve beaten Fulham. Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 20:13. pic.twitter.com/yvs2i7egrj, I see @richardajkeys is still banging on about Arsenal over celebrating. For some time Ive been working on a theory that Richard Keys is a double agent, whose fawning posts about the Qatar powers-that-be place him so far beyond the realms of useful idiocy that the former Sky Sports presenter can only be working on behalf of those who seek fatally to undermine the emirate. Richard Keys on Everton fans. Yes, this prick does, and yes, he always did. The two men were taken off Monday Night Football, a game Chelsea won 4-0 at Bolton Wanderers. But although Arsenal's fans, Marsch took over at RB Leipzig last summer, but only lasted in the job at the Bundesliga club until December, when he was sacked. . We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. A female assistant referee working in the mens game remains rare, however. FT: @Arsenal 2-1 @FulhamFC "They're over celebrating this It's a 2-1 win against newly promoted Fulham! Mobile football strategy game is already past the 500k mark on iPhone and iPad. @richardajkeys suggests the manager they should have signed! Since taking over the Baggies in December, Allardyce and his side have conceded three goals or more on four occasions, and in total they have leaked a massive 24 goals in eight games. Keys couches his response to the Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process as his caving into an irresistible clamour for him to break hissilence and having done so, offers an apologists masterclass. He took aim at Wout Weghorst's role since arriving on loan from Burnley last month. Beckhams equaliser against Greece at Old Trafford got me out of my seat. "Youre playing with ten men most weeks if hes in," he vented. Pen was soft but he shouldve taken Holding off. But they made capital out of it., He claims that there was a campaign orchestrated against him and his on-screen partner. On-air, that has never been an allegation you could throw at myself or Andy, he says, making a distinction that maybe matters less than he might think. What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. No, Im looking forward to completing the next 1,000 matches. Keys told the story of a recent impromptu meeting with Sian Massey-Ellis, who was the target of Keys and Grays sexist comments back in 2011. By doing it out of the blue in the January, halfway through the season, it was naturally hurting the quality of its coverage. Even though the story was not on the front page, its impact was seismic. It showed Keys again using sexist language about a woman, this time in conversation with Jamie Redknapp, from a studio at a live game at Stamford Bridge. Game-changing news in the Fifa corruption war, as Qatar unveils its Lord Haw-Haw. Weghorst has scored one goal in nine appearances, but you can't fault his commitment to the team. Ive done a few and theyre great fun. pic.twitter.com/FI2SvkcXTZ, Just re-watched it and Richard Keys does indeed refer to Bernd Leno as Jay Leno. Theres absolutely no need for it. How he (Scudamore) ever got away with that, I will never know, Keys says. Andy wasnt live when he was stood pitchside. Keys still believes that his enemies set out to destroy his and Grays careers. Gabriel Magalhaes went from zero to hero as he atoned for gifting Fulham the lead by scoring the winning goal and extending Arsenals perfect start to the Premier League season. Not Keysie. Monday Night Football, the show relaunched as a new platform for Keys and Gray just before they left, has become the networks flagship programme, setting standards for insight and analysis. It really wasnt. And if hes not behaving himself, then its likely that others in his team are not going to either. Football coverage might be a little less confrontational than when Atkinson and Keegan lost their little battles in the spring of 1996, but those silly machines have ultimately won the war. Massey-Ellis warming up with her fellow officials before Leicesters 2-0 win over Chelsea last week (Photo: Rui Vieira/Pool/Getty Images), Looking back, Keys own view of this situation is that he was the victim. That may be a sign of the times at West Ham, I dont know). This time, Sky came down hard. WebWho does Richard Keys work for? What Richard (Scudamore) said and did blew us out of the water! It was a set-up, of course it was. FROM REPORTER ONthe Wolverhampton Express & Star to the envy of all football fans as the front man for Skys football coverage Richard Keys has done well. And Andy had to explain to her, It was absolutely nothing to do with you. These guys are serious about everything they do, he explains of his impeccable overlords, adding that he has found them a delight to do business with. I dont think you need to get to this stage, he told beIN SPORTS viewers. And Im really pleased shes gone on to make a mark.. So Francis and Jeremy Darroch, the CEO of Sky, had a decision to make. Keys and Gray, who are still working together. Ramsdales got form for winding supporters up and apparently has been having an exchange during the course of that second-half with those Tottenham fans. And Andy had to explain to her, It was absolutely nothing to do with you.