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Date: Wed May 13 17:47:30 GMT+00:00 1998
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On Wed, 13 May 1998, Thierry wrote:
According to dutch television Batistuta already sealed the deal with Man
Utd and will be playing at old trafford for the next few years.
If this is true that would be a great new striker added to the team.
In my opinion Batigoal is one of the best strikers in the3 world. He always
finds the net.
It would be great to see him in red next year
"""If United sign Marc Vivien Foe, he will be our first African player?
OK, this excludes Gary Bailey who opted for England."""""
****** ANDY COLE ANDY COLE ANDY COLE ANDY COLE ******
Andy Cole has scored more goals this season than any other striker in the
Premier League, yet Glen Hoddle ignores him when naming his England squad.
The words I have for Mr Hoddle cannot be repeated, here or anywhere.
Ethel Sleith
I never thought he would make it, but how the hell he can include Darren
Anderton who will probably crock himself climbing off the plane is
beyond me! Paul Scully
Your editor Barry barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Unknown
2. LIST : Batistuta attracts United's interest
3. FOE TO SIGN FOR REDS
4. Bits and bobs
5. Why Hoddle gave Cole cold shoulder
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| Marc Vivien Foe |
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Resent-Date: Wed, 13 May 98 20:05:01 CST5EDT
Resent-To: barrylee@post3.tele.dk
United plan double swoop
Wednesday, May 13, 1998
Manchester United are planning a double Argentine transfer coup before
the World Cup Finals, reviving interest in £7million Fiorentina captain
Gabriel Batistuta and targeting Valencia forward Ariel Ortega.
Batistuta, 29, was on manager Alex Ferguson's shopping list 12 months
ago only for a deal to fall through due to wage demands and financial
restrictions. United have also been in discussions with Spanish side
Valencia over 24-year-old Ortega.
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| Marc Vivien Foe |
From: Support PC2 SrwaniHQPg
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Cc: Barry
Subject: LIST : Batistuta attracts United's interest
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:28:14 +0800
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Subject: Batistuta attracts United's interest
Manchester United are reported to be interested in signing the
Argentinian striker Gabriel Batistuta. "Batigol" has spent the last
seven years with Fiorentina and his agent said yesterday: "Gabriel now
wants to leave and nobody will make him change his mind. There are a lot
of people interested, like Roma, Parma, Real Madrid and Manchester
United."
Burnley player-manager Chris Waddle has parted company with the Second
Division club by "mutual consent". Oldham have appointed Andy Ritchie as
their new manager, while Keith Stevens is to take up the reins at
Millwall after 16 years with the club as a player.
Next Wednesday's European Cup final between Juventus and Real Madrid
could be moved from Amsterdam because legal limits on noise will prevent
extra flights arriving and leaving from the city's airport.
The Dutch ministry of transport said yesterday it could not change the
law to allow the additional flights. The Juventus team flight and around
160 charter flights for supporters have also been refused permission to
land.
England's World Cup group rivals Colombia may have to travel to France
without Carlos Valderrama. He owes the French authorities nearly £20,000
in unpaid tax dating from his two seasons with Montpellier in the 1980s.
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| Marc Vivien Foe |
From: JOHN WHITNEY
Subject: FOE TO SIGN FOR REDS
>From Footballnet 13 May 1998:
Cameroon World Cup midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe, 23, is
expceted to sign for English Premiership runners-up Manchester United in
the next few days, French champions Racing Lens said Wednesday. Lens,
asking 35 million francs (6 million dollars) for his transfer, say
Manchester have opened negotiations.
Foe, in Corsica at a World Cup training camp with Cameroon, has already
agreed to the move to England.
Foe scored twice in the last 18 matches in Lens` championship run after
coming back from an early-season injury.
"He`s developed a lot this season. He`s no longer just a midfield
work-house. He goes forward and contributes a lot to attack," said Lens
coach Daniel Leclerq. "He`ll be difficult to replace."
This will be an excellent addition to midfield, increasing the
competition in that department.
Thanks, Peter, for the brilliant statistics summary of the relative
honours and attendances for the Reds and the barcodes. It saved me a job
- I was frantically searching the net to find exactly that kind of
information to hopefully shut the bastard up once and for all! You beat
me to it. We've got a few mouthing barcodes where I am working in
Indonesia at the moment (well, they would just ahead of the Cup Final,
wouldn't they.) I'll be using those stats to shut them up here as well.
When will they ever get the message?
Let me know via this list when you're likely to be in the Throstles Nest
and I'll send my brother round to buy you a pint for your effort!
Cheers.
John Whitney
Surabaya, Indonesia
| Marc Vivien Foe |
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 15:25:03 -0700
To: suggs@tiac.net
From: Steve Edge
Subject: Bits and bobs
Greetings to all Manchester United supporters everywhere!
Perhaps I'm feeling a little dizzy from the effects of not winning the
league this year. Nevertheless, I feel pretty good about things.
We finished the season with the most goals scored, fewest goals conceded,
best goal difference, most away wins, and the Premiership's top goalscorer.
The reserves, A team and B team all scored the most goals in their
respective leagues. We've signed a chap who just might turn out to be the
best defender in the game, and there are still more youngsters coming
through. Becks is about to commit to United again. Keane and Cooke will be
back next year. Solskjær will be over his "sophomore jinx" (as they say
over here), Cole will be hungrier than ever following Glenda's shameful
omission. The Bright Side continues ...
We DID win a trophy this year. The Charity Shield may not count for much to
some people, but I always relished going to the game when I lived over
there, and I was absolutely delighted when we won it - again - in August.
We can all enjoy a good laugh at City's expense. And then when we've
stopped laughing - some time next month - we will realise that Bolton have
gone down as well.
History will show that we lost the league by one solitary point. It will
not recall that Arsenal won 10 in a row, and played some brilliant football
in most of them. Nor, sadly, will history remind us of the riot at Highbury
when they'd won, nor that they lost their last two games. (Contrast this
with United's stellar performances once the league had been sewn up in
recent years. United - players and fans - swaggered throught the end of
season games playing champagne football; Arsenal stuttered through two
embarrassing defeats. United are Pure Class; Arsenal are not. Simple as that).
In truth, Arse did deserve the title. Just about. United played too many
games in late December and into February expecting to win. Complacency
killed us as much as the injuries to Keane, Giggs, Pally, Butty and co.
when the chips were down. The young players have experienced "failure" for
the first time. It will hurt. They will be back! (I also think the Munich
anniversary overshadowed the home games against Leicester and Bolton, and I
reckon it was impossible for the players to perform under such emotional
pressure.)
On to the Cup Final predictions. I hope it's 0-0 and goes to penalties and
lasts for hours. I hope all the players miss their penalties, and after 33
attempts per side the FA gives up and takes the cup home themselves. No
medals will be awarded. That would suit me best. And in the aftermath, Arse
fans riot again, overturn laughing-boy's car, and cause one point to be
revoked from their team's premiership tally. ;-)
Seriously though, I have to admit that I desperately want Arsenal to lose.
It's just unfortunate that Dogleash would have to win to achieve this, but
it's better than the gooners getting the double double.
Steve Edge
A Surprisingly Contented Red in Vancouver
| Marc Vivien Foe |
From: Tim Olson
Subject: Why Hoddle gave Cole cold shoulder
To: MUFC@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
>From the Red Cafe:
Why Hoddle gave Cole cold shoulder
By Martin Lipton, PA Sport Chief Soccer Writer
Andy Cole's World Cup fate was sealed when he woke up on February 11 with a
bad back.
Glenn Hoddle had decided to give the Manchester United striker his big
chance against
Chile at Wembley, paired with Liverpool sensation Michael Owen. But when
Cole felt
his back go as he tried to get out of bed, he was ruled out of the game - and
effectively out of the World Cup.
"He was going to play against Chile, like Ray Parlour would have against
Switzerland," explained Hoddle today after discarding Cole from his
provisional France 98 squad
for next week's friendly with Saudi Arabia and the Hassan II International
Cup games
against Morocco and Belgium.
"They were both brought in to give them a chance of playing. It was bad
luck for
them, but gave others their opportunity."
In the case of Cole that opportunity went to Dion Dublin, who evidently did
enough
to keep him firmly in Hoddle's thoughts. But the Old Trafford man, whose
only cap
under Hoddle came as a replacement for Ian Wright against Italy in the
Tournoi de
France, discovered today that 25 goals this season were not enough to earn
him
another chance.
While Owen's potential and talent has been demonstrated, Cole found himself
left
out of a squad containing Les Ferdinand - just five goals this season - and
34-year-old Wright.
"I made the decision that Wrighty and Michael are from a similar mould and
similar
styles of player to Andy," explained Hoddle. "You need that balance and
that blend,
and Dion gives us that option because he can play in two positions possibly."
Versatility was clearly a key to the initial paring of the effective 37-man
party
announced last month. Along with Cole and Parlour, Stuart Pearce, Kevin
Pressman,
Dominic Matteo, Matt Le Tissier and Nick Barmby received the black spot.
But that
meant a place for Tottenham's injury-plagued Darren Anderton, with
Liverpool's
Jamie Redknapp given an extra 10 days or so to prove he has recovered from
his
knee injury.
"Roy Evans said it would have been a risk for him to play on Sunday but
that he
thought he would have been fit if they'd got a game next week," said Hoddle.
"We'll keep that door open and see if he's going to be available."
Hoddle, who will choose between Ian Walker and Tim Flowers for the third
goalkeeping
spot, revealed he had just "two or three" decisions to take before
finalising his
World Cup 22. David Seaman, Nigel Martyn, Gary and Phil Neville, Tony Adams,
Martin Keown, Sol Campbell, Gareth Southgate, Graeme Le Saux, Paul Ince,
Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, David Batty, Paul Scholes, Teddy Sheringham,
Owen, Wright and skipper Alan Shearer would appear to be the men guaranteed
a place
on the plane to Brittany on June 10.
That leaves 10 men fighting for the last three spots, ensuring an extra
edge of
nervousness to the final countdown. Just what Hoddle wants to see.
Cole spoke tonight of his pain at being dumped from England's World Cup
plans and
insisted: "I don't know what more I could have done. I found out early in the
morning that I was not being considered for the squad and naturally it is
hugely
disappointing for me. I feel I have worked hard all season and ended up
with my
best ever goals tally to date for Manchester United, 25 in all, which means I
have ended up as the top flight's leading scorer in all competitions.
"But the England manager appears to have made his decision. I am not sure
what
more I could have done. I don't begrudge anyone their place in the squad -
after
all, it's what we have all been working so hard to achieve, playing for your
country in the World Cup finals.
"I'd be lying if I didn't say that my form over the course of the season
didn't
warrant an inclusion but that it not my decision. To the lads who are
selected
for the finals, I wish them all the best and sincerely hope that we can go
forward and win it."
| Marc Vivien Foe |
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