All rights reserved. Get City news for FREE sent directly to your inbox! United opted to sign Weghorst following Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive departure. Maybe he has another coach who does the back four.". We all laughed, she was a little embarrassed, Keys says. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. I started a bit of a trend and I suppose it was a compliment that Marks & Spencer started selling them. I used to knock a ball about, but very badly. And they trailed at one time. This is The Arsenal a classy outfit like the coach out of control. In Richards universe, Arteta is responsible for global warming, the cost of living crisis and the decisions of dim-witted supporters. Web Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) November 21, 2016. Kudos to @NDJ_Official for shutting him down. Leeds have conceded 60 goals in just 26 Premier League games so far this season and will be looking for Marsch to tighten them up at the back quickly. Does anyone know if Hammond supports one? Can you get full marks on our ultimate 2000s Premier League quiz? It was a set-up, of course it was, Keys told The Athletic. Something went wrong, please try again later. He took aim at Wout Weghorst's role since arriving on loan from Burnley last month. 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. Once we get to the knockouts, the flags of the various nations still in the draw will be pinned to trees, with the pandas invited to scale the relevant trunk. In a certain role, I think he can act very well there and we have seen that. It was a set-up, of course it was. Richard Keys has gone in two-footed on Gabby Agbonlahor, seemingly for no reason, starting a war of words with the talkSPORT presenter. The next day another tape emerged, of Gray discussing Masseys looks with another colleague, Andy Burton. It really wasnt. She was a little embarrassed, he added. Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. He said that he and Gray bumped into Massey recently and that they all laughed over the incident.. His final gambit was arranging an appearance on Talksport radio that afternoon. Ray Goff, Georgia (AP-1, UPI-1) By Jason Deans, The two disgraced former Sky football presenters are offering their 'banter' on the after-dinner speaking circuit. Francis declined to be interviewed for this story but, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking at the time, it came down to behaviour and culture. Our mission is to provide our readers with the most engaging football content, bringing the passion and excitement of the world's game to life. Just soak in 150 seconds of Keys getting his backside handed to him. He has since worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, 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. Jesus. There are times when you just have to, because what youve seen demands it. "Maybe he's just a coach who likes to coach positive football. City had had a shaky start to the season, and were stunned 5-2 by Leicester City at the end of September. This is all wrong, he says. At last the window has slammed shut. Its fantastic because it shows they care. "He did before. With all the time that has passed, has Keys has said he and Gray are now more sensitive and embracing., But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. Pep Guardiola staying calm despite Manchester Citys winning run, Manchester City easily beat West Brom 5-0 on Tuesday, Pep Guardiola chose not to follow Richard Keys' advice to hire Sam Allardyce. WebThe 1976 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. I dont mean to sound arrogant, but Ive probably got the best job in the world. She is routinely recognised as the very best of the assistant referees in the elite Select Group 1. Even senior staff were taken by surprise by the constant stream of leaks from inside their organisation. ", Ramsdale to start of the Macarena in front of Clock End if we beat Villa on Wednesday night. Authorities said at least four men entered the players home and then escaped in a car. If England are playing, he is genuinely neutral. That was his fault. By, The Sky Sports managing director talks to, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every How dare the opposition try to win? On that Tuesday afternoon, Gray was sacked. Beckhams equaliser against Greece at Old Trafford got me out of my seat. Francis was waiting for Keys when he got there. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. On Soccer AM, the flagship Saturday morning show, Kelly Cates hosts Premier League football. But, with Arsenal struggling at the wrong end of the Premier League table, Keys used his extensive managerial experience to offer Arteta some advice on player management. Sky Sports view at the time was that a public apology would be worthwhile but only if it was genuine, authentic, rooted in an understanding of what was wrong about the comments, and made to everyone. So has Keys seen a change in tone since his departure? Copyright insidefutbol.com 2007-2023, Tried Stepover In Our Half, Lost It, In For Rude Awakening Former Leeds Star On Whites Player, We Could Have Had Draw At Chelsea Leeds United Star Bemoans Loss, Georginio Rutter Plays Leeds United Team vs Chelsea Confirmed, Leeds United Braced For Offers For Young Star In Summer. And Andy had to explain to her, It was absolutely nothing to do with you. Anyway, the latest post from the most recognised sports presenter internationally [source: Richard Keys], seems to constitute the latters first formal engagement on behalf of his new homeland. WebChelsea FC - He is listed under the ' famous fans ' section of there web site. Try as he might, Richard Keys can't quite seem to scratch his Liverpool itch. He told me they were having a sweepstake on it and I remember thinking that, if it was being taken that seriously, then the jackets would have to go. Theyre four games into the season. It was my workplace. #afc, Adam Keys (@adamkeys_) January 15, 2023. Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 2, 2022. 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. That, in short, is the cultural change of the last 10 years, the cultural change of which Keys and Gray fell foul. No, Im looking forward to completing the next 1,000 matches. WebGet the latest on Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Richard Sherman including news, stats, videos, and more on CBSSports.com Keys made his first but by no means last reference to the dark forces he believed were at work against him. Pen was soft but he shouldve taken Holding off. The reinvention of Andy Gray and Richard Keys The two disgraced former Sky football presenters are offering their 'banter' on the after-dinner speaking circuit. Every other coach has to stay in his area but not Arteta it seems. I do think were more sensitive. Try a week on us. Discussing Guardiola's issues at the back, Keys' co-host Andy Gray said: "It's a strange one. The 44-year-old journalist, who made his TV debut on TV-am, is a lifelong Coventry fan and sits down tonight to present his 1,000th live match for Sky Sports Liverpool vs Newcastle. 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. Former Sky Sports presenter Keys now works for Qatar-based beIN SPORTS, and was speaking about the situation back in October. The Red Devils find themselves five points behind league leaders Arsenal after only losing one game since the World Cup break, ironically away to the Gunners last month. On Soccer AM, the flagship Saturday morning show, they knew they could not discuss the departures of the pair that week. And, with it being so late in the year, pretty much every matchup is If the attack does enough damage to KO Goku Black or Fused Zamasu, however, the animation is changed to Beerus erasing Black and/or Zamasu from existence as he does Present Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super. 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. Irritating? They were linked with a slew of names, including Joao Felix and Alvaro Morata, before settling on the 30-year-old. We can imagine the hairy-handed one licking his lips as Arsenal slipped to defeat at Manchester United in September, ruining their 100% record in the Premier League, while Arsenal fans ridicule Keys with each successive victory. On top of that, United are looking to win their first piece of silverware in six years next Sunday when they take on Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Richard Keys is still going on about the Arsenal , Nigel de Jong is spot on here pic.twitter.com/Z6VxDW8YWy, Harry Symeou (@HarrySymeou) August 29, 2022. So it was not long into Francis tenure that he was presented with this, a stream of evidence of his two biggest names making deeply inappropriate comments when they did not know they were being filmed. None of this works. But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. I was being fed a huge amount of guff from What could Keys possibly find irritating about a rich, talented, respected andconventionally handsome man like Arteta? Keys, who had fronted Sky' s Premier League coverage for nearly 20 years, resigned in January 2011 a day after colleague Andy Gray was sacked, as the pair were Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has said that he and his colleague Andy Gray were set-up before their departures from the broadcasters 10 years ago. 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. https://t.co/1yi0rEjrZj, Richard Keys now moving into touchline policing:"Have I missed something? I lacked pace and movement, and probably ability as well so there are some basic things missing. As funny as this was, you can imagine Keys reacting to the news with a nauseating amount of self-satisfaction. Quite right. Kenny Dalglishs Liverpool had won 3-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the lunchtime kick-off, broadcast live on Sky Sports, the coverage fronted as always by Keys and Gray. The 63-year-old quit his role in Sky Sports after a leaked YouTube video. The International Centre for Sports Security is on its journey towards credibility so why not turn to Richard Keys? On a Monday, they would have their planning meetings with producers in the Sky Sports canteen, going through videos, planning the show. It was a story that connected every form of media: broken initially by a Sunday newspaper, picked up by the dailies, fuelled by the internet and the virality of the clips themselves, moving onto an anonymous YouTube account, climaxing on commercial radio. There was talk of a live apology, but it could not be agreed whether there should be an on-camera apology for an off-camera transgression, or whether that apology should be general or specific. Richard Keys said he has found Qataris 'a delight to do business with'. That might well be true, but the safety and respect of everyone in the workplace must still be protected. 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. While Francis was based in the old Sky Sports building, Darroch was sitting at Sky HQ, on the other side of the campus, right on the A4. Instead, Martin Odegaard equalised with a deflected strike before Gabriel made amends by bundling home the winner five minutes from the end. Steady, its Fulham, Keys said to Gray, during beIN SPORTS post-match coverage of Arsenals 2-1 victory. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away.. Theres much work to be done on workers rights and various freedoms, he concedes of Qatar. There is said to be a consciousness about what constitutes appropriate behaviour and language that was missing in the past. And the Gunners faithful have ridiculed and mocked Keys in equal measure, creating the seasons most delicious mutual hatred. Just dont expect Keys to believe a word that comes out of your brain-washed mouth. Looking back now, Keys says he was not thinking clearly and that he should have just said, Come on, for goodness sake, no harm intended. You know, 2-0 to Arsenal, you know, that. They were really drilling me with the sort of things I should say. 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. This time, Sky came down hard. Staff were scrambled in a desperate hunt for video cameras so they could film it to make the evening news bulletins. 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. Its sad to witness. Former Sky Sports anchor Richard Keys has revealed he has heard Leeds Uniteds part owners the 49ers wanted to appoint Jesse Marsch as their manager last My fear is and Ive said it for a long time now, that the guy in the middle there [Arteta] is the one thats most to blame for the inflammatory behaviour on the touchline. Keys, who had fronted Sky's Premier League coverage for nearly 20 years, resigned in January 2011 a day after colleague Andy Gray was sacked, as the pair were caught in an infamous sexism storm. Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Leeds sacked Marcelo Bielsa as manager on Sunday following a run of poor form and are expected to appoint American boss Marsch as his replacement. Its headquarters in Osterley, Keys and Grays own domain, was besieged by journalists from other organisations. Marsch took over at RB Leipzig last summer, but only lasted in the job at the Bundesliga club until December, when he was sacked. Francis shadowed Vic Wakeling, the man who made Sky Sports what it was, before taking over the main job in 2009. 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. Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. Keys, Gray and Allardyce talk football, or are they talking about something else? Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have not just made themselves favourites for the Premier League, theyve ruffled the feathers of a certain Richard Keys So one member of the team asked whether they could have a life-sized stuffed elephant in their studio for the duration of the show, to never once be mentioned during the three hours on-air. The two men were taken off Monday Night Football, a game Chelsea won 4-0 at Bolton Wanderers. How he (Scudamore) ever got away with that, I will never know, Keys says. How best to look back on all this 10 years later? Arsenal were fined by the FA for the behaviour of their referee-surrounding players during an FA Cup tie at Oxford. The thing that upsets me is that Arteta, particularly, there is better ways to deal with it than that.. They put Allardyce's West Brom to the sword on Wednesday, scoring four first-half goals to effectively end the game as a contest before adding one more in the second half. Arsenal have insulted Mesut zil by not letting him into the 25 man Premier League squad according to @richardajkeys, Watch https://t.co/hkoevnV6B4#beINPL #ARSLEI HD11 pic.twitter.com/ULiTkWLnhK, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) October 25, 2020. Er no, and that includes George Best hes never let us down. Just like England in countless major tournaments, Arsenal lost against the first half-decent opposition theyd faced all season as United administered a 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford. I can describe whats happened and he can say what its like to do it. So, when Keys attempted to backtrack slightly after his Fulham rant, the former Netherlands midfielder held the knitted puppet to account in characteristic style. 22nd January 2023. Many others fronting programmes cant do that. It had to quickly plug the gaps left behind to get through the rest of that season. Perhaps were making progress now. But by this point, the story had its own momentum, and the tapes kept coming. 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. I think not.. 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. I don't know why Pep can't get his head around it. Once again, football went, Richards made a nice few quid for us all, we can look after him and, It was something that happened privately. Masseys career has gone from strength to strength over the decade since. That may be a sign of the times at West Ham, I dont know). Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has said that he and his colleague Andy Gray were set-up before their departures from the broadcasters 10 And City have improved hugely defensively ever since, and have now kept clean sheets in each of their last four Premier League games. 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. Richard Keys and Andy Gray. Again today in front of the 4th official as well. pic.twitter.com/FI2SvkcXTZ, Just re-watched it and Richard Keys does indeed refer to Bernd Leno as Jay Leno. Its only just recovering now. But does any of that matter when adorable ickle panda-wandas have been unveiled as the would-be successors to non-humanoid World Cup forecasters such as Paul the Octopus? If this goes wrong theyre sunk and that 2024 buyout takes on a very different look.. FC Barcelona confirmed the incident and said the player and his wife are doing well. Keys stressed that Leeds would have been better going for a survival specialist in the shape of Sam Allardyce. Still in his 30s, he had been the executive producer of Sky Sports cricket coverage before switching to football. Im desperate for them to get back. And frankly, who are we to opine on how other nations fill that Alan Shearer-shaped hole in their forecasting models? Well, actually, you can.. In the 1990s, the 2000s, and at the very start of the last decade, they were the stars of the Sky Sports universe and, by extension, two of the most influential people in English football. Yes, well give Keysie this one; it was strange that Arsenal chose Arteta over Carlo Ancelotti in December 2019 especially given the latters success with Real Madrid. Saturday, January 22, 2011. What a horrific take. Authorities told the Spanish daily El Pais that Aubameyang was hit and forced to open a safe where the couple kept jewellery. Settle down, everybody. After sacking Gray, worse was yet to come for Sky Sports and Keys when a fourth and final video emerged late on the Tuesday night. The attackers allegedly threatened him and his wife with guns and iron bars. Look at the manager. Meow. Jack Pitt-Brooke is a football journalist for The Athletic based in London. United ran out 3-0 winners over Leicester City on Sunday afternoon thanks to a Marcus Rashford brace and Jadon Sancho's second goal in three Premier League games. Sky Sports is a very different place now. Whether a profoundly endangered species that always seems to go out of its way to avoid the act of sexual congress really needs extra displacement activities is a matter for those better versed in panda husbandry than I. 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. As Arsenal kept winning, and Arteta kept bouncing around on the sidelines like a kangaroo thats just necked a tube of Smarties, Keys continued his one-man crusade against the root of all world evil. But my view of that respect was always the case. And long may the change continue., (Top photos: Getty Images; design: Sam Richardson). It really wasnt. I think Id need to have a very close look at that, a very close look indeed. FT: @Arsenal 2-1 @FulhamFC "They're over celebrating this It's a 2-1 win against newly promoted Fulham! "Any of these teams have shaped teams defensively, haven't they.". Richard Keys says he will be supporting Newcastle when they take on Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final later this month. The Dutch coach said: "The last years he was actually only playing as a striker, but I know from a very long history he can play there. Theyve won nothing. Female sports broadcasters such as Alex Scott, here interviewing Petr Cech, now appear more regularly on TV (Photo: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images). As well as being a major investor in womens sport, Sky Sports has provided a platform for a new generation of women in producing and presenting roles. Keys and Gray, who are still working together. I felt for Arsenal fans nothing to celebrate on deadline day. Richard Keys has blamed Jamie Redknapp for introducing the 'smash it' phrase that contributed to the presenters disgraced departure from Sky Sports. It would certainly need a lot of analysis. Keys also points to the distinction between himself and Richard Scudamore, who was at the centre of a sexist emails scandal in 2014. But as Keys left the Talksport office, he knew his time was up. Cant the 4th see this? Wendy Toms, the first female assistant referee in the Premier League, was derided as well, while West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady came under fire. That week, Francis would continually make the seven-minute walk across the campus, through the car park, from the Sky Sports building to Sky HQ, to meet with Darroch. But there have been bigger changes at Sky Sports. He has not been back since. Despite his immense career, Ozil was little more than a Fortnite enthusiast by October 2020 and Arteta was intent on freezing the playmaker out of his first team squad. 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. I cant hide the fact I find him extremely irritating, waving his arms around like a windmill for 90 minutes, as if anybody can hear him. Yes, very much so. Why not? What football team does Richard Keys support? Theyve beaten Fulham. Despite all that, Keys isn't having it. Richard Keys believes Manchester United are currently playing with '10 men' despite their fine form under Erik ten Hag. Also, you should have seen Alan Shearer when we went to Germany and won 5-1. Seven Arsenal players Piers Morgan has ripped into & how they bit back. What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. Probably. morning, Available for everyone, funded by readers. It was certainly one of the most dramatic events in British sports media for a generation, a four-day frenzy from the Mail on Sunday story breaking on the Saturday night to Keys resignation on the Wednesday afternoon. Read more, Editorial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected], Commercial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected]. Thats when you realise that however much you wanted to be a footballer as a kid, you were never going to be able to. Burton was stood down from covering the Wednesday nights League Cup game between Birmingham City and West Ham United. Keys arrived at Talksports then office near Londons Waterloo station, by himself. If you were in their building, you would know when Richard Keys and Andy Gray arrived. The pair now ply their trade in Doha, youll recall, with Keys personal blog offering a mixture of completely missable biggame analysis, and sledgehammer sympathy for those of us left behind in the yesterdayville of Blighty. Richard Keysand Andy Gray are now living in Qatar and working for beIN SPORTS. But although Arsenal's fans, I dont think you need to get to this stage, he told beIN SPORTS viewers. 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 Im really pleased shes gone on to make a mark.. "Youre playing with ten men most weeks if hes in," he vented. 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Related: Arsenal squad depth image gets fans looking forward to new season, View our Privacy PolicyandTerms & Conditions, TheLondonEconomic.com Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle. The rest of the Sky Sports building was left much quieter after Keys and Grays absence. My god, it could not have been more private. Dont believe us? What have Watford gone and done theyve turned to an expert. Jezza has written that he supports Chelsea London. If it wanted to get rid of Keys and Gray, it could have done so quietly at the end of that season. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away. What has happened to the once-great British Airways? 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. 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. Apparently they will answer any question , Richard Keys has sent a strange global text message that reveals more of the dark world in which he lives, Laurence Bassini, whose company has bought Watford, was declared bankrupt in 2007 and has since changed his name, There are those who talk about sport to avoid the weightier issues of the day, and then there are those who magically manage to combine the two without you even realising it. Yes, this prick does, and yes, he always did.
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