That would be brilliant for Spurs, Harry Klaim isn’t all that. How much money would Spurs need to complete the deal
do you think they will still make the same mistakes of going for name players with huge price tags and wages etc and not who fits the team?
If Mourinho was still manager, the move would have been a banker at a fee > £100m and the bookies stopping taking bets. Not so sure with olé at the helm though.
Manchester City are set to offer millions of pounds in compensation to victims of historical child sexual abuse. A club redress scheme will see survivors of the most serious crimes receive six-figure sums in damages. Those abused will also receive a personal apology from a senior club official. City know of 40 potential claimants to their compensation fund but they are braced for more cases. Last year, former youth coach Barry Bennell was convicted of 43 chargesrelating to 12 former junior players between 1979 and 1990 during his time working for City and Crewe Alexandra. One of the country's most prolific *****philes, Bennell was jailed for 31 years. It was his fourth conviction for abusing boys. Another 86 people have since come forward to make complaints of abuse against him. More than three-quarters of the claims City are aware of relate to Bennell, with nine more making allegations against a second man from the club's youth set-up in the 1960s - John Broome. He is now dead and no links with Bennell have been established. Victims have been told the scheme - thought to be unprecedented in British sport - may be a preferable alternative to pursuing a civil claim through the courts, and should be processed within six to seven weeks. They will also receive a face-to-face apology from a senior club official. City launched an independent inquiry into one of the most serious scandals in English football history in November 2016 after former professional footballer Andy Woodward revealed he had been abused by Bennell, and encouraged others to come forward. The review - led by QC Jane Mulcahy - is yet to conclude, but it is understood the club believe victims should not be made to wait for compensation. The club confirmed the scheme in a statement on Tuesday. "The club's review remains ongoing and Manchester City FC continues to be restricted as to what it can make public at present for legal reasons," it read. "The club reiterates, however, its heartfelt sympathy to all victims for the unimaginably traumatic experiences that they endured. "All victims were entitled to expect full protection from the kind of harm they suffered as a result of their sexual abuse as children." Three victims of Bennell sued City in 2016 and the club has faced claims officials at the time missed opportunities to stop him during the seven years he was linked with them as a scout and managed local junior teams associated with the club. Gary Cliffe, one of Bennell's victims, said: "They let us down, they didn't challenge him. They knew who he was and they allowed it to continue because he was producing results." Former City youth coach Steve Fleet told the BBC he first heard rumours about Bennell in the late 1970s. However, the club told Channel 4 in 1997 that they never received a formal complaint about him. Manchester City's survivors' scheme will enable victims to apply for compensation for general damages, potential loss of earnings if their careers have been affected, therapy fees and legal costs. The scheme is being run by legal firm Pinsent Masons and QC Frances Oldham will act as an independent adjudicator. The scheme will be kept open for victims who prefer to consider pursuing a civil claim, and there will be no confidentiality clause in settlements. In 2016, Chelsea FC apologised to former player Gary Johnson after it emerged they had paid him £50,000 to keep quiet about allegations of sex abuse by a former chief scout. City's approach contrasts with that of Crewe Alexandra, the other club most seriously implicated in the Bennell scandal. Last month, their former player Steve Walters vowed to take the League Two club to court after he said they told him he had waited too long to report abuse by Bennell. The 47-year-old had hoped he could reach a settlement with the club but believes Crewe tried to deny liability on a technicality. The club declined to comment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47532719
better than ignoring the issue and dragging it through courts though obviously helps when money is no issue. The lack of oversight ,and what appears to be deliberately ignoring evidence , in football over this issue would be staggering if it wasn't so familiar from so many areas of society .
I would like it to be looked into more as a society. Why do people feel the need to be ****philes, nature/nurture? Why are there an oddly high percentage of them in the church, are they drawn to it knowing they will have the opportunity to take advantage of kids or do they get in the role and realise they can? Similarly with children TV presenters of the past and now with this youth team trainer and others. Its too much of a coincidence for me.
they are predators. In ye olden days the odd children wee pushed into clergy, the gay son or the one who's not going for girl his own age etc. Get rid of them into a profession they can have status in. we are talking predators here so theres no doubt they have sought positions to get access to kids. but theres as many cases of "famous" people who abuse women as well. Its just plan predation of the worst sort.
Give people power ( in any form ) over others and a higher than you might percentage will abuse that position though not always sexually. Go to any large institution and there will be people who will be abusing their control over other people in one form or another as it appears a fairly standard human response unfortunately.
I doubt they would have done same if they didn't win the lottery so to speak. As much as i would like to think they are doing this for the right reasons, it's just a good pr exercise for them as money is no object.
I dont rate him either. If real had any sense no money, as he's on huge wages. Doubt spurs can afford it though, and if they did, be a line asking for pay rise from others lol.
It’s a tricky one for City on the historical abuse, now CRB checks and internal procedure should be in place to protect/safeguard young people from abuse. Payouts help, but putting money into a trust/fund to help with support moving forward would also be something the FA should look at, it’s the long term psychological damage that’s difficult to help. Also the new bullying that appears, Beardsley ending his association with Newcastle. Back in my day this was character building, now it’s bullying/industrial bullying. Kids coming into Engineering are protected and are not raised the good old fashioned way we were as apprentices/trainees. But there is a fine line,rant over.
After saying he won't make mistakes "like Alisson", Pickford has now made more mistakes than any other goalkeeper in the PL https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47532235
