Former brazilian football legends articles
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Football legend backs Sheffield Wednesday to stay up in relegation fight
Wednesday climbed out of the bottom three for the first time since Röhl’s arrival over the weekend, beating Blackburn Rovers 3-1 at Ewood Park to give themselves a real shot of staving off the drop and another season in League One. The German has overseen a remarkable turnaround after the Owls’ worst ever start to a season, and McCoist believes that he’s ‘transformed’ the team during his spell in charge. "What a story that is at Sheffield Wednesday!" McCoist said, as quoted by Football League...
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Football agent cleared of sending intimidating email to former Chelsea director
Saif Alrubie in court over message sent to Marina GranovskaiaCase related to payment he said he was owed for role in transferA top football agent has been acquitted of sending an intimidating email message to the former Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskaia – the so-called “right hand” of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.The agent, Saif Alrubie, 45, was cleared by a jury of seven men and five women on Monday at Southwark crown court. They unanimously found he was not guilty of...
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Agent calls former Chelsea director of football Granovskaia ‘a liar’ in court
Saif Alrubie denies intimidation over transfer fee commission Alrubie alleges he was owed £300,000 from Kurt Zouma dealA top football agent has accused a former Chelsea executive of repeatedly lying about a transfer fee in order for the Premier League club to avoid paying him a commission, Southwark crown court has heard.During an at times irascible appearance as the defendant, the agent Saif Alrubie, said Chelsea’s former director of football Marina Granovskaia misrepresented how much West...