Keegan Situation News and Discussion: Keegan Resigns

Dmac · 09-02-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BBC Sport

Keegan and Newcastle part company

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Manager Kevin Keegan has left Newcastle United after only eight months in charge, BBC Radio 5 Live understands.

The 57-year-old held talks with the club's board on Tuesday morning amid reports he was unhappy with a lack of control over transfer activity.

Newcastle's only business on transfer deadline day was a £5.7m swoop for Spanish striker Xisco and the loan signing of midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez.

The ex-England boss rejoined the club in January for a second spell as boss.

Angry supporters gathered at St James' Park to protest at the reports of Keegan's impending departure.

The manager's relationship with owner Mike Ashley was reported to have soured in May this year, after Keegan claimed that Newcastle were unlikely to break into the top four during his time in charge.

Mike Ashley is the worst owner you could ever hope for, he was taking control of coming and going, but most of all not giving Keegan any money. Why doesn't he manage the team?

King Steventon · 09-02-2008, 12:05 PM

lmao, this is just awesome. The football world has def brought the lawls this week.

Dmac · 09-02-2008, 12:07 PM

I'm not a Newcastle fan and I want to go protest for Ashley out.

Tommy Platinum · 09-02-2008, 12:09 PM

lol Ashley.

This is a joke to be honest. The fans will no doubt turn on Ashley now. They fucking love Keegan.

I sympathise with managers who get pissed off about owners who are too controlling. The best owners are guys like Gaydamak who just let the manager get on with it, rather than signing players for him, interfering with team affairs etc.

Dmac · 09-02-2008, 12:10 PM

Exactly, if your going to do your managers job for him, why do you need one?

Tommy Platinum · 09-02-2008, 07:52 PM

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Keegan not sacked, say Newcastle

The future of Kevin Keegan and the manager's role at Newcastle United is unclear after the club insisted it had not sacked him

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BBC Sport understands Keegan, 57, had left the club following a series of meetings with the board.

But in a statement, the club said: "Kevin has raised a number of issues.

"We'd like to stress Kevin is extremely important both now and in the future and want him to continue to play an instrumental role as manager."

However, the statement did not go into detail as to whether Keegan had left the club in the preceding hours as BBC Sport had been led to understand.

One of the main areas of dispute is believed to be the future of controversial midfielder Joey Barton, a player who Keegan has strongly supported.

Barton was recently in jail for 74 days for an assault conviction and will also be attending a personal hearing on Friday after admitting a Football Association violent conduct charge.

BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Ian Dennis said: "My understanding is that Kevin Keegan has fallen foul of the board over the future of Joey Barton. Obviously he remains loyal to Barton."

Tuesday's events came as something of a surprise given Newcastle's positive start season after picking up a point at Manchester United and then beating Bolton prior to Saturday's defeat at Arsenal.

Outside St James' Park, Newcastle fans made their feelings known about the managerial speculation, with a large majority in support of Keegan and calling for owner Mike Ashley to step down.

It was a very different reaction for Ashley from the fans in June last year when he was deemed the club's saviour after completing a £135m takeover.

He then sacked Sam Allardyce as manager at the start of 2008 after a run of poor results and shocked the football world by bringing back Keegan for a second spell in charge.

The former Newcastle striker's first spell as manager was between 1992 and 1997, when he saved the Magpies from dropping to the third tier of English football and almost guided them to the Premier League title in 1997.

But this time round, rumours of discontent began to emerge when Ashley brought in Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez in positions which gave them powers over transfer dealings.

"Dennis Wise, as people have mentioned, came in," former Newcastle winger Chris Waddle told BBC 5 Live. "Then coach Chris Hughton came in and you thought, 'Where did Kev pick him from or was he picked for him?'.

"It has never been a happy relationship."

Keegan's relationship with Ashley was also not helped when in May the manager said he did not think the club could become a top-four club.

The transfer window saw the arrival of six players at Newcastle, with five players leaving the club.

James Milner was one of those who left last week, transferred to Aston Villa for a fee of £12m, with Keegan admitting it had been difficult to see the 22-year-old leave.

Keegan walked out on Newcastle in 1997, after his first spell, stating "I feel I have taken the club as far as I can". He also resigned from his post as England coach in 2000.

-BBC Sport

What the hell is going on.
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Dmac · 09-03-2008, 11:13 AM

They sacked him which made them look lower than low so they are denying it, this surprises you?

Tommy Platinum · 09-03-2008, 11:47 AM

Well to be fair we don't know what the situation actually is, but you may be right.

Do you think the protests may have contributed? It was obvious that Ashley had a real problem.

Dmac · 09-03-2008, 12:52 PM

The protests and St. James are an anual thing, it is nothing new at all but it is always effective.

Dmac · 09-04-2008, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BBC Sport

Keegan resigns as Newcastle boss

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Kevin Keegan has resigned as manager of Newcastle United after just eight months in charge.

The announcement follows lengthy talks between the 57-year-old and the board.

"I've been working desperately hard to find a way forward with the directors, but sadly that has not proved possible," Keegan said in a statement.

"It's my opinion that a manager must have the right to manage and that clubs should not impose upon any manager any player that he does not want."

Keegan's resignation comes after three days of intense speculation about his future.

Worst.Owner.Ever.

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