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 summer. 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In Richards universe, Arteta is responsible for global warming, the cost of living crisis and the decisions of dim-witted supporters. I think it was quite successful, not only for him but I think he enjoyed it there. Richard Keys says he will be supporting Newcastle when they take on Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final later this month. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. All of this landed on the desk of Francis, the young new managing director of Sky Sports. 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. Get City news for FREE sent directly to your inbox! While Gray was sacked after a separate leak showed the pundit making sexist comments about official Sian Massey-Ellis. All Rights Reserved. She told him he should have known better. Colleagues wondered whether they could even mention them, given it felt like an embarrassing family drama playing out in full view of the world. Richard Keys says he will be supporting Newcastle when they take on Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final later this month. As Xabi Alonso can testify, Nigel de Jong isnt one to pull out of a challenge. The International Centre for Sports Security is on its journey towards credibility so why not turn to Richard Keys? Nigel de Jong hits back at Richard Keys over Arsenal celebration We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. This is The Arsenal a classy outfit like the coach out of control. And the 65-year-old couldnt resist another jab in the ribs of Gunners enthusiasts just over 24 hours later. It was largely, Say sorry, keep saying sorry, you cant over-say sorry. Just soak in 150 seconds of Keys getting his backside handed to him. 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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. This is all wrong, he says. https://t.co/ok3jeISB6Z, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) January 12, 2023. We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. This job has got Sams name all over it.. 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On Sunday, Erik ten Hags men took on She had been due to officiate a League Two game between Crewe Alexandra and Bradford City on the Tuesday night. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. The reinvention of Andy Gray and Richard Keys, TalkSport's hiring of Andy Gray and Richard Keys hits costs, Barney Francis: 'Football punditry is an absolute art form', Richard Keys and the art of the text message threat, Sky generation is beginning to miss Richard Keys and Andy Gray. It is hard to forecast whether the Germans will feel moved to serve up diplomatic retaliation in the form of a conspiracy theory of their own as the World Cup progresses but both countries ambassadors are advised to keep a bag packed for the duration of the tournament. Things are looking positive for the first time in a long time on the red side of Manchester. ", Ramsdale to start of the Macarena in front of Clock End if we beat Villa on Wednesday night. The 63-year-old quit his role in Sky Sports after a leaked YouTube video. A female assistant referee working in the mens game remains rare, however. Mobile football strategy game is already past the 500k mark on iPhone and iPad. So dont ever think that it was. Chapeau. And Andy had to explain to her, It was absolutely nothing to do with you. 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. Does he has special dispensation? Shes been fantastic. Sky Sports had become the story. What a horrific take. 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. Thats when I thought, This isnt right. No clue on Hammond. On that Tuesday afternoon, Gray was sacked. Hes just like Guardiola there. However, Keys believes the whole episode was a set-up and that himself or Gray have never been caught making such comments on-air. I'm Hearing - Richard Keys Makes Big Claim On Leeds United 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. 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. I was being fed a huge amount of guff from our press office, Keys says. But my view of that respect was always the case. I lacked pace and movement, and probably ability as well so there are some basic things missing. It was losing decades of accumulated experience in Keys and Gray. At last the window has slammed shut. What Richard (Scudamore) said and did blew us out of the water! How he (Scudamore) ever got away with that, I will never know, Keys says. If it wanted to get rid of Keys and Gray, it could have done so quietly at the end of that season. Richard Keys left with egg on his face after advising Pep - mirror He has not been back since. Richard Sherman Well play out instead with his claim that the World Cup drives many western economies something that at the very least should put our hero in the front running to become the next emeritus professor of economics at the University of a Qatari City That Hasnt Been Built Yet But Is Being Slung Up To Stop A Stadium Looking Silly. From one emerging football market to another, meanwhile, as China launches an audaciously cutesy bid to steal the limelight at a tournament for which they have not qualified before or since 2002. Last week, when she ruled a full-speed Timo Werner just offside in the Leicester vs Chelsea game and was vindicated by the technology, she was widely praised for getting such a difficult call correct. When we started out, we felt we had to do something slightly different, and those jackets certainly were. 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. If that reads like a transparently warped brand of moral logic, then try to remember that were all men of the world here (or things that the men of the world might hang out the back of, anyway). Richard Keys has been left red-faced following his suggestion that Pep Guardiola should turn to Sam Allardyce for defensive help after Manchester City thrashed West Brom 5-0. What could Keys possibly find irritating about a rich, talented, respected andconventionally handsome man like Arteta? What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. Richard Keys thinks Manchester United are effectively playing with ten men when they include Wout Weghorst in the team. But by this point, the story had its own momentum, and the tapes kept coming. Game-changing news in the Fifa corruption war, as Qatar unveils its Lord Haw-Haw. Now Sian Massey-Ellis after getting married in 2018, she has officiated consistently at the highest levels of the mens and womens games, at a club and international level. Outstanding stuff from Arsenal fans, trolling Richard Keys through the medium of fireworks. Still in his 30s, he had been the executive producer of Sky Sports cricket coverage before switching to football. 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. I think Id need to have a very close look at that, a very close look indeed. This was Keys and Grays territory and if you were on it, you knew it. Somebodys fucked up big., Massey doing her job at Molineux that day in January 2011 (Photo: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images). pic.twitter.com/yvs2i7egrj, I see @richardajkeys is still banging on about Arsenal over celebrating. He doesnt wish any harm on us, but if they are playing Scotland then, Weghorst has scored one goal in nine appearances, but you can't fault his commitment to the team. That might well be true, but the safety and respect of everyone in the workplace must still be protected. This was the moment, above all others, when Keys vendetta took a personal turn and the rest of us began stockpiling popcorn in anticipation of what would happen next. In a certain role, I think he can act very well there and we have seen that. "I mean, he doesnt do enough to justify a starting place, does he? Theres much work to be done on workers rights and various freedoms, he concedes of Qatar. 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. Whether his ultimate paymasters are the FA or the Mossad or some Chinese petrochemical cabal is unclear at this stage but when the history books come to be written, they will surely single out one mans mission to pose as the most lavishly obtuse person in the Middle East as an act of singular courage. So, when Keys attempted to backtrack slightly after his Fulham rant, the former Netherlands midfielder held the knitted puppet to account in characteristic style. 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. Keys and Gray break down the stats, 33 penalties since the start of last season!#beINPL, More https://t.co/1eGBJOyvQ5 pic.twitter.com/32cBLc5trX, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) January 2, 2021. Pen was soft but he shouldve taken Holding off. Tuesday's result at the Hawthorns means they remain in 19th position in the table, six points adrift of 17th placed Brighton having played a game more. Kudos to @NDJ_Official for shutting him down. 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 His use of language and phraseology was as bad as Donald Trump before he took office. 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. Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957 in Coventry) is an English sports presenter with a career starting in 1976 when he moved initially to London. Cant the 4th see this? Look at the manager. 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. 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. So if any good came of it, maybe that did., Man United won a controversial penalty last night against Aston Villa. Keys made his first but by no means last reference to the dark forces he believed were at work against him. Sky had to work hard to find replacements: David Jones hosted instead, with Jamie Redknapp and Eidur Gudjohnsen providing punditry. Who are the BeIN Sport commentators? - Digglicious.com FT: @Arsenal 2-1 @FulhamFC "They're over celebrating this It's a 2-1 win against newly promoted Fulham! It was my workplace. Richard Keys again claims he was the VICTIM after quitting role Johnny Nicholson. But Keys couldnt believe that the fans, players and manager were enjoying a win, making it four out of four. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. By Stuart Dredge, TalkSport presenters win nod a year after Sky Sports sacking, while BBC Radio 4 scores most nominations. Even for him, this has to be a new low, which says a lot given what he did to his family. 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. First, to Qatar land of the most impressive backhand in the game, where the brain drain triggered by Sky Sports parting company with Keys and Andy Gray is once again laid bare. Guess the gender of his target, In the last of our series, Richard Keys and Andy Gray take to the airwaves for the first time after their ignominious Sky Sports exit, UTV Media's sports radio station reports 13% fall in operating profits in part due to 'increased investment' in presenters. While Andy Gray, unexpectedly cast as the voice of reason, opined his feeling that the bridges were burnt between Arteta and Ozil, Keys somehow resisted the urge to speculate on how Sam Allardyce wouldve dealt with the situation. We have our own atmosphere which mirrors whats going on outside. Mini-me wasnt very happy was he? Press J to jump to the feed. 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. Well, his disregard of technical area etiquette, if his reaction to Artetas behaviour during their victory over Manchester United in April 2022 is anything to go by. Marsch took over at RB Leipzig last summer, but only lasted in the job at the Bundesliga club until December, when he was sacked. Probably. I saw that Andy [Gray] and I were trending Sunday after I suggested Big Sam should take charge until the summer. Massey-Ellis warming up with her fellow officials before Leicesters 2-0 win over Chelsea last week (Photo: Rui Vieira/Pool/Getty Images), Looking back, Keys own view of this situation is that he was the victim. Richard Keys said he has found Qataris 'a delight to do business with'. The former Sky Sports presenter broke his silence with an apologists masterclass on behalf of his new homeland, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Richard Keys said he has found Qataris 'a delight to do business with'. Richard Keys believes Manchester United are currently playing with '10 men' despite their fine form under Erik ten Hag. None of this works. An alternative view from Sky Sports insiders is that it would never have made sense for any business, never mind a PLC, to torch its own reputation by leaking to the world four separate examples of its stars inappropriate behaviour. If you talk to our match reporter, Geoff Shreeves, hell tell you Im highly strung, but others would say Im fairly mellow. She is routinely recognised as the very best of the assistant referees in the elite Select Group 1. But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. Richard Keys | Metro News Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 2, 2022. 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. does But, like a clockwork toy gamely carrying out his duties despite being mauled by a cat, Keys stuck to his guns and called out Artetas inclination to go walkies on the touchline once again. Barney Francis, the managing director of Sky Sports, issued a statement saying that Keys and Grays comments were inexcusable. 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. #beINPL #ARSWBA, Watch Now https://t.co/RRmQgctETJ pic.twitter.com/c9bhTGInNo, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) May 9, 2021. Absolutely. In football, Alex Scott has been one of the star pundits on Super Sunday in recent years and has been followed by Rachel Yankey, Steph Houghton and Sue Smith. Im desperate for them to get back. Keys, Gray and Allardyce talk football, or are they talking about something else? "@richardajkeys & Andy Gray's reaction as the Gunners make it 4 wins out of 4#beINPL #ARSFUL pic.twitter.com/nIcZX6Ij1b, Only three clubs in Europe's top five leagues still remain perfect Arsenal4/4 winsReal Madrid3/3 winsReal Betis3/3 wins pic.twitter.com/lpSS0UtOka, What a team spirit and an incredible Support from the fans @arsenal #gunners pic.twitter.com/8DjUVuQdxn, Nigel De Jong, take a bow. Arsenal were fined by the FA for the behaviour of their referee-surrounding players during an FA Cup tie at Oxford. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away.. Why not Leeds? I used to knock a ball about, but very badly. It can't be that hard. Well done @GeoffShreeves Still the master in the tunnel. Ok. She was a little embarrassed, he added. 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. And, as the evidence piled up, they decided to act. I felt for Arsenal fans nothing to celebrate on deadline day. 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. In the summer of 2010, the channel relaunched Monday Night Football, a new platform for Grays punditry. Every other coach has to stay in his area but not Arteta it seems. ? Richard Keys and Jamie Redknapp exchange pic.twitter.com/xnER7uAzNa. Also, you should have seen Alan Shearer when we went to Germany and won 5-1. 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. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images, Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process. 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. And they trailed at one time. Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. And the Gunners faithful have ridiculed and mocked Keys in equal measure, creating the seasons most delicious mutual hatred. City, meanwhile, returned to the top, and Guardiola's defensive worries look to be nothing but a distant memory. So dont ever think that it was.. And frankly, who are we to opine on how other nations fill that Alan Shearer-shaped hole in their forecasting models? Bio - Richard Keys The beIN SPORTS presenter suggested that Allardyce may be able to offer assistance in helping Manchester City with their defensive issues. And everybodys forgotten!. Keys: Somebody better get down there and explain offside to her (Massey)., Gray: Yeah, I know. Authorities said at least four men entered the players home and then escaped in a car. Just dont expect Keys to believe a word that comes out of your brain-washed mouth. Again today in front of the 4th official as well. Richard Keys | Football Wiki | Fandom He doesnt wish any harm on us, but if they are playing Scotland then, of course, he supports his home country. Keys and Gray hosted the Super Sunday coverage that afternoon under intense scrutiny. And Sky Sports management always kept in mind that a company had to protect its whistleblowing procedure in cases such as this. 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The guy who celebrated the most was Michael Owen when Beckham scored that equaliser, and he was seen by everyone because wed hidden a camera in the studio. Richard Keys But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. 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Former Sky Sports presenter Keys now works for Qatar-based beIN SPORTS, and was speaking about the situation back in October. If England are playing, he is genuinely neutral. Steady, its Fulham, Keys said to Gray, during beIN SPORTS post-match coverage of Arsenals 2-1 victory. There was some sense among the madness of those jackets. We dont blame her at all. By Jason Deans, The two disgraced former Sky football presenters are offering their 'banter' on the after-dinner speaking circuit. He was due to go on-air at 1.15pm but there was a slight delay, so the station had to get journalist Sid Lowe on for 15 minutes to talk about the weekends Spanish football, but even he admitted he was just an incidental warm-up act before the main event. pic.twitter.com/PYqrpFvb9s, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 4, 2022. Mitrovic The Brazil defender was badly caught out by Aleksandar That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away. 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). Hes got a point. Richard had spoken. I love the TV business and I love the people who work in and around football. Richard Keys on Everton fans. 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. United opted to sign Weghorst following Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive departure. 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. Having made it clear that Artetas mere existence irked him, Keys relished the opportunity to stick the boot in following Arsenals crucial defeat at Tottenham in May. Er no, and that includes George Best hes never let us down. Perhaps were making progress now. According to Richard keys Arsenal cannot celebrate properly when theyve come behind to beat Fulham!