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| Scottish club manager seals his lips after matches on doctor’s advice Posted: 09 Jan 2014 07:50 AM PST The 57-year-old Northern Irishman says he will stop speaking to journalists following a series of bans from the Scottish Football Association, which contributed to his exit from Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock at the end of last season. "I have spoken with the doctor and you get emotionally imbalanced," he told BBC Scotland. He said his doctor advised him that there is a medical condition for his passionate outbursts. "You can't help it," he said. "If someone asks you a question, you're emotionally imbalanced at that time and you feel an urge to tell the truth. "If you feel hard done-by, you want to tell the truth about something that happened in the game and you become a victim of that. There are people out there waiting for you to drop your guard. "I'm very susceptible to being controversialised. It's happened to me in the past. I'm not going to go down that road anymore." Instead Shiels, who took over at Morton's Cappielow Park last month, will let his assistant David Hopkins speak to the media after matches. "I think it's better that David does that on match days. He is very articulate and can put our point after the game." Shiels, Hopkins and the players at Morton look like they have a difficult road ahead in the next few months. They are currently bottom of the Scottish Championship, 13 points from safety after winning only two of their 19 league matches so far. |
| Real Madrid clear Di Maria over gesture Posted: 09 Jan 2014 06:55 AM PST Di Maria appeared to grab his genitals after being whistled by the crowd at the Bernabeu as he was replaced by Gareth Bale with 25 minutes remaining in Monday's tie. But Real Madrid said in a statement today that an investigation by the club failed to establish any "fault" by the player and he would not be punished. Coach Carlo Ancelotti added that the affair was now "closed" following an apology made by the player. The Argentine had denied there was any malice intended in the gesture. "I made a normal gesture as I was leaving the field," he told the club's website. "I didn't mean it to be aimed at the fans nor the coach as people are saying. It was a normal gesture that any man would do, especially when you are running." Real Madrid added: "In light of the investigation, it cannot be concluded that Di Maria is responsible for carrying out offensive and contemptuous gestures towards the public at the Santiago Bernabeu on January 6 and, therefore, he has committed any fault deserving disciplinary action." Di Maria is expected to start on the bench Thursday night at the Santiago Bernabeu for the Copa del Rey last 16 tie against Osasuna. Di Maria has seen his first team opportunities limited since the arrival of Bale from Tottenham Hotspur in September. The 25-year-old has been linked with a move away from Madrid in the January transfer window with free-spending Ligue 1 side Monaco reportedly interested. – AFP, January 9, 2014. |
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