They did, however, find that the second remark had been made and the commission took the view that there was a racial element.”Gordon Taylor will give further details today of the new television money received by the Professional Footballers’ Association. The dispute over the share of the cash ended on Friday when the Premier League and Football League agreed to pay £52.5m over three years. There is also an agreement in place for the PFA to receive a share of future funding.The PFA chief executive Taylor refused to go into details at the time, saying he would announce it to the membership at the annual meeting. One report suggested subsequent deals will be subject to a percentage indicator, with a 0.75 per cent increase for the PFA for every one per cent addition to TV monies.. “Secret talks” regarding an £8m Liverpool move for Dwight Yorke, revealed in a Mail on Sunday “exclusive” were not secret enough, apparently, to be kept from the Sunday Express and the News of the World, though Liverpool denied all knowledge yesterday.
Robbie Fowler’s departure from Anfield as a consequence is predicted by the Mail and the Express. The Sunday People, meanwhile, suggests Blackburn will make a £10m move for Fowler once a Serie A buyer is found for the Italian Corrado Grabbi. The People says Tottenham are interested in Aston Villa defender Gareth Barry, although not at the £10m fee Villa supposedly want.Although the Mirror reports Internazionale’s Clarence Seedorf as saying Arsenal want to sign him, the People says Arsenal are favourites to land Australian Brett Emerton from Feyenoord for £15m, a valuation it says has forced Newcastle to look at the Norwegian Tobias Linderoth, valued at £2m by Stabaek. The Mirror names Lokomotiv Moscow’s forward Marat Izmailov as another Newcastle target.The paper also claims an exclusive on a report that Newcastle are lining up a deal for Terry Venables to form a managerial duo with Alan Shearer, amid forecasts that Bobby Robson will retire next summer. The Mirror suggests that Birmingham could offer Villa’s Paul Merson a player-manager’s role.The News of the World says Cardiff have sounded out Joe Royle about a possible role alongside Alan Cork.The Express says West Ham think Ipswich wing-back Jamie Clapham is worth a £1.5m bid but that the Suffolk side want £2m.
The Mirror names Hammers striker Paul Kitson as a £2.5m target for former club Derby, while the News of the World says Portsmouth are close to completing a £500,000 deal for West Ham’s Svetoslav Todorov. The People says Norwich are keen to sign Paul Dickov from Manchester City, who are said by the News of the World to be poised for a £1.5m bid for Hapoel Tel Aviv striker Milan Osterc.Lazio’s Dejan Stankovic is a possible target for Chelsea, says the Mail. The Mirror links them with the Roma striker Gabriel Batistuta and Inter midfielder Luigi di Biagio.DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONSUNDAY PEOPLE Despite a last-ditch plea from Aston Villa manager John Gregory for chairman Doug Ellis to cough up the £7m fee, it now seems certain Muzzy Izzet (left) will become a Leeds player – perhaps as early as this week.SUNDAY MIRROR Leeds have denied reports that they are about to swoop for Leicester City’s £7m-rated midfielder Muzzy Izzet.. ”If there is a plan, no one has seen it or at least no one is admitting it. I certainly haven’t seen any plans and it hasn’t been tabled at the Football League.