I either heard that on the radio or saw it on TV sometime earlier this evening so there must be some substance in it.
Ian Holloway has revealed he receives a percentage of the transfer fee for any player sold by Blackpool who he has coached, but insists this is not the reason why he and the club are holding out for a higher price for star midfielder Charlie Adam.
Agreements such as the one between Holloway and his employers do not contravene any Football Association regulations. The Seasiders boss has so far resisted all offers for Adam and admitted the bonus he would receive for keeping the club in the Barclays Premier League, with Adamās help, would top anything he could make out of selling the Scottish playmaker.
Holloway told The Sun: āI do get rewarded with anybody I coach and make a profit on. My chairman (Karl Oyston) looked at my record of producing players and helping players and selling them on and he wanted that at Blackpool.ā
He added: "Thatās not what Iām (resisting offers for Adam) for. Iām on a far bigger bonus to keep us in the Premier League and Charlie Adam can help me do that.
"If youāre saying Iām doing this because Iām getting 20-30% of the Adam money Iāll not be very happy - itās miles away, absolute nonsense.
āI bought a frustrated kid from Rangers, we bought him very wisely, and in 18 months weāve gone from 16th in the Championship to 12th in the Premier League with his help.ā
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Anyone else think Ian Holloway is a bit of a cunt
:lol: Good man Ian!
Holloway didnt even bring Adam to Blackpool. Some caretaker manager took him in on loan first.
Ooooo errrrrrrr Iām a farrrrrmerrrr
Fuck off
An absolute clown. Nothing wrong with him trying to start an auction for Adam but the pandering to Kenny was vile.
The media love Holloway, always gives great qoutes. Absolute prick of a man in person Iād say. Ask Plymouth fans what they think of him.
Curtis Davies to Birmimgham with Seb Larsson going the opposite directionā¦
Konchesky on his way back to fulhamā¦
Sergio busquest has signed a new deal at Barcelona til 2015
Victor Ruiz has moved from Espanyol to Napoliā¦good signing for Napoli, he looks a very good defender in the making
When Blackpool were threatened with a fine or points deduction for fielding a weakened team against Villa, Holloway said at the time he would resign if it happened.
When talking about the same thing a few weeks later, he said he would āconsult the chairmanā before making any decision.
Gobshite.
Gareth Bale to Inter Milan 40million, he wonāt be going until the summer though.
Nah.
Breaking news on Sky Sports Newsā¦
Liverpool reject a StgĀ£40m bid from Chelsea for Fernando Torres.
stevie G gone to chelsea for 16million according to the well respected koppites forum
They can afford more. Chelsea seem to be in a panic at the minute to get a forward in.
Chelsea will bid again youād imagine. Will test Henryās resolve, can Liverpool really turn down that sort of money?
Samaras linked with a move to Juventus in the papers today. Pre-contract or move now for a nominal enough fee.
His agentās quotes are class. Says he possesses the best characteristics of Totti, Amauri and Cavani and would therefore revel in Serie A.
Guillerm Ballague has said that Torres wants Liverpool to keep negotiating with Chelsea. Also reveals Torres has no buyout clause. Hard to know what to make of this one, get the impression personally that Abramahovic just tossed a bid out to see if anything bit. Not sure whatād be in it for Torres bar more cash and the chance to live in London, theres a serious enough team there sure, but theres a lot of rebuilding to take place too on that Chelsea squad.
Bet SKY are wetting themselves over this.