Source: Daily_Mail
CHARLES SALE: Outspoken Fulham skipper Danny Murphy skips his ITV date
Withdrawl: Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy (front)[LNB]Fulham captain Danny Murphy, brave enough to speak out against violent football tactics by naming the guilty managers, has made a late withdrawal from a TV pundit's role for tonight's England match after talks with his club boss.[LNB]Murphy's articulate comments at the Leaders in Football conference last week, suggesting that Blackburn's Sam Allardyce, Stoke's Tony Pulis and Wolves' Mick McCarthy send out teams 'so pumped up there are inevitably going to be problems' caused controversy but enhanced his reputation as a great talker with a big media career ahead of him. [LNB]His next TV appearance was due to be in the ITV studio for their live coverage of the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro. But Murphy pulled out following a conversation with Fulham manager Mark Hughes after training on Monday. [LNB]Fulham and Murphy's agents WMG say the decision was 'by mutal consent'. But the Premier League club did not want their captain adding fuel to the fire he has started, especially after the rent-a-quote, one-eyed League Managers Association called his views 'inappropriate'. [LNB]Murphy, described by Fulham as 'a great ambassador for the club', is more than capable of making up his own mind about what he says on air. [LNB]But as he said: 'Your manager decides what his players do and how you behave.' [LNB] More from Charles Sale... England coach Dene Hills will defect to the Aussies DURING Ashes08/10/10 Charles Sale: BBC boss sent back to school07/10/10 CHARLES SALE: FA face backlash on Round number after appeal hearing upholds £8,000 fine imposed on Everton assistant06/10/10 Charles Sale: US World Cup chief backs England bid for 201806/10/10 Charles Sale: Ryder Cup schedule move starts BBC Ashes inquest04/10/10 Charles Sale: Monty can't bank on his big pay day03/10/10 Charles Sale: Ryder Cup drives 2012 GB football hope01/10/10 Charles Sale: Beeb put faith in old Master Peter Alliss with new contract30/09/10 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE Fabio Capello's remarks about the Wembley pitch - 'perfect, no problems, we have found the solution' - would have been music to the ears of the stadium management. [LNB]It means the gamble of fitting in two Muse concerts between the Bulgaria match last month and tonight's England qualifier has paid off. [LNB]Wembley can now plan their concert programme for next year - likely to be headed by Take That's Robbie Williams reunion gigs - in the knowledge the Desso pitch can cope with the music schedule on which the business plan depends. [LNB]Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who insisted on holding out for the £10million-a-year shirt sponsor the club finally attracted, has made another commercial intervention. [LNB]He has turned down all the candidates on the shortlist prepared by headhunters Odgers for the commercial director position at White Hart Lane, vacant since Paul Barber decamped to run Vancouver Whitecaps. [LNB]The worry for New England Sports Ventures in their Liverpool takeover court battle, which starts today, is that discredited owner Tom Hicks will keep time-wasting to give him the chance to forge an alliance with American hedge fund Mill Financial, who now control George Gillett's stake.[LNB] Hicks has already started running down the clock by changing his legal representatives from Weil, Gotshal and Manges to Peters and Peters. [LNB]Keep practising, Fabio Tongue tied: England manager Fabio Capello[LNB]Fabio Capello went into his round of media conferences yesterday fresh from an English lesson, which he still has on a regular basis. [LNB]But his teacher, who stayed to listen to how the England manager fared, would not have given him many marks out of 10 for progress after nearly three years of lessons. [LNB]He didn't understand - or chose not to answer - a question about whether deposed captain Steven Gerrard had kept him a job with his two goals in the toxic post World Cup friendly against Hungary and he said Kevin Davies's wife had 'crowed' rather than cried when she heard of his England call-up. [LNB]The announcement that there will be even more British Olympic Association recruits - five sports engagement liaison executives instead of four - will likely worsen the already acrimonious relationship with UK Sport, who face huge cuts. [LNB]The tension starts at the top with BOA chairman Lord Moynihan's appearance at the Tory conference sure to have antagonised UK Sport leader Baroness Sue Campbell. [LNB]She sits as a cross-bencher in the Lords and fiercely guards her political sporting independence, although she has been an unpaid advisor for a Labour-run DCMS [LNB] Explore more:People: Kevin Davies, Daniel Levy, Fabio Capello, Mark Hughes, Tom Hicks, Mick McCarthy, Sam Allardyce, George Gillett, Paul Barber, Danny Murphy, Robbie Williams, Steven Gerrard Places: Liverpool, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary, United Kingdom Organisations: British Olympic Association
