Just half a year ago, Tottenham Hotspur's captain, Ledley King's drunken trouble-making behavior shocked the English football world, and Tottenham Hotspur was punished by the Football Association.
As a result, six months later, Tottenham Hotspur was once again involved in a drunken trouble-making scandal. This time, there were as many as 16 players involved.
Although Tottenham Hotspur was currently ranked fifth in the English Premier League, they had a good chance of breaking into next season's Champions League.
But the manager, Redknapp, could not bring himself to smile.
According to a report in the Daily Mirror yesterday, Redknapp was going to heavily punish 16 of his players today for holding a Christmas party without their coach's knowledge, and for drunken trouble-making behavior.
According to preliminary estimates, the average weekly salary of the 16 Tottenham Hotspur players was about 40,000 pounds each, which meant that the fine this time was at least 1.3 million pounds. If the fine was eventually implemented, it would undoubtedly become the heaviest internal punishment in the history of the English Premier League.
The 16 Tottenham Hotspur players, including Robbie Keane, had applied to the club a few days ago for a group outing, on the grounds that they were going to participate in a golf event. As a result, they secretly held a Christmas party.
As the party went on until the early hours of the morning, it seriously disturbed the rest of the nearby residents. Several drunk players even quarreled with nearby residents, who called the police.
As a result, the arrival of the police finally stopped the party from continuing, and the matter was exposed by some local tabloids.
After seeing the report, Redknapp said, "They have no freedom to do this. I will severely punish each of them."
He would announce the punishment for the 16 players today.
"I'm very angry. This matter must be dealt with seriously. They did not ask for my permission, so they are responsible for their own actions. I don't know what reason they have to party. The team is in such a bad state now. Ordinary people can go out and drink and party, but as players, they can't do that. I will punish them with at least two weeks' salary. "
Coincidentally, after Manchester United lost to Fulham 0: 3, the team held a Christmas party at Ferdinand's restaurant, Rosso. According to insider information, the party was extremely crazy, and there was an accident midway. The ambulance arrived at the scene, and Rooney was suspected to be injured. Many people who attended the party the next day were hungover, and the scene of the street became the source of attention for the tabloids.
Ferguson was furious when he learned about it. He said in an interview, "When the team is getting further and further away from the leaders, we can celebrate Christmas, and the players have the right to celebrate Christmas. But considering that we are back on the field on the 26th to fight for the league title, the players should keep their minds clear, know what they are doing, what they should do, and what should not do!"
It was unknown how Manchester United handled the party incident, but Fleet Street still listed it as a failure of management by Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
Even though Liverpool also held parties, they were relatively "quiet". Even Gerard, an honorary citizen of Liverpool, used to cause trouble in bars and fight people in court, but now he had restrained himself a lot. As for Arsenal, he was basically a good boy under the professor and rarely caused trouble outside.
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur made the headlines, and Chelsea's captain, Terry, also wanted to be in the headlines!
This year, the reputation of the England national team captain, Terry, was greatly affected by his mother's theft and his father's drug dealing. But now, the world-class defender, whose weekly salary was as high as £160,000, was also involved in a scandal.
According to the British "News of the World", Captain Chelsea actually embezzled money and became a scalper to sell tickets to the club's Coppenham training base.
The "News of the World" had always been famous for exposing celebrity scandals. For example, the news of Terry's mother stealing from department stores and his father's underground drug dealing was first publicized by the newspaper. But this time, the "News of the World" targeted Captain Chelsea himself.
The newspaper said that Terry took the initiative to find a notorious scalper in the United Kingdom, Tony Bruce, to act as the middleman for the transaction. The two of them collected 200 £50 notes in cash from three "News of the World" reporters disguised as rich businessmen, totaling £10,000.
In the process of the two sides' conversation, Terry insisted that the three "rich businessmen" keep it a secret. He said, "If this matter is discovered by the club, I'm afraid it's a little … You know what I mean."
In order to justify himself, Terry even used the guise of charity. He claimed that he would donate £8,000 of the money to the "Make A Wish" foundation, a charity organization that specialized in helping critically ill children. The remaining £2,000 would be given to Bruce as part of the transaction.
Then, Terry took the "rich businessmen" to Chelsea's five-star training base in Coppenham.
Generally speaking, the training base was a place where the team practiced their skills and tactics, and outsiders were not allowed to visit, unless some important groups visited. For example, not long ago, the delegation of the China Football Association came to the Coppenham training base for an on-site inspection.
Of course, Terry's actions did not get the approval of the manager, Ancelotti. He took the three "distinguished guests" on a complete tour of the Coppenham training base. The group of them even bumped into Ballack and Drogba, who were bathing in their underwear.
At noon, Terry arranged lunch for the "guests" in the cafeteria of the training base. It was also here that the disguised News of the World reporter handed Brosnan £10,000 in cash in a black paper bag. Terry smiled when he saw it.
Ironically, the Chelsea manager, Ancelotti, was sitting not far away at the time. The Italian, who was enjoying his lunch, would never have dreamed that the team captain he appointed had turned into a scalper and was selling tickets to the Coppenham training base.
And if the disguised person was not a reporter, but a detective sent by another club, then the skills and tactics that Chelsea relied on to survive would no longer be a secret. The consequences would be unimaginable.
After the transaction was completed, Bruce once again warned the "rich businessmen" to keep it a secret. If the matter was exposed, he would bear all the responsibility.
Bruce said, "If the situation changes, you have to say 'John didn't know about it,' and John will deny it. He can put the blame on me. You have to say 'Tony Bruce arranged it. I shouldn't have done it.'"
At this time, Terry agreed and said, "That's right."
From the two men's echoes, it was easy to infer that this was not the first time they had worked together. The News of the World also confirmed that Terry and Bruce had arranged at least three similar "visits."
When the disguised reporter introduced more "business" to them, Terry revealed, "Yes, we can arrange it, but you have to tell them not to tell anyone about it. Once someone finds out, we can't do it again."
And Bruce, who knew Terry since he was a Chelsea trainee, also insisted that such activities must be "very, very low-key."
But no matter how low-key Terry and Bruce were, their words and actions during the transaction were all recorded by the News of the World reporter's secret camera. The newspaper also announced that if the Chelsea club and the Football Association needed it, they were willing to provide video evidence.
There was no doubt that Terry's actions would incur the fury of the club's top management and manager, Ancelotti, because he, who was wearing the captain's armband, even led outsiders into Ancelotti's tactical layout room. On the blackboard in the room, the tactical arrangement for the round against West Ham United was written.
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