Tag: defiant

Man City charges: CEO Ferran Soriano issues defiant message to European club bosses
29 September 2026 Off

Man City charges: CEO Ferran Soriano issues defiant message to European club bosses

By Total Football News

Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has issued a defiant message to the executives of other teams about the club being found guilty of a majority of Premier League charges, BBC Sport has been told.

He was speaking at a board meeting of European Football Clubs (formerly the ECA) in Copenhagen before its general assembly on Tuesday.

Soriano was said to have vowed to fight the charges and the process

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Paul Warne: Under-pressure Derby County boss defiant after latest loss
2 February 2025 Off

Paul Warne: Under-pressure Derby County boss defiant after latest loss

By Total Football News

Derby’s failure to pick up a point since late December leaves them third from bottom in the table and two points adrift of safety.

And not for the first time in that dire run, sections of the crowd voiced their dissatisfaction with boos after full-time.

“It’s pretty sad – I dedicate my life to the club, but I also understand it. ,” Warne said when asked about the jeers.

“As

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Paul Warne: Derby County boss defiant but concern builds amid dire Rams run
31 January 2025 Off

Paul Warne: Derby County boss defiant but concern builds amid dire Rams run

By Total Football News

When Derby returned to the Championship this season – a division they dropped out of in 2022 when in administration – the aim was simply to survive.

For Warne, it is a feat he has failed to achieve in management, with his three previous promotions from League One as Rotherham United boss coupled with three Championship relegations with the South Yorkshire club.

Eric Steele, a former Rams goalkeeper, who has

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Russell Martin: Southampton boss defiant as Saints lose again
10 November 2024 Off

Russell Martin: Southampton boss defiant as Saints lose again

By Total Football News

Chief executive Phil Parsons led the transfer negotiations in the summer after director of football Jason Wilcox departed to become technical director at Manchester United.

Parsons’ previous experience was as an executive at appliance company Dyson, and Wilcox’s exit left a hole at St Mary’s.

Wilcox, who was instrumental in bringing Martin to the club from Swansea in 2023, has still not been replaced, with the likely scenario

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