1- Pietro
Vierchowod and Giovanni Galeone, 1996
In the
summer of 1996, veteran Italian defender Pietro Vierchowod joined Perugia from
Juventus. However, once there he had problems with the Manager Giovanni
Galeone. Things became so bad that Vierchowod left even before the season had
started and did not even play a single match for Perugia. He joined AC Milan
within weeks.
Photo
From: World Soccer, January 1994
(Pietro
Vierchowod)
|
Photo
From: World Soccer, April 1993
(Giovanni
Galeone)
|
2- Romario
and Zico/Mario Zagallo, 1998
On
June 2, 1998, just weeks before the start of the World Cup, Romario was dropped
from Brazil squad through injury.
Romario
announced this in a tearful press conference.
Some
have suggested he may not have been injured but Zagallo and his Assistant Zico
wanted him dropped since they had mutual contempt for one another. The ‘injury’
in a essence was a diplomatic injury.
A
few months later, a bathroom stall in a nightclub in Rio owned by Romario
showed Zagallo sitting on a toilet bowl. On the next stall, his
assistant, Zico, was depicted holding a roll of toilet paper.
At
First
Romario said he had not known about the paintings and said he would have them
removed if Zagallo had asked.
On August 12, 1998, Mario Zagallo declared that he planned to sue
Romario.
Zagallo told the Globo Esporte television show that he would sue
for defamation of character and unauthorized use of his image, among other
things.
Photo
From: Sport Bild, Issue 24, June 9, 1998
(Romario’s press conference) |
Photo
From: Sport Bild, Issue 24, June 9, 1998
(Zico and Mario Zagallo) |
Photo
From: World Soccer, October 1998
(bathroom stall at Romario’s club) |
3- Luis
Fernandez and Raymond Goethals, 1996
Paris
St Germain Manager Luis Fernandez announced he was leaving PSG at the end of
the 1995 /96 season. Veteran Belgian Manager Raymond Goethals took the
opportunity to mock Fernandez by suggesting managing a big club might be too
much for him. He was made of sterner stuff as he had to deal with Presidents
such as Claude Bez and Bernard Tapie.
Fernandez
replied that it’s easy to last on the bench when someone else is making the
decisions. This was a subtle jab, as it
was believed that Tapie called all the shots and the managers had effectively
no power.
Photo
From: Football Belgique, Issue 3, April 1993
(Raymond Goethals) |
Photo
From: Planete Foot, April 1996
(Luis Fernandez) |
4- Christian
Perez/Daniel Bravo and Tomislav Ivic, 1989/90
French
International midfielder Christian Perez disclosed in an Interview that at
Paris St Germain, after an initial positive relationship, the Yugoslav manager
Tomislav Ivic became personally hostile towards him and later to clubmate
Daniel Bravo.
Photo
From: Voetbal International, November 19-24, 1979-uploaded
(Tomislav Ivic) |
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 157, January 1989
(Christian Perez at Paris St Germain) |
Photo
From: Planete Foot, April 1996
(Daniel Bravo at Paris St Germain) |
5- Dwight
Yorke and John Gregory, 1998
Trinidad
and Tobago striker Dwight Yorke left Aston Villa after the very first match of the 1998/99 season and joined
Manchester United in August 1998.
So incensed was his Aston Villa manager John
Gregory that he declared ‘If I’d had a
gun at the time, I would have shot him’.
Photo
From: Four Four Two, Issue 21, May 1996
(Dwight Yorke at Aston Villa) |
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