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Dad of Premier League’s newest star is ex-boxer who fought Ricky Hatton twice
Ricky Hatton in the ring.Steven Gerrard has showed a lot of faith in the Aston Villa ace and has given him a key role in midfield.Dean Smith gave the youngster his big break last season and he made 22 appearances in the Premier League and that has continued into this year with the Liverpool legend now at the helm.Ramsey has impressed many and there is even talk of a potential call-up to the England squad but this is not his first brush with sport.In fact, his father was a professional boxer who became ABA Champion in 1989 and took on Hitman Hatton twice.While Mark ‘Razor’ Ramsey lost on both occasions, in 1998 and 1999, he gave him a fine fight when many had considered the then-young hotshot as the clear favourite.When Jacob was two, Mark hung up his gloves to concentrate on family life - his elder daughter would also go on to become a talented dancer.But the ring did not beckon for his son despite his boxing past - instead, aged just five, young Ramsey would take to the football pitch.He joined local Birmingham team Beacon Colts for after-school sessions but his father would always be in the background supporting.As the Englishman got older, his dad would test him with some boxing drills to help develop his fitness further.And it has paid off with the now-aged 20-year-old looking a real specimen of a player in the Premier League.On Wednesday night against Leeds United, the England Under-21 international stole the show with two beautiful goals after combining with Philippe Coutinho.It led to BT Sport pundit and ex-Villa star Joe Cole waxing lyrical about the wonderkid in the studio.“This man here, a star is born,” said Cole. “He is poetry in motion when you watch him run.
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Roy Keane's man management was "0/100" and he was "disrespectful" to Chelsea legend
Roy Keane is absolutely awful at man management and accused him of being "disrespectful" to players during his short stint at Aston Villa in 2014.The former Manchester United skipper has reportedly been offered the Sunderland job following a series of positive conversations with owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus.The Black Cats have been without a manager since Lee Johnson was dismissed on January 30, and Keane - who managed the club between 2006 and 2008 - is now mulling over his options, and a decision is expected to be made in the coming days.It's been over a decade since the Irishman's last managerial job, at Ipswich Town, came to an end, though he spent several years as Martin O'Neill's assistant at Ireland and Nottingham Forest, as well as a four-month spell working under Paul Lambert at Aston Villa.But it sounds as if he didn't make a great impression at Villa Park, at least according to Agbonlahor who claimed Keane's coaching methods were out of touch."The problem with Roy Keane [was] he couldn't understand how we weren't as good as the players he played with," Agbonlahor said on TalkSPORT."He couldn't accept that we weren't gonna be as good as Giggs, Scholes, Beckham and them players. And just his way of coaching, it wasn't the right method for players nowadays.Does Roy Keane have what it takes to be a manager in the modern game? Let us know what you think in the comments section below...He also said Keane openly disrespected Joe Cole despite the fact the former Chelsea star was one of the most experienced and decorated players in the squad."The way he spoke to players, there were times when they were quite experienced players, people like Joe Cole.
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Chelsea nearly bought Raul in 2003 in deal that would have shattered world record fee
Chelsea were back in 2003 after Roman Abramovich bought the club.There were genuine concerns that the Blues would just buy every world class talent on the planet and win the Champions League every year for the next decade.You see clubs had always been rich, but no one had ever had a (seemingly) bottomless pit of money to play with.The concept of a player's price-tag has suddenly been thrown out the window and there wasn't a player alive who Chelsea couldn't afford.As Jamie Carragher recalled during a recent Sky Sports segment with Gary Neville, "that first summer … I just remember being in the canteen at Liverpool, you'd come in after training and it felt like [Chelsea] signed a player every day."It was like 'Breaking News: Chelsea have just spent £30million on X, Y, Z' … it was astonishing."The Blues spent over £150million that summer, bringing in the likes of Claude Makelele, Joe Cole, Damien Duff, Hernan Crespo and Juan Sebastian Veron.Although Abramovich's first proper attempt to upset the apple cart came when he made an audacious approach for Real Madrid striker Raul.Just a week or so after his takeover of Chelsea was completed, the club lodged a £71.4million bid for the Spaniard.Would Chelsea have won the Champions League earlier if Raul had joined them in 2003? Let us know what you think in the comments section below...To put that into perspective, the offer would've absolutely smashed the world transfer record at the time, which was £45million - a record that wouldn't be broken for another six years.It was a shot across the bows of football's financial establishment.
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