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ROBBIE KEANE APPOINTED HEAD COACH OF HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONS FERENCVROS
Former Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane has been appointed head coach at Hungarian champions Ferencvaros.
The 44-year-old, who left his role as Maccabi Tel Aviv boss in June having guided the Israeli club to the league title, replaces Pascal Jansen following his departure for New York City FC.
A statement on the club’s official website said: “We announce the successor to Dutchman Pascal Jansen to lead our 35-time champion and 24-time cup winner team, as the 146-time national team player of the Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane has signed on Monday.
“The new head coach arrived in Budapest on Sunday evening and will leave on Tuesday to join our team at the training camp in Spain.”
Keane scored a record 68 senior international goals during a 19-year playing career which included spells with Wolves, Coventry, Inter Milan, Leeds, Tottenham, Liverpool, Celtic, West Ham, LA Galaxy and Aston Villa.
He moved into coaching in 2018 as player-manager at ATK in India and worked as an assistant to Ireland boss Mick McCarthy during his second spell in charge, and later took up a similar role under former Spurs team-mate Jonathan Woodgate at Middlesbrough.
He was part of Sam Allardyce’s staff at Leeds as they unsuccessfully tried to pull off an unlikely escape from Premier League relegation at the end of the 2022-23 season, but was then offered the chance to manage in his own right by Maccabi.
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| Robbie Keane (left) served as an assistant to Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy (Niall Carson/PA) |
Keane guided the Tel Aviv club to a league and cup double and took them to the last 16 in the European Conference League in his one season at the helm.
However, his reign attracted criticism at home in Ireland after he opted to remain in his post following Israel’s military action in Gaza.
Keane, who will be joined in Budapest by assistant coach Rory Delap and analyst Phill Hudson, later said he had stayed on for the sake of his players and staff and revealed he had rejected a lucrative offer to carry on his work.
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Tuesday, 25 July 2023
LANDO NORRIS BLAMES VERSTAPPEN OVER $45,000 F1 WINNER’S TROPHY BREAKAGE
Lando Norris has cheekily suggested that it was Max Verstappen’s fault that he accidentally broke the $45,000 winner’s trophy during the podium celebration at Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
As the drivers began their traditional spraying of Ferrari sparkling wine, Norris performed his trademark tactic of getting the bubbling flowing by smashing the bottom of his bottle down on the ground.
He used the top step of the podium as his base but, as he made contact, the impact was enough to bounce Verstappen’s nearby winner’s trophy off and it hit the floor – breaking into pieces.
Norris quickly realised what he had done – letting out a shock expression – before resuming his celebration and then informing Verstappen of the bad news.
McLaren posted an apology to Red Bull late on Sunday night, alongside a video of how Norris had broken the trophy.
Speaking about what had happened in the post-race press conference, Norris smiled when he reckoned it was Verstappen’s fault for having left the trophy in a bad place.
“Max just placed it too close to the edge,” said Norris. “It fell over, I guess. Not my problem. It’s his!”
According to Hungarian F1 journalist Sandor Meszaros, the trophies handed out to the top three were not the work of the moment – and not cheap.
“The #HungarianGP trophies are made by Herendi Porcelanmanufaktura Zrt,” he wrote on Twitter. “All are handmade, production time is approximately six months and it costs ~ 40.000 euros.”
The trophy incident was the only blot on another great day for Norris and McLaren as it took its second consecutive podium finish with second place behind Verstappen.
And while Red Bull clearly looks out of touch at the moment, Norris welcomed a runner’s-up spot that he felt was punching above the team’s weight because he reckoned Mercedes was faster in Hungary.
“I think between us and Mercedes we’re pretty tied,” he said when asked if he felt McLaren now had the second-quickest car in F1. “If you look at tyre degradation, Mercedes are way, way better than we are. Always have been.
“Mercedes have always been very, very strong with tyre deg. If you look at qualifying, the Mercedes was quite a bit quicker with Lewis, so I'm going to be the guy that says, no. I believe that Mercedes are very close, but it's tight.
“I think, like I said, if Lewis stayed ahead in Turn 2, they would have beaten us today and I probably wouldn’t be on the podium at all. And then you'd be saying, ‘ah, Mercedes are quicker.'
"But just because I overtook him you think McLaren are quicker. So, it's tight. They're doing a good job. But also, McLaren. I'm very happy with them. They've done an excellent job.”
In the wake of the Verstappen trophy breakage, the Herendi company that made the cup has vowed to replace it.
Attila Simon, the company's CEO, told Hungary’s M4 Sport's channel: “The teams will decide who was to blame, but we will take on the joyful and heavy burden of making it again.”
Production on the cup has already started, with the six-month production process aiming to be shortened so Verstappen can be awarded it in the next few weeks.
Additional reporting by Köles István Ákos
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Monday, 24 July 2023
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RICCIARDO REPLACES DE VRIES AT ALFATAURI FROM HUNGARY
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Australian Daniel Ricciardo will return to a Formula One race seat with AlphaTauri from Hungary next week after replacing Nyck de Vries for the rest of the season, the Red Bull-owned team said on Tuesday.
Ricciardo drove for the team from 2012-13 when they were known as Toro Rosso and then graduated to Red Bull from 2014 to 2018, winning seven races.
He left McLaren last year after being replaced by compatriot Oscar Piastri and was due to spend 2023 on the sidelines as Red Bull reserve while deciding his future intentions.
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