FORMER QPR PLAYER BUZSAKY CONFIRMS HE IS SAFE

 

Ex-QPR midfielder Akos Buzsaky also played for Plymouth, Portsmouth and Barnsley during his time in England, scoring 33 goals in 243 appearances. SOURCE,SHUTTERSTOCK

Former QPR midfielder Akos Buzsaky has posted a message on social media to confirm he is safe after being reported missing.

On Wednesday, reports emerged from his native Hungary that Buzsaky had been missing for more than a week, and that police were looking for him.

However, Buzsaky posted on Facebook on Friday, external to reassure people that he was OK and thanked them for their concern about his welfare.

In the message, which QPR posted on X,, external former Hungary midfielder Buzsaky said: "Unfortunately, in the last few months, there have been serious changes in my life that have tested me.

"There came a moment when I felt I had to break away from these daily routines."

He went on to say that his mother had contacted the police after a "misunderstanding".

Buzsaky added: "A soon as I learned about the situation, I stopped my retreat and informed the authorities.

"Thank you very much for all the concern and thoughts you have shown me.

"I wish everyone a nice day, and it felt really good to receive so much love!"

The 44-year-old spent five seasons at Loftus Road after joining the London side on loan in 2007.

He also played for Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Barnsley during his time in the UK, scoring a total of 33 goals in 243 appearances.

- BBC Sport 

LIVERPOOL RECEIVE OFFER FOR MINORITY STAKE FROM CONSORTIUM LED BY AMIT BHATIA WHICH COULD TAKE REDS' VALUE PAST £4.5BILLION - WITH BUSINESSMAN QUITTING ROLE AS QPR CO-OWNER

 

Businessman Amit Bhatia is part of a consortium in talks to buy a small stake in Liverpool

British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia is part of a consortium in talks to buy a small stake in Liverpool that could take the club’s value to north of £4.5billion

Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, was co-owner at Championship side Queens Park Rangers – and has a stand named after him at Loftus Road – before surprisingly stepping down from their ownership setup on Tuesday.

A spokesperson for Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group said in a statement: ‘An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club.’

Nothing is official yet and, if it was to proceed, it would follow a similar structure to a deal made three years ago when FSG sold a small stake to sports investment firm Dynasty.

Liverpool are currently in Chicago as they begin their pre-season tour of the USA. 

Andoni Iraola's side play Sunderland in Nashville on Saturday, followed by Wrexham in New York and Leeds back in Chicago, before returning home at the start of August.

- LEWIS STEELE

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EX-ARSENAL STAR JAY EMMANUEL-THOMAS ADMITS ROLE IN £600K DRUGS SNUGGLING PLOT

Jay Emmanuel Thomas(Image: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has pleaded guilty to a cannabis importation charge over an attempt to smuggle £600,000 of the drug through Stansted Airport from Thailand.

Former Arsenal striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been remanded in custody since last year but changed his plea to guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court earlier this month

Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has pleaded guilty to a cannabis importation charge over an attempt to smuggle £600,000 of the drug through Stansted Airport from Thailand.

The 34-year-old striker was sacked by Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton after his arrest last year. The former Arsenal academy product changed his plea to guilty at a hearing on May 7 and this can now be reported after reporting restrictions were lifted on Wednesday.

Emmanuel-Thomas pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex to fraudulent evasion of the prohibition on the importation of cannabis between July 1 2024 and September 2 2024. He had previously denied the charges when asked to enter a plea in October last year.

The footballer, whose former clubs include Ipswich, Bristol City, QPR, Livingston, Aberdeen and Thai side PTT Rayong, was remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing on a date to be fixed.

Emmanuel-Thomas, of Cardwell Road in Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland, was arrested in the town by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in September 2024 after the NCA seized an estimated £600,000 of the class B drug as it was being smuggled through Stansted on September 2.

Border Force officers detected roughly 60kg (132lb) of the drug in two suitcases, which had arrived via a flight from Bangkok, Thailand. Co-defendants Rosie Rowland and Yasmin Piotrowska, who both denied the charge, face no further action after prosecutors offered no evidence in their case.

Prosecutor David Josse KC said that “at all material times they maintained both before the events that led to the importation and after the events they said they thought they were importing gold not cannabis”.

Judge Christopher Morgan directed that not guilty verdicts be recorded in the case of Rowland and Piotrowska and they walked free from the dock.

Rowland, 29, of Southend Road, Chelmsford, Essex, and 33-year-old Piotrowska, of Purves Road, Kensal Rise, north-west London, wept after leaving the dock.

Emmanuel-Thomas appeared at Wednesday’s hearing by video-link from Chelmsford Prison. He was asked if he would like to appear at his sentencing in person or by video-link and he asked that it be in person, with the date for this hearing to be set administratively.

The centre forward came through Arsenal's youth academy and spent three years on their books as a professional between 2008 and 2011. During that period he had loan spells at Blackpool, Doncaster Rovers and Cardiff City.

He was then sold to Ipswich before moving to Bristol City and on to Queens Park Rangers. By 2019 Emmanuel-Thomas was playing for Thai club PTT Rayong but in recent years has turned out for Scottish clubs Livingston, Aberdeen and Greenock Morton.

- Press Association and Alan Smith

TERRY VENABLES, THE FORMER ENGLAND, TOTTENHAM AND BARCELONA, HAD DIED AT 80

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LONDON (AP) — Terry Venables, a former England soccer player who led the national team to the European Championship semifinals as a charismatic coach and won trophies at club level with Barcelona and Tottenham, has died. He was 80.

The death of Venables was announced on Sunday in a statement by his family to British media, saying he died on Saturday after a long illness.

The English Football Association and Tottenham, one of the clubs he coached, were among those sending tributes to Venables. Former England captain Gary Lineker called him “the best, most innovative coach that I had the privilege and pleasure of playing for.”

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