THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL LAID TRIBUTE TO TERRY VENABMES

 

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.”