Football’s Quarrels and Feuds, Part Eight

1- Junior and Gigi Radice, 1986/87

During the 1986/87, Torino’s Brazilian star Junior had a feud with Manager Gigi Radice. He was fined by management after he insulted Radice in Newspapers by suggesting he needed to see a psychiatrist.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, December 15, 1984-January 8, 1985

(Junior at Torino, 1984/85)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1993

(Luigi Radice)

2- George Weah and Artur Jorge, 1992/94

It was common knowledge that Paris St. Germain’s Liberian striker did not get along with Portuguese Manager Arthur Jorge.

Jorge would publically accuse Weah of being inconsistent. Weah for his part, took offense that he was being humiliated in public.

Photo From: World Soccer, January 1993

(George Weah at Paris St. Germain)

Photo From: Mondial, new series, Issue 90, September 1987

(Artur Jorge)

3- Jesus Gil and Jose Maria Caneda, 1996

Controversial Atletico Madrid President Jesus Gil punched his counterpart of Compostela in a meeting of Club Presidents in early 1996. Caneda had stated that the citizens of Marbella were stupid to have elected Gil as their mayor.

Photo From: Goal, May 1996

(Jesus Gil punching)

Gil Punch-up

4- Bebeto and Paulo Roberto Falcao, 1991

On July 3, 1991, Brazil striker Bebeto angrily walked out of Brazil’s Copa America squad since he would not be a guaranteed starter.

He declared he would not play for Brazil with Falcao as coach.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 146, February 1988

(Bebeto)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1991

(Paulo Roberto Falcao)

5- Phil Neal and Liverpool FC, 1986

Almost a year after he was transferred out of Liverpool, former long serving defender Phil Neal published an autobiography in which he attacked Liverpool.

He accused them of having promised him a job in Management that they did not deliver. He went on to accuse them of signing players just so that rival clubs would not. He also attacked former players such as Emlyn Hughes.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 62, May 1985

(Phil Neal)

Transfers that did not happen, Part Twelve

1- In the summer of 1989, it was reported that Bayern Munich were interested in acquiring Brazilian striker Bebeto from Flamengo. However, the deal was called off and he joined Vasco da Gama instead.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 64, July 1985

(Bebeto reading the March 1985 Issue of Mondial)

2- In early 1978, Borussia Dortmund had offered 1.5 Million German Marks for the transfer of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

However Bayern Munich held on to him, by signing him to a new contract guaranteeing 250,000 German Marks annually until 1981.

Photo From: Mondial, Hors Serie 3, 1986

(Karl-Heinz Rummenigge)

3- Dinamo Bucharest and Romanian International Mircea Lucescu could have joined Belgium’s Club Brugge in the summer of 1975. However, the Romanian Federation vetoed the transfer.

Photo From: Foot magazine, April 1984

(Mircea Lucescu)

4-In October 1963, Chilean striker Leonel Sanchez had a trial at AC Milan.

The deal was called off as he complained it was better to be poor and free in chile , than rich and a slave in Italy.

Photo From: Don Balon, Edicion Chile, May 7-13, 1996

(Leonel Sanchez)

5-In May 1984 it was reported, AC Milan paid a fee to Werder Bremen for non-sollicitation of Rudi Voeller until June 30^th, 1984.

Upon learning Voeller was angered, and said he was not interested in a transfer at the time. Essentially AC Milan paid for nothing.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 28, May 1991

(Rudi Voeller and Paul Gascoigne, July 4, 1990, World Cup, West Germany 1-England 1)