Friday 3 June 2016
Arsenal already have a plan to replace Arsene Wenger reveals Ivan Gazidis
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has revealed the club already have a plan in place to replace Arsene Wenger. The 66-year-old Frenchman has been in charge of the Gunners since 1996 and while he has no immediate plans to walk away from the club, Arsenal have already devised a succession plan.
Gazidis said the Gunners have a clear idea of how they will replace Wenger when he comes to leave the club, although he refused to reveal specific details. "Obviously, he is going to be managing us next year and we are planning and making many decisions for the long term," Gazidis said, according to The Telegraph.
"The reality is we wouldn't leave things until the last minute. I'm comfortable both that if Arsene is going to extend we will know that and if, whenever that is, he is going to come to an end, that he will give us the time that we need to prepare for that transition."
Gazidis also insisted the Arsenal boss will not outstay his welcome at the Emirates Stadium, amid recent calls for the Frenchman to resign. "The relationship with Arsene is very deep. It will be done behind closed doors and we will have our transition plans well worked out," the Arsenal chief executive explained.
"I know Arsene wouldn't stay on if he thought the club wasn't heading in a good direction and thought he wouldn't be able to deliver what the fans want."
Meanwhile, Gazidis also rubbished the idea that Wenger is resting on past accomplishments or "nostalgia". "The reason we have Arsene as our manager is because our board believes he can deliver success," Gazidis said of the Arsenal boss. "The reason that Arsene is here is because he believes that he can deliver success.
"If either of us didn't believe that we would not be constrained by nostalgia or longing, we would have to make a change. Arsene would understand and support that. But it's just not how either side feels. We feel we are on a good path."
Wenger is expected to spend heavily this summer after he failed to sign a single senior outfield player for Arsenal during the 2015 summer transfer window. He has already completed the signing of Granit Xhaka and more big-name players are expected to follow in the coming months.
Manji aivimbia TFF na Baraza la Michezo
Dar es Salaam. Mwenyekiti wa Yanga anayemaliza muda wake, Yusuf Manji, amegomea mchakato wa awali wa uchaguzi ulioandaliwa na Baraza la Michezo Tanzania (BMT) na Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF).
Akizungumza jana kabla ya kuchukua fomu, alisema hawezi kwenda kuchukua fomu za uchaguzi TFF aliodai wanataka kumhujumu.
Akizungumza klabuni hapo, Manji alifichua hujuma mbalimbali zilizokuwa zikipangwa kumhujumu katika mchakato wa uchaguzi uliokuwa chini ya TFF.
Khatimu Naheka, Mwananchi
Fifa dismiss report of Gianni Infantino probe
- Fifa denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation.
Fifa president Italian Gianni Infantino speaks during the second day of the 66th Fifa Congress at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City on May 13, 2016. Senegalese UN diplomat Fatma Samoura was named Fifa's new secretary general on Friday. PHOTO | ALFREDO ESTRELLA | AFP
GENEVA
Fifa denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation.
Die Welt newspaper reported that Infantino had improperly ordered the destruction of the minutes of a Fifa executive committee meeting held at last month's congress in Mexico city.
Fifa spokeswoman Delia Fischer said the allegations were baseless.
"The email exchange that makes mention of the deletion of audio files refers to a copy of the original audio file of the meeting that was improperly stored on a local drive," she said.
"This mention does not refer to the officially archived audio file. That file exists and is properly saved at Fifa."
Tanzania yashuka nafasi saba viwango FIFA
TANZANIA imeshuka nafasi 7 katika viwango vya soka vinavyotolewa kila mwezi na Shirikisho la soka Duniani ‘FIFA’ huku Argentina ikiendelea kuongoza.
Mei mwaka huu Tanzania ilipanda hadi nafasi ya 129 kabla ya kuporomoka hadi nafasi ya 136, huku Kenya ikishuka nafasi 13 kutoka nafasi ya 102 hadi 129 wakati Uganda ikibaki nafasi ya 72 katika viwango hivyo.
Orodha hiyo iliyotolewa jana na FIFA, ilionesha kuwa Uganda inaongoza ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki na kati ikifuatiwa na Rwanda iliyopo nafasi ya 103, Ethiopia 125, Sudan Kaskazini 128, Kenya, Tanzania na Sudan Kusini 157.
Pia orodha hiyo ilionesha nchi ya Ivory Coast inaongoza Afrika kwa kuwa nafasi ya 36, ikifuatiwa na Ghana iliyokuwa nafasi ya 37 na Senegal iliyoko nafasi ya 41.
FIFA ilitaja Argentina kuwa kinara wa viwango vya soka duniani ikifuatiwa na Ubelgiji na Colombia huku nchi ya Tonga, Somalia na Eritrea zikiwa za mwisho kwenye orodha hiyo.
Na Adam Mkwepu, Mtanzania
