{"id":286736,"date":"2023-09-07T20:34:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286736"},"modified":"2023-09-07T20:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:34:17","slug":"liverpool-baffled-by-koeman-outburst-ahead-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/liverpool-baffled-by-koeman-outburst-ahead-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool baffled by Koeman outburst &#8211; AHEAD OF THE GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Liverpool baffled by Ronald Koeman&#8217;s outburst at Ryan Gravenberch over Holland snub&#8230; and ructions over Match Officials: Mic&#8217;d Up show &#8211; AHEAD OF THE GAME<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Holland boss Ronald Koeman was &#8216;not happy&#8217; with Ryan Gravenberch&#8217;s decision<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Midfielder declined an under 21 call-up to to focus on settling in at Liverpool<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Production company refused to share advance details of referees&#8217; show<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liverpool have been left baffled by Holland manager Ronald Koeman\u2019s outspoken attack on Ryan Gravenberch, who declined an under 21 call-up for European Championship qualifiers against Moldova and North Macedonia to focus on settling in at his new club after completing a late transfer from Bayern Munich on deadline day last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool had contacted the Dutch FA to discuss Gravenberch\u2019s withdrawal, while the midfield player also spoke to Holland\u2019s under 21 manager Michael Reiziger to explain his decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These diplomatic efforts appear to have cut no ice with Koeman, who declared he was \u201cnot happy that Gravenberch refused to play for this country,\u201d although the 21-year-old is not facing any formal disciplinary action from the Dutch FA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/20\/75185129-12493479-image-m-50_1694116017632.jpg\" height=\"604\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Holland boss Ronald Koeman was &#8216;not happy&#8217; with Ryan Gravenberch&#8217;s decision<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/20\/75185103-12493479-image-a-48_1694116004389.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Midfielder declined an under 21 call-up to\u00a0to focus on settling in at Liverpool<\/p>\n<h2>Ructions over referees&#8217; show\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Referees\u2019 chief Howard Webb\u2019s commendable desire for greater transparency around officiating does not appear to be shared by everyone at the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The top-flight\u2019s in-house production company, Premier League Productions, left their main rights holders Sky Sports and TNT Sport frustrated this week by declining to share advanced details of Match Officials: Mic\u2019d Up, a new monthly programme in which Webb and Michael Owen explain controversial refereeing and VAR decisions using previously unheard audio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/20\/75097445-0-Speaking_on_the_new_Match_Officials_Mic_d_Up_TV_programme_PGMOL_-a-33_1694113323254.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Premier League Productions refused to share advance details of Match Officials: Mic&#8217;d Up<\/p>\n<p>To compound the broadcasters\u2019 irritation at being unable to promote the new programme in detail on their digital channels, PLP also brought forward its screen-time by 24 hours at short notice, leaving Sky and TNT with little choice but to take other planned programmes off air on Tuesday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the programme itself Webb admitted to several mistakes by officials and video assistants in the opening weeks of the season, conceding that Nathan Ake\u2019s goals in Manchester City\u2019s 5-1 win over Fulham last weekend should not have stood, but dismissed Erik ten Hag\u2019s claim that Alejandro Garnacho was not offside shortly before scoring a disallowed goal against Arsenal on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Agents take on FA<\/h2>\n<p>England\u2019s leading agents are preparing for a crunch legal battle with the FA later this month over whether FIFA\u2019s new intermediary regulations should be introduced immediately in this country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s biggest agencies CAA, Stellar and Wasserman have taken action against the FA seeking to defer the new rules, with an intermediary hearing set for 20 September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new regulations which will limit agent fees to three per cent of transfer fees were agreed by FIFA last year and are due to be brought in on 1 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Agents are concerned that changing the rules overnight will require them to rip up existing contracts with players, leaving both parties exposed and causing chaos in the industry.<\/p>\n<h2>Wander appointment defended<\/h2>\n<p>Potential Everton investor Josh Wander has made history of sorts by becoming the first person with a criminal record to be elected to the Board of the influential European Clubs Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/20\/75182587-0-image-a-32_1694113263877.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>ECA conducted due diligence into\u00a0Josh Wander (above) before he was elected this week<\/p>\n<p>The co-founder of American investment firm 777 Partners was elected at the ECA\u2019s general assembly in Berlin this week as a result of the group\u2019s ownership of Belgian club Standard Liege, one of six clubs they have invested in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ECA sources insist that Wander\u2019s election complies with their statutes and that they conducted due diligence before the elections following reports that he pleaded \u201cno contest\u201d to drug charges in America 20 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of Wander\u2019s other company\u2019s Sutton Park have been accused of multiple cases of fraud in American courts, although he has not been personally indicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wander\u2019s 777 are in talks with Everton about providing investment to owner Farhad Moshiri, negotiations which have accelerated following the withdrawal of MSP Sports Capital last month.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12493479\/Liverpool-baffled-Ronald-Koemans-outburst-Ryan-Gravenberch-Holland-snub-ructions-Match-Officials-Micd-AHEAD-GAME.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool baffled by Ronald Koeman&#8217;s outburst at Ryan Gravenberch over Holland snub&#8230; 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