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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #80 on: March 13, 2013, 02:05:27 pm »

From Oli Kay's webchat today

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Oliver Kay:
Right
1) Cahiers du Football was absolutely not the source of my story -- 100 per cent, 1,000 per cent, 175 million per cent. I have copious amounts of handwritten notes, as well as e-mails and texts, that would confirm this.
Wednesday March 13, 2013 13:59

Oliver Kay:
2) I have no idea what CdF's modus operandi is. They claim to have made their story up -- right down to the "Dream Football League" logo that appeared on their story, which has also been on e-mails that have been sent to me by the prime source of my story
Wednesday March 13, 2013 14:00

Oliver Kay:
3) I'm absolutely not the type of journalist to run a story of this magnitude -- which would invite scepticism in any case, never mind when there are claims being made by a French website that they made it up -- on the basis of a single source. And particularly not a source that, by its own admission, is low on credibility. If anything, I'm risk-averse as a journalist. If I was the type to take punts based on what one person had told me, I would have run the Harry Redknapp sacking story on the day of England-Belgium last June (about ten days before it could actually get stood up) and the Kenny Dalglish sacking story two days before it happened. Would I really risk my reputation on something like this? No.

   
Oliver Kay:
4) I've spoken to the original source again twice today and to several other important figures who are keen to add their input. Still nothing on the record, which is a frustration. But there is more where this came from, which should tell you that, no, this didn't come from some "satirical" French website.
Wednesday March 13, 2013 14:05
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #81 on: March 13, 2013, 02:12:58 pm »
Here comes the money and there goes football.

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Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #82 on: March 13, 2013, 02:49:11 pm »
Disgusting and soulless

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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #83 on: March 13, 2013, 03:32:07 pm »
Seriously, fuck off with this shit.
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #84 on: March 13, 2013, 04:13:17 pm »
From Oli Kay's webchat today


so every other fucker was taken in by it then, including his sources etc? 

I went out at lunch and Keys & Gray must have been discussing it because they decided to let the listeners know that what they had been discussing was a potential hoax and some chap was coming on to tell them why

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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #85 on: March 13, 2013, 04:45:49 pm »
it's probably a hoax but then again whos to say nothing like this will happen in football in the next 5 to 10 years the way things are going
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #86 on: March 14, 2013, 12:15:37 pm »
Kay's still carrying the story in today's Times so he seems convinced it has some truth behind it, for now though he doesn't believe there is much support for it from leading clubs.


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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #88 on: March 17, 2013, 01:53:52 pm »
It really doesn't surprise me , being a Qatari myself i can see what they are trying to achieve, and that is mass publicity across the board. Sigh
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #89 on: March 18, 2013, 02:16:37 pm »
Am led to believe The Times ran an apology / explanation of why they got this wrong.

Has anyone seen it...?
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #91 on: March 18, 2013, 06:56:56 pm »
Well, just because it's fake - doesn't mean we can't still get upset about it? ;)
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #92 on: March 18, 2013, 09:21:37 pm »
Hugely embarrassing for Oli Kay, which is a shame as he seems a thoroughly decent fella based on past communication with him.

We've had Evans declaring "China to buy LFC" and now Kay's "Dream Football League" hoax.

What next for the LFC contingent at The Times? Tony Barrett announcing "Russia to nuke Mancs in exchange for Suarez to Zenit"  ?

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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #93 on: March 18, 2013, 09:29:11 pm »
Hugely embarrassing for Oli Kay, which is a shame as he seems a thoroughly decent fella based on past communication with him.

We've had Evans declaring "China to buy LFC" and now Kay's "Dream Football League" hoax.

What next for the LFC contingent at The Times? Tony Barrett announcing "Russia to nuke Mancs in exchange for Suarez to Zenit"  ?
The china story was true though.....
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #94 on: March 18, 2013, 09:36:48 pm »
Ouch, that's pretty embarassing.  Shame, because I like the Times football writers, at least since they got rid of that bellend Barclay.

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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #95 on: March 18, 2013, 10:05:09 pm »
The china story was true though.....

I doubt anyone here can make such a definitive claim. There was so much misinformation and briefings flying around at the time in the media and forums (remember Bamba, Yahya Kirdi, Square 1 Consulting and Marc Ganis?) and possibly even the club that it's difficult to say the bid was genuine.

I say this as someone who talked directly to and knows the identity of "Bamba". I bought into a lot of what he said at the time and still believe it was done in good faith, but now seriously doubt the veracity of the original claims made by The Times.
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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #96 on: March 24, 2013, 06:06:27 pm »
What next for the LFC contingent at The Times? Tony Barrett announcing "Russia to nuke Mancs in exchange for Suarez to Zenit"  ?



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Re: Qatari's plan football tournament....
« Reply #97 on: March 25, 2013, 01:48:04 pm »
From Oli Kay's webchat today


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