JOHN DELANEY HAS strongly denied that he was the FAI source who indicated, to one national newspaper, that Giovanni Trapattoni’s days as Ireland manager were over.
The story emerged last week in the wake of the humbling 6-1 defeat to Germany.
The Irish Independent, quoting an Abbotstown insider, suggested that the Italian would leave his position after the subsequent trip to the Faroe Islands.
But after the Boys in Green took three points in Torshavn with a 4-1 victory, the FAI board of management reaffirmed their faith in the Italian.
And Delaney now insists that he was not the source of any briefing against Trap.
“I’m not even going to get into denying it,” he told Liam Mackey in a wide-ranging Irish Examiner interview this morning.
“I’m telling you that RTÉ had to issue an apology over it. You said a stormy week or something — about this week. I’ve been through these before with Mick McCarthy when I was honorary treasurer, and I’ve been through it with Steve Staunton and Brian Kerr, and the one difference here this particular week (here he cites a couple of examples) would have been certain low standards of journalism.’’
Today Giovanni Trapattoni will take a seat at Carrow Road as Wes Hoolahan and Anthony Pilkington’s Norwich take on Arsenal. The Italian’s presence at Premier League grounds will be a more regular sight now, the Association suggest.
Trap met his ‘president’ — as he calls Delaney — in Dublin yesterday for what was described as ”workmanlike and professional” talks.
“John and I met today to clarify the thoughts of the board and these were agreed and confirmed by me,” Trapattoni said in a statement yesterday evening.
“It was a useful and professional conversation and I thank him for this. During the meeting, we discussed a number of points that were raised by the board to help us continue to improve our work for the association.”
Who backs Delaney tho’ ? For such a small & beautiful country we accept a very low standard & we pay the wrong people way too much.
Delaney is a gormless plank,put into the FAI by his ticket tout father
Far from gormless.
Figure out how he can be removed from office, who has to agree to it and who pays their wages.
Nothing gormless about that.
Ah who cares, Trap is still manager. Just have to get used to it till he’s gone. COYBIG !!
Too little too late, both Delaney and Trapp are stuck in a greed warp, unconscionably high salaries and selling Irish soccer short. Under their stewardship, a cancer is taking hold of Irish football that is going to end up setting us back decades.
To appease fans, the big news is that Trapp is attending a match in England today – says it all that this is news. Delaney should go for giving this has been a new long term unaffordable contract before the Euros and Trapp should have been fired. Upcoming friendlys should be boycotted. €150,000 pa is more than enough to pay the FAI head.
Thats even too much for Delaney to be honest,he shouldn’t be there,look at the state if the irish league!!
Sick of the same news recycled by the press everyday about Trap , he’s the manager so let’s move on and back him up during the qualifiers because if we don’t do that we’ve no chance of getting to the world cup.
Trap and Delaney are symbolic of FG and Labour. Only concerned about bondholder payments to themselves.
What?
We hava gooda mentality and a gooda team.
If only.
That Delaney fella is some ass clown, he should have stepped down after the 33rd country comment after the French match, 450k a year for making comments like that. But sure why step down if your signing your own checks. His stupid head suits Irish soccer in fairness, annoying!!
Wolfgang do u read your comments before you post them??
No, why do u?
Sports administration at the highest level in any sport is all political and John Delaney is the consumate politician. No matter how you do the sums we cannot afford for Trap to go with bankrupting the FAI finanacially, so you might as well get used to having Trap until the end of the road for us at WC 2014 however soon it comes to an end for us.
look at the head of tardelli looks like he is hiding something from trap..I smell a rat!
Lol looks like he’s just farted and Trap’s just got wind of it!
LOL. Spot on Mac.
How much do the Irish government contribute toward the FAI either in direct subsidies or in tax breaks, allowances, advertising on pitches, employment grants, ticket purchases, the list goes on. Transparency please as their are people hungry in Ireland while Delaney is bleeding the system for pension and expenses plus his salary. How much will his pension cost as I think he will live to be 100 in spite of us all.
Trap should join Fianna Fail
So John delay gets paid 360000 a year , amount cut in fai grant aid to local clubs last year 370k , how are we still paying so much for such bad leadership and organisation?? A symbol of everything that’s wrong with country at the moment..