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Keane calls FIFA VP Jack Warner a `clown' (AP)

 

Published 9/12/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News

Sunderland manager Roy Keane called Jack Warner a "clown" after the FIFA vice president complained when the Premier League team forced forward Dwight Yorke to miss Trinidad and Tobago's World Cup qualifier against the United States. After Yorke played in last weekend's 1-1 tie against Guatemala, Sunderland forced him to return to England, even though FIFA's rules require clubs to release players... (link)

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