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(Although, thinks;hmm ... isn't ACON moving to he summer - so it won't affect PL players in future?)
The interviewer was certainly fishing for it and Henry was stupid enough to more than oblige, i get the feeling Henry is one of those that say "I'm not a racist i have many black friend's" etc but at the same time will throw a label around their necks to try and validate a point.
If he and the club was disgruntled with certain players in the camp over XYZ then he could have just name dropped. Alternatively he doesn't speak to the press what so ever and whatever issues or problems he and the club have with an individual are dealt with internally.
He got baited and got caught hook line and sinker. Glad he's gone.
Edit: here https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/02/david-moyes-west-ham-african-players
I think the Daily Mail contacted Henry for his comments.
But it wasn't a pre-arranged 'interview' in the sense that the word is sometimes used.
I think he should go on the grounds of being stupid and xenophobic, by the way.
Oh, and Marky's comment about "tough" Portugese was complimentary, so not offensive to Portugese nationals (of any colour.) Marky Mark can do no wrong ;wink
But Henry clearly meant black Africans, as he spent deadline day trying to sign Slimani
Then the 2nd sentence 'After being confronted by Sportsmail, Henry made the shocking admission ....' More editorialising.
The DM (and others) are very good at this.
On a separate point, in looking at the way the Mail reported it I read the original article (which I hadn't before) . Tony Henry actually also said, 'If you've got too many, they all sit together and it becomes a situation where you can have problems.' ;doh ;angry
" David Sullivan is in charge of this operation, and in effect takes a Director Football role in helping to select and negotiate all football transfers alongside the Manager. The Board would like to register its thanks to him for all of the hard work he puts into this very important role."
So why did Tony Henry take all of the blame for the 'African player' debacle if he wasnt in overall control of player recruitment. If I was an employment lawyer for him I would be sharpening my pencils.
;ok ;clap
OCS posted -
"Interesting article. A couple of highlights:
"Pressed by the Daily Mail, he denied the policy was racist and suggested it was supported by club management.
West Ham have denied that is the case, insisting the board does not get involved in identifying potential signings."
The board does not get involved in identifying potential signings
Pretty sure Sully does, and has said as much in interviews"
The truth will out !!!!!
;ok
At no point do I think 'the Board' as a body are involved (as distinct from 1 member of it).
Maybe the truth already is out. ;ok
As OCS posted, Sully has himself boasted about players he personally has scouted.
Although contradicted by Slaven, he claimed that Lanzini was one of 'his', as well as Callieri and others.He used Barry Silkman I believe to 'scout' for him.
Whilst what Tony Henry did was not defendable and stupid, this makes me feel even more so that Sully had some input, and I personally cannot believe that Tony Henry would have made those remarks on his own unless he had discussed it with club hierarchy at the time. After all, it was Sully who was paying the wages at the time to Sakho.
This statement in the accounts jars with the impression that we were given at the time that Sully had nothing to do with either scouting or player recruitment.
I think that he was probably front and centre of things, and that Tony Henry went under the bus.
The can had been kicked down the road on this, but its interesting to revisit history, and to be careful about believing board statements as presented.
And if he used Silkman to 'scout' for him, as you claim, then he's not really scouting, is he. Which is consistent with the official version that DS doesn't scout, but that others bring recommendations to him and he selects (along with the manager)? So really he's just bigging up that he picked Lanzini from a list that others scouted for him?
Anyway, I am just pointing out where I see no contradiction. And so far, you haven't convinced me that there is one. Especially since we can't be sure what is mean by 'scouted' or 'player recruitment'. From the examples we have, the terms are clearly not being used to mean the same thing by everybody all the time. (Yourself included!)
As for not believing that TH could say those things on his own... well, I have no trouble believing it.
I make a point of never believing Sully in his wild and boastful claims. I do believe that he makes them though, I have seen them in print.
My point is that he is/was absolutely involved in all aspects of player recruitment- backed up by these accounts, which was denied at the time of the Tony Henry affair only a month or so ago.