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發表於 2005-12-5 07:44 PM
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Moyes confirms talks with Keane
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has held talks with Premiership strugglers Everton.
Goodison boss David Moyes is looking to strengthen his squad following a poor start to the season after finishing fourth last season.
The 34-year-old Keane ended his 12-year association with United by mutual consent on November 18.
Celtic, Manchester City, West Ham and West Brom have all expressed interest in signing Keane, who fell out with United after his interview for United's in-house television channel MUTV was withdrawn from the schedules.
The former Republic of Ireland captain was highly critical of his then team-mates following their 4-1 Premiership humiliation at Middlesbrough.
Meanwhile, Moyes has slammed the Football Association after Tim Cahill was left with a three-match ban for violent conduct following a commission decision that the Everton boss claims was 'flawed'.
On the day that Moyes admitted he has been in talks with former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane over a possible move to Goodison Park, he was raging at the perceived injustice metered out to another combative midfielder.
Cahill and Newcastle's Celestine Babayaro had been involved in a clash during last weekend's 1-0 win for Everton, but neither were punished by referee Howard Webb.
But because Webb said he did not see the incident the FA's compliance officers had the opportunity to act and have given both players three-match bans.
Babayaro accepted his ban - no doubt with the knowledge that he could miss two matches with a groin injury - while Cahill's ban starts at Blackburn this weekend and includes the Manchester United and West Ham matches later in the month.
That decimates Moyes' midfield, with Lee Carsley still out and Mikel Arteta a major doubt at Ewood Park and maybe he feels that Keane would be an important addition.
Moyes questioned an FA disciplinary system which did not give Everton the chance to defend their player.
'We do not know whether they looked at our video or not. We were not allowed to be there and defend ourselves,' complained Moyes.
'If the referee had said he saw it he knows that the FA cannot then act. We can prove that the referee saw it. He was six yards away and facing it, we should have been able to at least say that.
'He had several conversations with Tim Cahill and Tim was in no doubt that the referee had seen it. It has been a complete stitch up.'
Moyes, who is also being linked with Preston's young striker David Nugent, claims he can prove that Webb did see the incident.
He said: 'We now have three key games without one of our most important players. On another day a referee may have shown cards, but he didn't take any action at the time.
'For him to turn round and say he didn't see it is a big blow to me, the club and Tim Cahill.
'We are on a good run after a difficult season, and this has not been helped by the referee and two people at the FA (the compliance officers).'
Moyes added: 'It's a terrible decision for us and for Tim, it's a system that is completely flawed and has him guilty without us being allowed to defend ourselves.
'It is something we can prove that the reason for us getting into this situation is that the referee claimed he didn't see the incident.
'Because of that the FA's compliance office are able to act on this, and I can prove that the referee did see the incident.
'The situation between Tim and Babayaro may well have merited a card, but the referee said he didn't see it and that allows the FA's commission to come into operation.
'That's flawed, they can subject you to a trial and find you guilty without you having any defence.
'I don't think any court of law in any part of the country would allow that. If someone is banned from their work for three weeks you would no doubt have a right of appeal somewhere.
'But in this case Tim has no right of appeal. It is a system that the FA has got wrong.'
Everton are further angered by the fact that the FA have decided to take no action against Alan Shearer for an alleged elbow on David Weir during the match, because the referee claimed he did witness that incident.
Moyes said: 'We didn't come out and make a big case of the Alan Shearer incident with David Weir, and we won't do so. But there was a situation that on another day the player could have been sent off.
'He said he saw that one, so we take his word for it. But on the Cahill situation the referee claimed he didn't see it. But I will stand in front of anyone and prove to them that the referee does see what happened between Babayaro and Cahill and doesn't make a decision.
'I felt both players deserved a booking for what happened, but maybe he felt that a booking for Babayaro would have meant two yellow cards because he had already been booked, and he would have had to send him off.
'In the end he didn't act, sometimes that's OK because things like that do happen in football. But now the compliance officers have contacted the referee and he has turned around and said he didn't see it. That is untrue, he did see it.
'They say now that you cannot hide without the amount of cameras around, but in this case the referee can hide.
'Now two people in a compliance office who I do not think know anything about football can make a decision like this.
'I find it incredible that the FA has a system such as this and not have proper people in there to check it. There is nothing we can do, we have to get on with things, but we have not been able to have our say through the right channels.' |
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