Gordon Taylor
Gordon Taylor
Gordon Alexander Taylor OBEis an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He has been chief executive of the English footballers' trades union, the Professional Footballers' Association, since 1981. He is reputed to be the highest paid union official in the world...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth28 December 1944
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We really rely on the public trust to do our job. If the public can't trust that the person they're actually being in contact with is a law enforcement officer, that makes our jobs a lot more difficult and puts our agents in harm's way.
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This guy wanted to be on the inside. Today he got that opportunity as two DEA agents took him to jail and actually put him behind bars.
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Brazil wouldn't appoint a foreign coach, Germany wouldn't, Italy wouldn't, Spain wouldn't and neither would France or Holland, so why should we?
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The Spanish FA have been given a yellow card, not the red that many would have expected,
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At the moment, it's all got to be confidential because I don't want people to jump to conclusions. There needs to be a proper hearing, second test and then the player's response.
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We have more non-English players in our league than any other country in the world.
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It could well be - unless there's a very substantial reason as to why this is positive that is to be understood - anything from six months to two years.
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But this is a worrying pattern for English football. Are our stars of the future getting the opportunities they need?
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Many of these operators will say they're just concerned about the seriously or terminally ill, but their true agenda is to line their pockets with drug money.
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This testing is not acceptable. It is a total invasion of their privacy,
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There has been a long history of sledging between England and Australia.
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You can never be certain whether someone can do the job or not until you actually give it to them, but when I look around there are enough good, young English coaches to persuade me at least one should be given the opportunity.
It is unacceptable, it is embarrassing for the lads.
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It's unfortunate that this is a second positive test for Chelsea.