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sport news SPORTS AGENDA: Good on Mo Salah for showing up in person to pick up his FWA ... trends now

sport news SPORTS AGENDA: Good on Mo Salah for showing up in person to pick up his FWA ... trends now

It was pleasing to see Mo Salah pick up his Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year Award in person. 

Despite being at the business end of their hunt for a quadruple, Liverpool ensured the Egyptian was present to collect his gong. 

A private jet flew Salah to London and he was then chauffeured to the venue where he chatted with guests and spoke well on stage. 

Mohamed Salah collected his Footballer of the Year award at the FWA dinner held in London

Mohamed Salah collected his Footballer of the Year award at the FWA dinner held in London

The winger’s manager, Jurgen Klopp, also sent a video message, joking that journalists had for once made the right choice and urging his man to head back north as soon as he could. 

Klopp need not have worried - Salah was taken to a waiting car and ferried to the airport.

PL CLUBS WEIGH UP WINTER TOURS 

Premier League clubs are weighing up what they are describing as second pre-season tours during the winter World Cup. 

Sides with large numbers of players not on duty in Qatar in November and December are planning trips to sunnier climes, although finding opposition is proving tricky. 

Instead, expect to see many head to training camps. Newcastle, for example, could go to Saudi Arabia. 

Premier League clubs are weighing up taking second pre-season tours during the World Cup

Premier League clubs are weighing up taking second pre-season tours during the World Cup

MCC MICROPHONE GAFFE 

Some of the MCC’s membership have often wondered if the club’s executives view them as a doddery old inconvenience as they seek to modernise and cash in with a host of lucrative new schemes. 

They were left in little doubt of the above at the recent AGM. During a toilet break of around 10 minutes the microphones at the top table were turned off. 

Unbeknown to officials, they were switched back on before the break had ended and one of the hierarchy, clearly thinking that they would not be heard, quipped: ‘It’s taking them ages to empty their colostomy bags…’ 

FOOTBALL AGENT FOUND NOT GUILTY 

Football agent James Featherstone was last week found not guilty of attacking a punter in a pub toilet. 

The 42-year-old, whose clients include Chris Smalling, was accused along with Ben Cowgill of assaulting the man at the Stamford Arms, in the Cheshire village of Hale in 2019. 

Manchester Crown Court heard that a row erupted, with Featherstone alleged to have punched the man from behind while Cowgill grabbed his throat. However, the pair said they were acting in self-defence and a jury took 40 minutes to clear them. 

Football agent James Featherstone (L) was found not guilty of attacking a punter in a pub

Football agent James Featherstone (L) was found not guilty of attacking a punter in a pub 

PFA MEMBERS VOTE ONLINE 

The days of the Professional Footballers’ Association rep turning up at their local clubs armed with voting forms for the Player of the Year award are numbered. The union has gone digital, with members now asked to submit their votes on an app. 

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL TO BE AIRED FOR FREE

BT Sport are set to make the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid free-to-air. 

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