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PFA chief Gordon Taylor offers support to England's John Terry & Wayne Bridge
Focus must be turned toward football, says head of players' union...
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8 Feb 2010 06:39:00
By Adithya Ananth
PFA chief Gordon Taylor has offered to help England defenders John Terry and Wayne Bridge following the media storm surrounding incidents in their private lives.
The two players in question have hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons lately, after revelations about Terry's alleged relationship with a former partner of the Manchester City defender came to the fore.
The Chelsea stalwart was then dropped as the captain of the Three Lions, but has been retained as a member of the national squad.
Presently, Taylor has offered to advise and help the players get through this rough patch if they choose to speak to the PFA .
"It is for everybody to deal with these issues as they feel fit and John Terry's best way to deal with them is to get playing football again," the PFA chief is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.
"Same with Wayne Bridge.
"I'm chief executive of the players' union and both parties know they can have help and advice and that offer has been made to both of them. They are footballers and that is what they need to focus on now.
"That is why [England manager Fabio] Capello made the decision in the way he did, to let both players know that he was trying to be fair to everybody. We can try to move on and take the heat out of the situation.
"Sometimes footballers don't realise the depth of media intensity and when it comes it can knock them back.
"We do seem to have a media circus building up with momentum every time we come to a World Cup, it's a little bit earlier this year than normal."
Taylor maintained that the focus should be on footballing matters, and not on incidents that occur away from the pitch.
"Suddenly the players can't behave properly, Portsmouth not paying the wages, now the bad behaviour and you don't get a chance to look at the fact that football is so popular because of the quality of the game," he added on BBC's Radio Five Live.
"If the players weren't good and dedicated it wouldn't be so popular. If you see what the players commit to charity and community initiatives with youngsters and the disabled it is amazing. There were 30,000 visits made by them last year."
The two players in question have hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons lately, after revelations about Terry's alleged relationship with a former partner of the Manchester City defender came to the fore.
The Chelsea stalwart was then dropped as the captain of the Three Lions, but has been retained as a member of the national squad.
Presently, Taylor has offered to advise and help the players get through this rough patch if they choose to speak to the PFA .
"It is for everybody to deal with these issues as they feel fit and John Terry's best way to deal with them is to get playing football again," the PFA chief is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.
"Same with Wayne Bridge.
"I'm chief executive of the players' union and both parties know they can have help and advice and that offer has been made to both of them. They are footballers and that is what they need to focus on now.
"That is why [England manager Fabio] Capello made the decision in the way he did, to let both players know that he was trying to be fair to everybody. We can try to move on and take the heat out of the situation.
"Sometimes footballers don't realise the depth of media intensity and when it comes it can knock them back.
"We do seem to have a media circus building up with momentum every time we come to a World Cup, it's a little bit earlier this year than normal."
Taylor maintained that the focus should be on footballing matters, and not on incidents that occur away from the pitch.
"Suddenly the players can't behave properly, Portsmouth not paying the wages, now the bad behaviour and you don't get a chance to look at the fact that football is so popular because of the quality of the game," he added on BBC's Radio Five Live.
"If the players weren't good and dedicated it wouldn't be so popular. If you see what the players commit to charity and community initiatives with youngsters and the disabled it is amazing. There were 30,000 visits made by them last year."
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