Craig Posted 27 January 2005 Posted 27 January 2005 City Terminate Keown ContractLeicester City have today (Thursday) terminated Martin Keown's contract by mutual consent. The 38-year-old former Arsenal and England defender, who signed on a one-year deal in the summer, is now free to look for other clubs after leaving the Walkers Stadium. He made 18 appearances in a City shirt but City boss Craig Levein has allowed the veteran centre-half to leave as he begins his rebuilding plans at the club. Levein said: "It's now been three months since I arrived here at Leicester and during that time I've been making up my mind about which way we are heading. "We do feel that the younger players are the way forward for the club. "Martin has been great to work with, he has done a fantastic job for us but he is not the future and he understands that himself. "And what we've done, is rather than wait until the summer, we've accelerated things a little and hopefully we will be able to use the money that we will gain from Martin leaving, to bring in some other players. "That's the intention but where Martin goes now is entirely up to him." Meanwhile Levein also revealed that Kevin Pressman could soon follow Keown out of the Walkers Stadium following the arrival of 26-year-old keeper Lars Hirschfeld. "We have brought in Lars as back-up to Ian Walker and the intention with Kevin Pressman is to do a similar sort of deal as we've done with Martin Keown.
shen Posted 27 January 2005 Posted 27 January 2005 City Terminate Keown ContractLeicester City have today (Thursday) terminated Martin Keown's contract by mutual consent. The 38-year-old former Arsenal and England defender, who signed on a one-year deal in the summer, is now free to look for other clubs after leaving the Walkers Stadium. He made 18 appearances in a City shirt but City boss Craig Levein has allowed the veteran centre-half to leave as he begins his rebuilding plans at the club. Levein said: "It's now been three months since I arrived here at Leicester and during that time I've been making up my mind about which way we are heading. "We do feel that the younger players are the way forward for the club. "Martin has been great to work with, he has done a fantastic job for us but he is not the future and he understands that himself. "And what we've done, is rather than wait until the summer, we've accelerated things a little and hopefully we will be able to use the money that we will gain from Martin leaving, to bring in some other players. "That's the intention but where Martin goes now is entirely up to him." Meanwhile Levein also revealed that Kevin Pressman could soon follow Keown out of the Walkers Stadium following the arrival of 26-year-old keeper Lars Hirschfeld. "We have brought in Lars as back-up to Ian Walker and the intention with Kevin Pressman is to do a similar sort of deal as we've done with Martin Keown. 59656[/snapback] Why did we release him?!.. unless we didn't pay a thing, wasn't it rather rash? Afterall there was interest in the man...
Mark Posted 27 January 2005 Posted 27 January 2005 Not rash, it's called building for the future. Keep up the good work Craig
davieG Posted 27 January 2005 Posted 27 January 2005 City Terminate Keown ContractLeicester City have today (Thursday) terminated Martin Keown's contract by mutual consent. The 38-year-old former Arsenal and England defender, who signed on a one-year deal in the summer, is now free to look for other clubs after leaving the Walkers Stadium. He made 18 appearances in a City shirt but City boss Craig Levein has allowed the veteran centre-half to leave as he begins his rebuilding plans at the club. Levein said: "It's now been three months since I arrived here at Leicester and during that time I've been making up my mind about which way we are heading. "We do feel that the younger players are the way forward for the club. "Martin has been great to work with, he has done a fantastic job for us but he is not the future and he understands that himself. "And what we've done, is rather than wait until the summer, we've accelerated things a little and hopefully we will be able to use the money that we will gain from Martin leaving, to bring in some other players. "That's the intention but where Martin goes now is entirely up to him." Meanwhile Levein also revealed that Kevin Pressman could soon follow Keown out of the Walkers Stadium following the arrival of 26-year-old keeper Lars Hirschfeld. "We have brought in Lars as back-up to Ian Walker and the intention with Kevin Pressman is to do a similar sort of deal as we've done with Martin Keown. 59656[/snapback] Why did we release him?!.. unless we didn't pay a thing, wasn't it rather rash? Afterall there was interest in the man... 59663[/snapback] Nobody was about to pay a fee for a 38yr old, the fact that several clubs are after him is the same scenario as when he signed for us without a fee, it just gives him more choice - let's hope for his sake he makes a better decision, football wise this time, I'm sure he's won't lose in anyway financially.
shen Posted 27 January 2005 Posted 27 January 2005 City Terminate Keown ContractLeicester City have today (Thursday) terminated Martin Keown's contract by mutual consent. The 38-year-old former Arsenal and England defender, who signed on a one-year deal in the summer, is now free to look for other clubs after leaving the Walkers Stadium. He made 18 appearances in a City shirt but City boss Craig Levein has allowed the veteran centre-half to leave as he begins his rebuilding plans at the club. Levein said: "It's now been three months since I arrived here at Leicester and during that time I've been making up my mind about which way we are heading. "We do feel that the younger players are the way forward for the club. "Martin has been great to work with, he has done a fantastic job for us but he is not the future and he understands that himself. "And what we've done, is rather than wait until the summer, we've accelerated things a little and hopefully we will be able to use the money that we will gain from Martin leaving, to bring in some other players. "That's the intention but where Martin goes now is entirely up to him." Meanwhile Levein also revealed that Kevin Pressman could soon follow Keown out of the Walkers Stadium following the arrival of 26-year-old keeper Lars Hirschfeld. "We have brought in Lars as back-up to Ian Walker and the intention with Kevin Pressman is to do a similar sort of deal as we've done with Martin Keown. 59656[/snapback] Why did we release him?!.. unless we didn't pay a thing, wasn't it rather rash? Afterall there was interest in the man... 59663[/snapback] Nobody was about to pay a fee for a 38yr old, the fact that several clubs are after him is the same scenario as when he signed for us without a fee, it just gives him more choice - let's hope for his sake he makes a better decision, football wise this time, I'm sure he's won't lose in anyway financially. 59668[/snapback] Well I wasn't expecting us to get a fee, I expected us tolet him go on a free, but by ending his contract by mutual consent we will undoubtedly have paid a large sum to let him go...
Steven Posted 27 January 2005 Posted 27 January 2005 Well I wasn't expecting us to get a fee, I expected us tolet him go on a free, but by ending his contract by mutual consent we will undoubtedly have paid a large sum to let him go... 59752[/snapback] Not necessarily. I was given to understand the severence deal done with Benjamin was done at a substantial discount to the full value of the contract.
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