AVB kicks long serving pundit Langley out of Chelsea TV
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EXCLUSIVE: AVB kicks long serving pundit Langley out of Chelsea TV
Hard line: Andre Villas-Boas did not take Tommy Langley's criticism well
No longer required: Langley described Villas-Boas as 'vindictive'
Chelsea's super-sensitive manager Andre Villas-Boas has had lead pundit Tommy Langley removed from his own club’s TV channel for criticising the Portuguese’s hardline treatment of disenchanted players.
Former club favourite Langley was told he was no longer required at Chelsea TV after he described AVB as ‘vindictive’ for allegedly not allowing Nicolas Anelka and Alex to park their vehicles in the first-team car park after they had been banished from the squad for handing in transfer requests.
Langley, who was the club’s player of the year in 1979, has been an admired analyst on Chelsea TV for a decade and does co-commentary as well as co-hosting discussions before and after matches. Friends of Langley say he is extremely upset but does not want to say anything that would jeopardise a return to his TV role if AVB has a change of mind.
The Chelsea boss has proved to be remarkably thin-skinned when it comes to negative media comment, and notably labelled Gary Neville’s description of David Luiz playing like he was controlled by a 10-year-old on PlayStation as ‘ridiculous’.
Villas-Boas believes Neville and other pundits such as Alan Hansen have a ‘likely biased position in their opinion-making because of a direct past related to a single club, which is their favourite’.
Yet his dumping of committed Chelsea supporter Langley points to him not accepting strong adverse comments on the home front, either.
A Chelsea spokesman said: ‘For a number of reasons we are reviewing the structure and output of Chelsea TV.
'We are waiting for these reviews to be completed before we make a final decision regarding staffing and content.’
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I don't think AVB will be able to stay in Chelsea too long if he is pissing everybody off.
You don't have support from players, staff, club people - you might as well go work some where else.
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I think avb's losing the plot soon. By sacking him, he's only just given that pundit credibility. Never heard of such vindictive stuff about him when he was in porto. Anyone knows?
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
I think avb's losing the plot soon. By sacking him, he's only just given that pundit credibility. Never heard of such vindictive stuff about him when he was in porto. Anyone knows?
Think he cannot handle the pressure or has too big an ego.
Maybe he thinks he is better than Mourinho.
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At least mourinho siao kia but he still know how to handle it. In fact, he asked for it most times haha.