Carlisle United’s Keith Curle reiterated and told the media that he will not be pressured or rushed in any way on extending the contracts of his players at the League Two club. The coach of Carlisle United says that it would be wrong to make a quick decision concerning the contract or future of his players and will be discussing this subject with the Brunton Park board before announcing his decision.
There are a few players in the squad of Keith Curle that have been attracting the attention of clubs around Europe including Brad Potts and Kyle Dempsey. Some of those players in the team will also be expiring in 2015 and the head officials of Carlisle United will take part in which player will remain in the team and which ones won’t.
Curle said: “All players’ contracts will be part of the review system, when I sit down with John Nixon, managing director and the chairman Andrew Jenkins and produce my thoughts on the playing squad. I know some of them have clauses in their contracts where they are open for review. But because of the managerial situation at the football club, those reviews had to get put back’’
“I don’t think it’s right for me to walk into the club and, within two weeks, be asked to review a player’s future. So I will ask for a little more time. But we are fully aware of everyone’s contract position.”
It has been less than 3 months since Keith Curle was delegated with the task of coaching Curlisle United and having such a short period of time in charge of the club is one of the main reasons why Curle wants to take his time before deciding the future of his players and wants to have the help of the managing director and chairman of the League Two club.
Carlisle United manager Graham Kavanagh says that former Liverpool and Wigan Athletic striker Emile Heskey turned down the opportunity to join the League Two club this summer. Heskey is out of contract after deciding to leave Newcastle Jets at the end of last season. The 36-year-old has the top flight experience that Carlisle United can do with in the bottom division of English league football. After their relegation to League Two, Carlisle face a fight in order to get back to the top division.
They have made a poor start to the campaign and now starring at another relegation that would send them out of the football league. Kavanagh says that he is confident of turning round of results with the team facing a tough away match against Cambridge United. Kavanagh, interestingly, was a teammate of the England international while playing at Wigan Athletic. However, even this connection was not enough to secure the signing of the 36-year-old. Scoring goals has been a problem for Carlisle this season, but a challenge for promotion spots straightaway considering that they were able to field a number of players who were part of the League One season.
Heskey has always not been renowned for his goalscoring prowess, but he has the ability to inspire teams and also bring other players into the attack. “I tried to get Emile in. I played with him at Wigan and I know what he is all about. Unfortunately he turned it down as I think he wants to be playing in the Championship or going back abroad,” said the former Wigan Athletic man. Kavanagh is in danger of losing his job if results do not improve quickly. Carlisle have managed just two points this season despite having played five matches, while they have also been knocked out of the League Cup.
It has been over 25 years since Canada has managed to get into the World Cup, their best result was back in 1986 when they managed to get into the group stages but failed to make it out from those rounds, however that has not stopped the Canadians from having World Cup fever as it was reported by FIFA organizers that Canadians bought more than 28,999 tickets to watch some of the matches of the worldwide event which was more than any other nation that didn’t qualify for the tournament.
Almost the same thing happened 4 years ago when Canada was one of the top nations that attended for the 2010 World Cup even though their nation was not even competing in it. It was estimated that over 2 million Canadians watched Germany crush Brazil with their astounding 7-1 victory in the semifinals match.
Earlier in January, the Canadian Soccer Association announced to the media that they will make a bid to host the 2026 World Cup, whether or not it actually happens and manages to go through is another thing but the point is that Canada is starting to take genuine interest in the sport and this is beginning to show.
The 2015 Women’s World Cup will be hosted by Canada and depending on things go during that event it could increase their chances of actually hosting a World Cup in the near future, if indeed it does go through it will give Canada an automatic spot to qualify which is something that has not happened since 1986.
Canada’s club scene is flourishing as they now have 3 Major League Soccer Teams which are: Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact.
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