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Italian not the job for Nielsen

DAVID Nielsen, once an employee of Norwich City, has had an eventful career. Four years ago he was in trouble after he returned to Denmark when it was revealed that himself and a team-mate owed an Aalborg bookie ?201,000.

The club stood by him, but a year later really had no option but to dispense with his services when he assaulted a team-mate, Allan Gaarde, during training. Gaarde was left with concussion after being punched in the face.

If quotes attributed to him in the Observer are anything to go by, he has no regrets. Admitting that he attacked Gaarde, who had a spell in Italy with Udinese, because he was "pretentious" Nielsen explained that his habit of "talking loudly about wine in Italian" was the final straw.

"I told him: 'The next time you speak Italian I will break you in half. You're not f***ing Italian - you spent eight months there.' So when he did it again I decided to break his s**tting legs like sticks. I jumped at him and bang. Jackpot. Felt good."

The Norwegian FA, apparently, are "investigating the comments". That might be wise.

Posted By: SCC 28, Nov 3, 17:14:31