ADVOCAAT WANTS FELLI SUSPENSION.BELGIUM boss Dick Advocaat Richard Advocaat (born September 27, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands) is the Dutch coach of the Russian pro soccer team Zenit. He has served as coach of his native Dutch national football team and more recently as the chief of South Korea national football team, earning the team's is heading for a major row with Everton, after vowing to push FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f to ban Marouane Fellaini Marouane Fellaini (born November 22 1987 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian football player, currently playing for Standard Liège in the Jupiler League. Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents and as a child belonged to numerous football academies. from this weekend's Premier League game with Wolves. Belgium''s chief executive Jean-Marie Philips revealed a fax would be sent to FIFA bosses in Zurich today, urging them to ban Fellaini from club football for the next five days after Fellaini took up a long-standing appointment on Monday to have wisdom teeth removed. Fellaini claimed he had an agreement with Advocaat advocaat Noun a liqueur with a raw egg base [Dutch] to play against Turkey last weekend, a match the Belgians won, then miss tonight's game with Estonia in Tallin. Neither team can qualify for next summer's World Cup finals and the match is effectively a dead rubber. Fellaini has been putting off the wisdom teeth surgery for several weeks. Philips was adamant the decision would go their way. But Everton are just as confident of winning the argument, after releasing Fellaini for both group games against Turkey and Estonia, and have argued it is a misunderstanding that is none of their doing. Speaking from Tallinn, Philips said: "We have received a response from Everton to the fax we sent them, but it makes no difference. We are sticking to our belief that we are in the right on this. FIFA will receive a fax from us in the morning, and the outcome should be that Fellaini will not be allowed to play on Saturday." Everton are understood to have sought advice from the English FA and are convinced their 21-year old midfielder will be cleared to play against Wolves at Goodison on Saturday. |
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