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GUNNERS STUNNED BY SOUSA BAN!
MOERI TO RESUME TEMPORARY CONTROL?

Arsenal Football Club were this morning left absolutely stunned by the news that new manager Marco Sousa has been banned from managing in the Soccer All Stars league until the end of the season by the Soccer All Stars Executive Board.

Sousa, who has not long been in the Arsenal hot-seat had made several changes in player personnel since the Transfer Embargo had been lifted.  However the Gunners manager will not be able to help his side, or his new signings until Season Three/S3 at the earliest, for comments he made in a private letter sent to the Soccer All Stars headquarters.

It's believed that furious Soccer All Stars officials banned him immediately, and he was thought to have been escorted away from his office at Highbury Stadium, where he was locked in negotiations with Ipswich Town over the sale of Thierry Henry and the purchase of Teddy Sheringham... a move that has just been finalised by the two clubs.

A statement released by Development Director ScreamKing was read out by a SAS spokesman at a small conference in London.  It stated that Sousa's ban had come from his comments suggesting that the Executive Board "favoured other managers, in particular Coventry City's Alex Walker." and that they had "lost documents they had never received regarding Transfer Forms."  ScreamKing also went on to say that "Sousa's own incompetence to complete transfers has just been justified with the sale of Thierry Henry.  A deal that Ipswich have been waiting on for almost a month."

Sousa, who although had not got anything to do with the transfer of Rio Ferdinand to Coventry City from Southampton had been highly critical of the Executive Board for processing the deal, despite not having the full facts of the transfer.  The hypocritical behaviour of the manager, who failed to submit forms himself had not gone unnoticed by the Executive Board.

Sousa, as well as picking up a ban from Soccer All Stars, was also fined a hefty £60,000 for his outburst.  Sousa though, whose job as Arsenal manager is severely on the line also made the blunder of sending his letter via official Arsenal headed letter, bringing not only his name, but Arsenal Football Club's, and their reputation to shame.

This allowed the Executive Board to place a whopping £200,000 fine on the club, and they were extremely lucky to escape a points deduction.  SAS officials stated that they believed that "had Arsenal's Board of Directors had knowledge of the letter, we do not believe it would have been sent.  This means we have been more lenient towards the club than Mr. Sousa."

Arsenal Football Club will still be furious as they aim to push for promotion to Division One.  With Sousa no longer in control, it places doubts on whether they can reach the top flight.  It's thought that Assistant Manager Sigfried Moeri will take over temporarily until Sousa's return, or until Arsenal Football Club decide what to do with their shamed manager.

Moeri will fit the bill perfectly, having a short spell as manager of Middlesbrough Football Club before being controversially, and probably unfairly sacked by the old Executive Board that consisted of Ant Coombes and Ian Dickinson.

Neither Arsenal Football Club, Sigfired Moeri or the banned Marco Sousa have yet to make a statement.  Whatever happens, the entire Soccer All Stars league will be on the edge, as the Soccer All Stars Executive Board have shown they will not tolerate any misbehaviour, even from the higher profile managers in the game.

Arsenal's reputation continues to wilt.  Last season former manager Joe Al-Khayat was summoned upon the Board and got Arsenal a £2 million fine for reasons that are still unknown to the public.  Matters worsened for the Gunners when Al-Khayat made the most embarrassing blunder of his managerial reign by fielding an ineligible player in the Soccer All Stars Cup, forcing a reply and earning his team a fine.

Arsenal fielded Sol Campbell (now of Coventry City) against West Ham United whilst he was still serving a three-match ban.  The Gunners were fined £250,000 and West Ham won the replay, knocking Arsenal out of the competition and forcing a humiliated Al-Khayat to hand in his resignation just days later.

To add further insult, another transfer blunder saw the delay in Marian Pahars and Ronnie Johnson's arrival at Highbury.  The pair are believed to be involved in a £20 million plus deal, in which all documents have reportedly been submitted accurately.  This time though, it appears that Manchester United are not allowed to release the players, due to their squad already being on the minimum of 22 players.

The Soccer All Stars Executive Board also admitted to receiving a letter from Southampton's Drazen Relzic.  It's thought that Relzic will not face any punishment for his comments.  This was confirmed by the SAS spokesman who said: "We can understand Mr. Relzic's frustrations and concerns.  However at the end of the day, he submitted a signed document from himself and Southampton Football Club.  There is nothing we can do."

Meanwhile, Coventry City manager Alex Walker has come under more pressure from the managerial community after clinching the signing of Kevin Nicholson from Nottingham Forest on a free-transfer.  It's believed that Nicholson was heading to Antonio Tiberio's Liverpool, but at the last minute, switched to Coventry after two identical forms were processed by Forest and the Sky Blues.

Liverpool, who also submitted documents were about to make an announcement on their latest arrival, only to find out via teletext that the player had agreed terms with Walker's Division One side.  It's pushed for calls of a better transfer system, which the Executive Board have already stated they're are working on.

It's believed that due to player wages and signing-on-fee's from Season Three, managers will not be so quick to tie up deals, and will think carefully about signing and selling too many players in one go.