L-plate lesson for Giles
14/12/2007
Paul Jewell has conned Derby starlet Giles Barnes out of £100 in a bid to stop the highly-rated England kid being suckered into a big-money move in January.
Rams boss Jewell is determined to hang on to the Under-21 international - despite interest from West Ham and Spurs.
And Jewell handed out a training ground lesson to show the midfielder just how much he still has to learn in the game.
"I raced him for £100 and he lost," said Jewell. "I had to say 'listen Giles, this is where you have to learn the game'. I told him I would give him a 20-yard start in a race over 100 yards. I did not say I would beat him. I said I would race him for £100 - so he has to pay up."
Barnes, 19, has only started a handful of Premier League games after breaking his foot in Derby's play-off final win at Wembley.
"I have seen players go for the money and get lost. There was a kid at Bradford called Graeme Tomlinson, who was 17 when he went to Man United," added Jewell.
"I asked him why he was going there. I knew why - it's Manchester United and the trimmings and all that goes with it, but he was never sighted."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...9520-20248823/
14/12/2007
Paul Jewell has conned Derby starlet Giles Barnes out of £100 in a bid to stop the highly-rated England kid being suckered into a big-money move in January.
Rams boss Jewell is determined to hang on to the Under-21 international - despite interest from West Ham and Spurs.
And Jewell handed out a training ground lesson to show the midfielder just how much he still has to learn in the game.
"I raced him for £100 and he lost," said Jewell. "I had to say 'listen Giles, this is where you have to learn the game'. I told him I would give him a 20-yard start in a race over 100 yards. I did not say I would beat him. I said I would race him for £100 - so he has to pay up."
Barnes, 19, has only started a handful of Premier League games after breaking his foot in Derby's play-off final win at Wembley.
"I have seen players go for the money and get lost. There was a kid at Bradford called Graeme Tomlinson, who was 17 when he went to Man United," added Jewell.
"I asked him why he was going there. I knew why - it's Manchester United and the trimmings and all that goes with it, but he was never sighted."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...9520-20248823/
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