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Friday, February 17, 2017

Money speaking. EPL's biggest referee Mark Clattenburg quits Premier League for mega-money


England's biggest referee, Mark Clattenburg, has decided to snub the English Premier league for a mouth watering move to Saudi Arabia
Mark, who has been a celebrated referee since
2004 called an end to his premier league career on Thursday and according to former referees' chief Keith Hackett, the 41-year-old joined thebSaudi Arabian league due to a lack of support
from PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials
Limited) during an incident with Juan Mata in
2012 where he allegedly called Juan Mata a
"Spanish t**t" in 2012 and John Obi Mikel a "monkey".

"It's bad news for English reffing. The Premier
League has lost the world's best ref - it's a
massive blow," Hackett told the Daily Star.
"He's 41 and had nine more years ahead of him -
but he's not the first young ref to leave.

"Howard Webb and Mark Halsey both quit early
and you have to ask, 'what is going on?'
"I think it's down to poor management. There
were incidents when the PGMOL haven't
supported or clarified decisions when they've
needed to.
"Mark felt after the Mata incident no one
supported him. He was left high and dry.

"I was doing lot of talking to him at the time and
it's how you manage people and how you
manage personalities.
"That's a part of the skillset that's lacking at the
moment.


"The problem is he's gone and the Premier
League are without the best around.
"And I feel he's gone because no-one ever
comes out from the PMGOL and clarifies a
decision. There's time when refs need a phone
call, they need an arm round the shoulder but it
isn't happening.

"It's not about the money. He's got an
opportunity to secure his future, yes, and they've
not tried to stop him going.
"Where's the Premier League, where's the PGMOL
and where's The FA? Why haven't they tried to
keep him?"

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited
reacting to Clattenburg's decision, said in a
statement: “The PGMOL would like to wish Mark
Clattenburg well as he prepares for his move to
the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

“Since joining the PGMO Select Group in 2004,
Mark developed into one of our top officials,
refereeing at the highest level and setting
standards for others to follow.

“Mark is a talented referee, he has been a great asset to the English game and hopefully an
inspiration to those who want to get into refereeing at the grass roots of the game.

“We understand this is an exciting opportunity for
Mark as well as further underlining what high esteem English match officials are held
throughout the world game.”



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