It was Avram at the brothel, not Phil or Roy....

[os5889]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1248528/Avram-Grants-wife-defends-Pompey-boss-husband-brothel-visit-saying-He-likes-body.html

Avram Grant's wife defends her Pompey boss husband over brothel visit, saying: 'He can do whatever he likes with his body'

By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 4:07 PM on 04th February 2010


   
The wife of Portsmouth manager Avram Grant has hit back at allegations her husband was caught in a 'Thai' brothel by claiming: 'He can do whatever he likes with his body.'

Former Chelsea boss Grant, 54, whose Pompey side crashed to a 1-0 defeat at Fulham last night, may be quizzed by police in connection with an alleged visit to a seedy 'massage parlour' they are investigating.

Grant's TV presenter wife, Tzofit, today denied Grant paid for sex and claimed he was simply looking for a relaxing massage.

Portsmouth manager Avram Grant (right) dishes out instructions to Hassan Yebda during Pompey's 1-0 defeat at Fulhajm on Wednesday

The 45-year-old told Israeli sports newspaper 1One: 'Avram is a private man and can do whatever he wants.

'Avram went in public, in the middle of the day to have a Thai massage, not to a brothel.

'He went to have a massage in the official uniform of Portsmouth. He came out happy and smiling and does not have anything to hide.

'I do not understand why people think they can invade our private lives.

'Avram can do whatever he wants and the only anger I have is that he does not go to have a Thai massage every day.

'The truth is that if Avram wanted to go to a brothel, it is his right. He can do whatever he likes with his body.


http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/59329,people,news,avram-grant-brothel-visit-exposed-as-portsmouth-changes-hands-balram-chainrai

Grant brothel visit exposed as Portsmouth sold again
Avram Grant
Avram Grant has been revealed as the Premier League manager who visited a brothel, but will his new boss care?
By Tim Edwards
LAST UPDATED 2:06 PM, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Has the Nepalese businessman Balram Chainrai bought into more than he bargained for after taking control this morning of the struggling football club Portsmouth? After weeks of speculation on football fan websites, the Portsmouth coach, Avram Grant, has been named as the Premier League manager seen visiting a brothel in Hampshire before Christmas.

Journalists have been sitting on this story ever since the Sun newspaper caught Grant leaving the massage parlour on an industrial estate in the village of Horton Heath in December. Unable to identify him by name, or publish photographs of him leaving the brothel, for fear of breaking "creeping privacy laws", the Sun reported at the time only that "a top-flight football boss" had spent more than an hour in "a Thai vice den".

Now, after a judge allowed its sister paper the News of the World to break the story of John Terry's affair with Vanessa Perroncel by revoking a super-injunction against the paper, the Sun has felt emboldened to identify Grant.

The Portsmouth coach, a father of two who is married to Israeli actress Tzofit, is said to have "freely admitted" knowing the massage parlour was a brothel.

Although using the services of a prostitute in a private place is not illegal, the police could prosecute the brothel's owner for living off immoral earnings. To do so, they could interview anyone who has used the establishment - including Grant. An anonymous source "close to the inquiry" told the Sun: "We want to speak to people who have been there, to clients who might be potential witnesses."

While the Sun was figuring out what to do about its exclusive, the 51-year-old Hong Kong-based Chainrai was working out how best to protect the £17m he has loaned Portsmouth through his company Portpin to keep the club afloat over the last year. As a result, he took control today of the previous owner Ali Al-Faraj's 90 per cent stake in the club.

Whether Chainrai will be much interested in his coach's private life is a moot point. Observers claim he isn't even that interested in football - the move to buy Portsmouth was purely financial.

"Portpin have exercised a clause in their contractual agreement to take a controlling interest," a Portsmouth FC spokesman said. "They are taking control on a temporary basis to allow new owners to be found." 

[os5889]

Once Chelsea scum..... :o

[The Rock]

I think the title of this thread should be changed to: "Is Avram fit to be Pompey Manager?". Surely John Terry is not fit to be a footballer, and it appears AG is not fir to be a manager.