Press conference for Ardiles

Ossie Ardiles at a press conference yesterday after being sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur. The Argentine said: `I am leaving the club in better health than when I arrived.' Gerry Francis, believed to be about to leave Queen's Park Rangers, is the favourite to replace him. The Football Association, meanwhile, reaffirmed its confidence in Ardiles' predecessor, the England coach Terry Venables

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