By ADAM TROXTELL
Tim Howard has decided to go back on his claim that Brad Friedel tried to block his move to England.
Howard issued a statement via Twitter on Tuesday retracting what was written about Friedel in his recently-published autobiography, The Keeper. In it, Howard accused Friedel of refusing to sign a statement supporting a move from MLS in an effort to prevent Howard from signing with Premier League heavyweights Manchester United.
Friedel immediately denied the controversial claim and asked that his former U.S. Men’s National Team teammate apologize.
“Brad takes issue with my characterization of his position and events,” Howard said in the statement. “At the time, I was surprised that Brad would not automatically sign my letter of recommendation, and I took this as an opposition to my application. Brad later explained that he had not in fact opposed my efforts to seek a work permit, either by writing to the (Professional Footballers’ Assocation) or otherwise.
“I have decided to take Brad at his word.”
Howard added that he has instructed his publisher to strike the account from future editions of his book, which was initially released on Dec. 9.
Shortly thereafter, Friedel sent out a Tweet of his own saying it was now all water under the bridge for the two iconic American goalkeepers.
Statement just released from Tim Howard. Glad it’s over, happy to move on. pic.twitter.com/fcSg3Z22Jn
— bradley h friedel (@friedel_b) December 16, 2014
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What do you make of Howard offering a retraction? Was this always going to be the outcome?
Share your thoughts below.
So, most of the excerpt that was released is now to be removed from future additions? Well, I guess it served its purpose.
Hello SBI people,
A friend told me to check this site out for laffs and giggles. Said the host pops up on threads under many different names and picks fights with his readers. It’s pretty slow today but I will check back.
He specifically said to read the article on the projected roster for the Gold Cup of Nov. 26 and read the comments made by someone named Manuel. I did, and it was a hoot.
Told me to check out the Nov. 26 article about the projected roster for the Gold Cup
Is that you Ives?
1.Always refers to Ives as “the host”
2.Thinks there’s some conspiracy where Ives is posting in the comments
3. Takes great offense to anyone that dare questions if Julian Green might not be the next Messi
Haven’t seen you on here in awhile Expat.
+1
It’s all starting to make sense now…
First Rolling Stone then Howard, pfft bunch of maries.
So they aren’t fighting it out?
The only way to truly settle this is to have a penalty kick showdown between Howard and Friedel with Landon Donovan taking all 10 kicks.
haha i’d watch it
Brad would probably win and the LD supports would state this is another reason LD should have been on the World Cup roster.
+1 King Solomon himself would envy your wisdom
Man… the value of my first edition just skyrocketed!
Good idea. But alas, no one would win because LD never misses.
He is very consistent