Chipperfield named as Kewell defector | Thebigtip

From foxsports.com.au

Socceroos defender Scott Chipperfield is the player at the centre of the scandal surrounding comments made about Harry Kewell, Bernie Mandic has told Melbourne's SEN radio station.

Mandic, Harry Kewell's manager, referred to Chipperfield by name in a radio interview during the continuing fallout from the article in Sydney's Sunday Telegraph written by Fox Sports football commentator and former Socceroos player Robbie Slater.

Slater suggested that Kewell's lack of form and match fitness ahead of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa had created disharmony in the national camp, with an unnamed Socceroos teammate quoted as saying Kewell should "f… off" from the team.

"For someone to have said Harry is of no value to the Australia team, didn't happen," Mandic said on SEN.

"Because the player in question, and I'll identify him, it's Scott Chipperfield.

"The whispering game has gone on now for a month, and I've known about it.

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