Concordia Chiajna defender Gabriel Tamas has revealed what he went through when he was coached by Roy Hodgson at West Bromwich Albion (2010-2012).

Gabi Tamas thinks Roy Hodgson, the manager of Crystal Palace, is a racist

Hodgson’s strange behavior led Thomas to believe that the famous technician was a racist. The Romanian defender played 16 matches under the leadership of the one currently coaching Crystal Palace.

“In my opinion, I think he was a bit of a racist. When I was there and I had to go to Crystal Palace, he called and made me cabbage.

One day he came to me and said he needed to measure my body fat. After that he told me that I don’t sit well in training, that I’m fat, that I don’t know what… Well, I changed everything after that. I was in the top three in training, I lost fat. nothing about you

He sent me to the second team. We beat Chelsea 5-0, there were only children. I said, “Okay, don’t bother me.” But I no longer go to the second team. There are children there. I don’t learn anything. Let go’.

I had an offer for big money, from China. Do you know what he told me? “China is not for you.” My face almost fell off. I wanted to pick it up and hang it.

He said that I am not a player on the bench. He puts me right in the field. The defender was injured, he put me right in the field. I have never seen anything like it! If they were all in uniform, I was right in the stands.

He called me on Friday before the game. I knew I was going to be a starter. He says, “I have a dilemma. The keepers are back…’. Do you know what I did? I left the field and sat on the bench. I didn’t train anymore. I said I was really nervous and I might hit someone who could be the starter tomorrow.

I had a game for Christmas and I knew I wasn’t playing. I called the athletic director and said, “Tell Mr. I want to go home.” He kept telling me we had a match, but I insisted he call. After that, the manager called me back: “Mr. said you can go home. That you are a professional.”

When I had to go to Crystal Place, he wouldn’t let me go. The president told me, “I’ve never seen anything like that in my life, where a person could hurt someone.”

I went to Doncaster, I was playing and the manager from there came and said: “Do you know who I spoke to?” With Hodgson. He told me that you are the best defender. I’m stuck. Maybe he realized that he was wrong” – Gabriel Tamashin an interview with Gazeta Sporturilor.

During his career, Gabriel Tamas played for such teams as Dynamo Bucharest, Galatasaray, Spartak Moscow, Celta Vigo, Auxerre, West Bromwich Albion, Doncaster, Watford, FCSB, Cardiff, Hapoel Haifa, Astra Giurgiu, Cluj University, FC Voluntari and Ploiesti Oil. .

On May 21, Roy Hodgson signed a contract with Crystal Palace until the end of the season. In the first matches, the coach won 3 wins and a draw.

Roy Hodgson also coached Inter Milan, Blackburn, Udinese, Fulham, Liverpool, West Brom, Crystal Palace and Watford, as well as several national teams (England, Switzerland, Finland , UAE).