Football:Falkirk squad deals depend on Pressley

Falkirk manager Steven Pressley is poised to start contract talks with his squad next week – but wants to secure his own future at the club first.

Pressley’s deal expires on 31 May and he said: “We’ve been finalising our budget and, as soon as we get the accurate figures, we will start moving on players’ contracts.

“I don’t want to speak about my own situation but it has to be finalised as well, so there can be continuity.”

Fyvie races a month out after ankle scan

Aberdeen midfielder Fraser Fyvie is likely to be out for three to four weeks with the ankle injury suffered during the club’s William Hill Scottish Cup win over Motherwell.

The club revealed scans on his left ankle showed no break but there is ligament damage.

The 18-year-old was carried off on a stretcher after a late tackle by Keith Lasley, who was shown a straight red card for the challenge.

Fyvie himself tweeted: “Not broken any bones, ligaments are badly damaged!!! Obviously hoping for the semi!”

Richards tries to explain Fifa remark

English Premier League chairman Dave Richards yesterday tried to explain his comments at a conference in Doha about football’s world governing body Fifa “stealing” the game from the British, saying he had not meant to cause offence. “First of all I’d like to clarify something. I’m a Yorkshireman and I’m quite broad [spoken],” he said. “If I say something it can be taken a little out of context. I was asked about the heritage of the game. I would never want to offend Fifa or Uefa.”

l IN yesterday’s story about Richards, The Associated Press erroneously quoted Richards referring to Fifa. His correct quote was “some guy came along and said ‘we like this,’ and they actually stole it. It was called Fifa.” He did not use the words “you’re liars.”