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Article: Soc: "Shanegate" all over - Gold Coast United
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- February 9, 2009
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
02-09-2009
Soc: "Shanegate" all over - Gold Coast United
By Laine Clark
BRISBANE, Feb 9 AAP - Reports of Shane Smeltz looking at Gold Coast real estate have
given the clearest indication yet that his transfer saga is well and truly over.
And while his new club Gold Coast United have not ruled out complaining to Football
Federation Australia (FFA) over Wellington's handling of Smeltz, they want to put "Shanegate"
behind them.
But it has not stopped fresh accusations from the Wellington Phoenix.
Wellington believe they were painted as the bad guys after it emerged last week that
they had accepted an offer from Turkish side Hacettepe for Smeltz, just as the ...