LIVE: PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE DECIDERS! Man City and Liverpool battle to be champions on final day of the top-flight season 'I just hope the door is a little bit ajar at some stage for Heritier to come back.' That means nothing at the moment - that is not a criticism or anything, that's just the way I feel,' he said. 'You have to remember I as very close with Heritier and have not spoken to him in any other terms other than pure love and affection over the journey. On Thursday McGuire broke his silence on the conflict, declaring it 'very sad for everybody'. Lumumba also claimed McGuire also knew about his offensive nickname but denied all knowledge despite being told directly about it.
The former defender also released recordings of two clashes he had with Buckley, in which the coach accused him of throwing ex-club president Eddie McGuire 'under a bus' while discussing notorious comments about Indigenous footy icon Adam Goodes.īuckley responded by telling Lumumba to release the full recordings of their meetings, which the ex-Magpie refused to do. Lumumba (pictured with his wife) reignited his feud with the club when he released a series of bombshell accusations about some of the Magpies' most senior staff on Monday 'Nathan Buckley was the head coach and seemed unfazed by it all.'īuckley reacted by saying, 'There are other versions of the truth that are a long way away from the way that he perceives it.'
Lumumba also said hardcore porn was shown in team meetings: 'One of the team rules was to 'come forward', so he showed an image of a group of about five or more men ejaculating on a woman's face with the words 'come forward' as a caption,' Lumumba claimed wrote. On Monday, Lumumba also accused Buckley of clashing with him and refusing to take any action over a poster on a club noticeboard mocking gay people, and denying he knew about his 'Chimp' nickname despite Lumumba discussing it with him. 'I don't know if he's purposely planning this every three months.' I don't know when it's going to stop, I don't know what else he's got up his sleeve. 'I thought he'd cut off all communication with the footy club but it's still going. 'I do hope he finds what he's looking for, he was a much loved member of our premiership side, a much loved member of the footy club but obviously I can pretty safely say it'll never be reconciled.
The Brownlow Medal winner said he thinks there's no chance Lumumba (pictured playing in 2014) will ever patch things up with the club