Nurse tells FCE supporters he won’t be back; team to handle matter “internally” By Steven Sandor Posted on November 1, 2013 5 0 1,034 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Chris Nurse After a series of tweets, there looks to be rift between Chris Nurse and the FC Edmonton front office. Nurse sent out a series of angry tweets Thursday, culminating in the statement that he would not be coming back to FC Edmonton. “Sorry but I will not play for these coaches again!” Nurse wrote. The 11 has verified that the Tweets are authentic. Nurse was named the FC Edmonton player of the year by his teammates. He was named the NASL player of the month for August. He scored three times for the Eddies in the fall season and also had a marker in the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal against the Whitecaps. The club told The 11 that Nurse was informed by general manager Rod Proudfoot that he would not be making the road trip to Fort Lauderdale for the final NASL game of the season. Nurse’s version of events is different. He said he was told via broken telephone — that the message was passed onto teammate Massimo Mirabelli, who passed it on to Anthony Adur, who then told Nurse. “That is the most disappointing thing, they didn’t contact me direct,” Nurse told The 11 via message. “They have my email, and that is how the club always communicates. Yet they chose to use two other players who had no involvement to relay the message.” The club also confirmed that Nurse’s one-year contract expires on Nov. 3 and that he’ll be a free agent if terms can’t be reached on a new deal by then. The team said that it was dealing with the matter of the tweets internally. This is the first public sign of friction between Nurse and the club’s coaching staff, led by head man Colin Miller. Throughout the season, Miller had been complimentary of Nurse’s play and leadership shown on the pitch. Sources have told The 11 that Nurse had been offered a contract for next year, but no deal had been made. And, there is no on-the-record statement at this time regarding what the terms of said contract offer would have been. A little less than a month ago, FC Edmonton all-time leading scorer Shaun Saiko was demoted to the reserve squad and knows that he will be released by the club at the end of the season. Sa
