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'Shocked' Clarkson speaks out, North tenure delayed - CtrlF.XYZ

'Shocked' Clarkson speaks out, North tenure delayed

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Alastair Clarkson has refuted "any allegation of wrongdoing oregon misconduct" successful the aftermath of an explosive study into his clip astatine Hawthorn.

Clarkson's commencement day astatine North Melbourne has been pushed backmost arsenic a effect of "serious humanities allegations" elaborate successful the ABC report.

In a connection released connected Wednesday evening, Clarkson said helium was "shocked" by the allegations successful the story.

"The health, attraction and payment of our players, unit and their families were ever my highest priorities during my clip astatine the Hawthorn Football Club," Clarkson said.

"I was truthful shocked by the highly superior allegations reported successful the media earlier today. I was not interviewed by the authors of the study commissioned by the club, and nor person I been provided with a transcript of the report.

"I was not afforded immoderate owed process and I refute immoderate allegation of wrongdoing oregon misconduct and look guardant to the accidental to beryllium heard arsenic portion of the AFL outer investigation.

"I person contiguous contacted the president of North Melbourne Football Club and we person mutually agreed that I volition measurement backmost from my responsibilities astatine the nine truthful I tin afloat cooperate successful the investigation.

"As the matters are present taxable to an investigation, I volition not marque immoderate further remark astatine this stage."

Clarkson was 1 of 3 erstwhile Hawks staffers named successful an explosive study connected Wednesday, on with Brisbane Lions manager Chris Fagan, who was an adjunct nether Clarkson, and ex-Hawks subordinate improvement manager, Jason Burt.

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The 54-year-old was acceptable to officially commencement his tenure astatine North Melbourne connected November 1, but volition present commencement astatine a aboriginal day owed to the ongoing investigation.

"The North Melbourne Football Club is alert of superior humanities allegations made against individuals who worked astatine the Hawthorn Football Club, including incoming North Melbourne manager Alastair Clarkson," a nine connection work connected Wednesday.

"The matters raised are present with the AFL's Integrity Unit and Alastair welcomes the accidental to co-operate with immoderate probe relating to the claims.

"Alastair was owed to commence enactment with North Melbourne connected November 1 nevertheless helium volition hold the commencement of his tenure to let clip to afloat enactment successful the investigation.

"Given the matters raised are confidential and the probe is ongoing, the nine volition not supply immoderate further remark astatine this time."

Clarkson was head-hunted by North Melbourne, Essendon and the GWS Giants successful caller months and signed a five-year woody to manager the Kangaroos past month.

He departed Hawthorn with a twelvemonth to tally connected his woody astatine the extremity of the 2021 play aft a palmy tenure which featured 4 premierships.

News of Clarkson's delayed commencement comes aft the Lions announced Fagan would instrumentality a permission of absence to partake successful the investigation.

Fagan was an adjunct nether Clarkson betwixt 2008 and 2013 earlier being promoted into a wide manager of shot relation which helium held until helium near the nine for Brisbane astatine the extremity of 2016.

He was wide expected to person a declaration hold from the Lions aft a palmy finals run which ended successful past weekend's preliminary final.

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