The £100,000 attempted takeover of the non-league club had Mr Arsenal as a "football consultant", which would have involved his getting involved with coaching on a voluntary basis. The consortium was headed by Ian Ridley, who co-wrote Tony's autobiography.

Adams says that he's turned down several offers of coaching and management opportunites but is sad that the Weymouth plan didn't work out. "I was looking forward to helping Ian turn Weymouth around. I think he would have been unlike other chairmen."

From what the current Weymouth chairman has said, one gets the impression that Adam's name hindered rather than helped the bid.

"It's a different world to what [Adams] has been used to and there is no guarantee it would have worked out. We have great respect and admiration for Tony Adams as a player. But it is going to take more than big names to solve our problems and those of hundreds of other struggling semi-professional clubs."

So does that mean that Adams' first chance in coaching is more likely to be with a big club?

We understand that Adams is also currently studying Sports Science at Brunel, as well as running his "Sporting Chance" charity for addictive sportsmen. He has also been in the papers this week in the latter capacity, commenting on the recent spat of "gambling footballers" stories.

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