to review all aspects of our current position and to make recommendations regarding our future structure and financing arrangements.”Hammam must have faith that Ridsdale has learnt from Leeds’ demise.. John Toshack sought closure to a Savage saga yesterday, refusing to discuss Robbie, the retired Wales midfielder, and instead looking forward to a new era in his own management career and the fortunes of his country’s international side. Toshack signalled yesterday that no further dissent will be tolerated.”I would think everybody here is now on board,” he said, looking forward to his first competitive match as Wales coach “I would hope so for their sakes. And for all our sakes.”Wales have gathered only two points from their opening four games to fall seven points behind second-placed Poland.

Toshack is likely to start with a 4-2-3-1 formation, and he was full of praise for the four “top-drawer” players who will comprise his attacking thrust. “We could win all of our matches and still not qualify,” Toshack said “But we have a responsibility to win the football match We have been very encouraged by what we have seen this week When someone new comes in, they have different ideas. It always happens, certainly at club level.”Some of the training this week has shown a few have had difficulty adapting but their concentration, enthusiasm and effort has made me very optimistic.”Ryan Giggs, who will captain the side as he earns his 50th cap, will be a key figure in a revamped midfield. “They have their opinion and they are entitled to it but there is a due process and we will go through it. Whether you are big, small or a medium-sized club you are treated in the same way.”. He may be a clever and even decent man but as an international bureaucrat he is clearly unacceptable.Professor JOHN A DAVIS Cambridge China still a danger Sir: Lifting the EU arms embargo on China so soon after the passage of China’s new “anti-separation” law would send a dangerous signal (“UK blocks attempt to lift China arms ban’”, 23 March).

The legislation, calling for “non-peaceful means” to be taken against Taiwan should it move towards formalising its de facto independence, is a reminder that China has not made enough progress in the areas of human rights and peaceful diplomacy to warrant lifting the ban.Added to 700 missiles already targeting Taiwan, regular war games simulating the invasion of Taiwan and a defence spending increase of 12.6 per cent this year, the new law has only stoked regional tensions. Japan recently identified China as a potential security threat for the first time since the Second World War and identified Taiwan as a mutual security concern with the US shortly before the law was enacted by China’s “parliament”.It is encouraging that the UK wants the lifting of the arms ban to be delayed. Instead of rushing to lift the ban for short-term economic reasons, the EU should utilise this period to engage China over human rights and democracy.MICHAEL CHEN Director, Taipei Representative Office in the UK London SW1 Gays should be wary Sir: Like Ford Hickson (letter, 24 March) I am wary of the Government’s slipperiness on the issue of gay law reform. Despite Mr Blair’s supposed pride at the ending of the ban on gays in the military, his government spent its first two years fighting tooth and nail to retain this ban through the European Court of Human Rights. It was only when the court found against them that they had a change of heart. On this as much else, you can trust Tony Blair as far as you can throw him.CHRISTOPHER ANTON Birmingham Iraq advice Sir: The headline on Nigel Morris’s article (22 March) that “Lawyer was paid £50,000 to give advice on Iraq invasion” is incorrect and misleading.