Next Newcastle Manager There’s been a huge plunge today on ex-England boss Terry Venables to be the new man in charge at St James’ Park.

Fifa has fined the Croatian Football Federation £15,000 for racist chants made by their fans during the World Cup qualifier with England on 10 September.

Monkey chants were heard from a section of the crowd when England striker Emile Heskey was booked for fouling Niko Kovac.

The Football Association made an official complaint to world football’s governing body after England’s 4-1 win.

A statement from Fifa said: “Racism has no place in football.

“Fifa is determined to continue broadcasting this message around the globe and deploying all of the means at its disposal to eliminate this form of discrimination.”

Croatia were also given a small fine during Euro 2008 for racist abuse from their fans during their game against Turkey.

An FA spokesman said: “We repeat our position that we will not accept any racial abuse of any England players. There can be no place for racist behaviour in football or society.”

Next Newcastle Manager There’s been a huge plunge today on ex-England boss Terry Venables to be the new man in charge at St James’ Park.