Zola had decided to go before Abramovich arrived, family, napoli, cosa nostra etc and no amount of pleading and contract negotiating would change his mind. Big regret he was sold though ...
Pops up on R5 now and again saying where clubs have gone wrong. Was, and still is as far as I know, a Liverpool season ticket holder, and was part of the Hicks Gillete popular front. Still hes not replacing Gourlay so hopefully steers clear of the football side of things.
Impressive English 17 year old made his senior debut coming on for Oscar in the Champions League against Maribor. Having scored 18 times for the academy last season a similar proliferation of goals in the seniors would be most welcome, -providing he gets enough playing time in the next few seasons. Loan deal is the norm though....
Brilliant. Jose seems to have just found out as well when he was intervewed on itv the other night alluding to the incident said " Fabregas is abetter guy than I thought"
Lucky Cech is so mature mentally, (on a Footballers intelligence scale him at 10 and Ballotelli at 1) and cant see him having a tissy fit about not being No1 any time soon.