What you missed while snakes were growing legs (and yes, there’s a picture)…
- Fiorentina chairman Andrea Della Valle has resigned from his position; this follows fan protests over the club’s inactive transfer window, where Felipe Melo was sold to Juventus without any reinforcement being brought in.
- Edwin van der Sar will decide whether or not this is his last season in December.
- If Kevin Keegan wins his compensation suit against Newcastle, the club may be forced into administration.
- Is Freddy Adu soccer’s version of Benjamin Button?
- Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t understand how injury time is allotted at Old Trafford and plans to keep playing his second string team in the Carling Cup. So there. Incidentally, does that make Michael Owen and Nani second stringers?
- The Bundesliga’s most expensive signing ever, Bayern’s Mario Gomez, is tired of being subbed out of the game all the time.
- Chivas beat Chivas 2-0 in a friendly at the Rose Bowl.
- Stephen Ireland, who was subbed off in the 73′ of Man City’s Carling Cup tie with Fulham with dizziness, was taken to a hospital and later released.
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Snakes with talons? Come to Florida. We have two different types of pythons mating in the Everglades and eating gators. No, really. And now our legislators are formulating a bill to ban snake ownership. Again, really.