What you missed while admiring this pretty ha- oh, no, wait, that’s a jellyfish…
- Vincent Kompany has been dropped from the Belgium squad by Dick Advocaat for showing up late all the time. That means he may miss the World Cu- oh.
- Tottenham is interested in signing Ruud van Nistelrooy. This may be why Roman Pavlyuchenko wants to move back to Spartak Moscow.
- Arsenal is suddenly weak at left back after Kieran Gibbs was injured during an England U-21 match against Lithuania yesterday.
- Speaking of injured left backs: Yuri Zhirkov claims that his move to London is at the root of his injury problems.
- Freddie Ljungberg made the “MLS XI” squad; David Beckham, however, did not.
- Despite of heavy jetlag, Japan beat Hong Kong 4-0 to stay atop their Asian Cup qualification group.
- Edin Dzeko would love to leave Wolfsburg, but his agent doesn’t think it’s going to happen this Christmas.