What you missed while trying to figure out how the island will survive both a hydrogen bomb detonation and a switch to Tuesday nights…
- A total of £30 million was spent in the winter transfer market by English clubs this year; this seven-year low is down from £170 million last year.
- Robbie Keane hopes his loan to Celtic will enable him to actually win some freaking silverware (complete with “Crazy Robbie” picture).
- Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t regret selling David Beckham.
- Inter Milan winger Mancini has joined AC Milan on loan for the remainder of the season.
- The Freddy Adu-Eddie Johnson combination resulted in Aris Thessaloniki’s only goal in a 2-1 loss to Xanthi; Freddy Adu missed a chance that could’ve drawn the match at the end of the second half.
- There will be a lot of confessing in Chile after four players (two per side) were sent off in Universidad Catolica’s 2-1 win over Palestino.
- Asmir Begovic is thrilled to be moving from Portsmouth to any club that will pay him regularly Stoke City.
- A Sunderland supporter has been banned from attending maches for three years after he racially abused Darren Bent’s mom; Stoke and Sunderland will not be banned after abusing fans at the Stadium of Light with an abject scoreless draw yesterday.
- Completing the Stoke City trifecta: Stoke is helping midfielder Matthew Etherington manage his gambling debts, which are thought to be in the “several hundreds of thousands of pounds” range.
- Liverpool’s new stadium is back on hold until they get a cash injection from investors. Shocking, I know.
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