As Liverpool prepare to spend £27m on Fernando Torres they would do well to ensure his past is not forgotten. I don’t mean as a La Liga striker but as a child assassin and leader of a vicious under 11s Madrid gang called Las Tazas.
Torres became leader of this gang which operated from his barrio, [...]

…for £16.5m!!
Just to remind everyone that next month will consist entirely of Sundays and could someone please call a furnace repair man for Satan as hell has frozen over.

“We missed a penalty and then they took advantage of the spaces we left and the mistakes we made in defence. We dominated the game.”
Colombia coach Jorge Luis Pinto after his team was beaten 5-0 by Paraguay in the Copa America last night.

If the figures quoted are true then Liverpool will be taking a massive gamble on Torres at that price. Even at half of it he’s expensive and in Spain there are doubts about his talent.
On his day he’s lightning fast, decisive and deadly. Unfortunately his day is interspersed with different kinds of days when he [...]

“…and can dance like Astaire overseas
What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff it’s no myth
Maybe he’s just looking for
Someone to dance with.”

Sven vs Fergie, should be interesting.
Although Sven could make cavorting round a pool with naked chicks and as much Kentucky Fried Chicken as you could eat appear boring. Who will he sign?
I’d put money on Owen coming in, and Ljungberg. Regular readers will know that it’s now time to put money on anyone else.

…he also appears to have grown another hand on his inside leg.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho refute any of the comments that have appeared in European papers regarding Andriy Shevchenko. The club and Jose Mourinho are now considering legal action.
This is in regard to stories that Chelsea wanted to sell Shevchenko to Milan. Can you imagine? A newspaper making up story and Chelsea want to sue.
However, I [...]

(The third in an ongoing summer series.)
“Listen to me, and listen good, my friend: if you want to waste your time believing that Boba Fett died at the Great Pit of Carkoon inside the Sarlaac, go right ahead. But don’t tell me it’s fact, or expect me to sit here dumbly nodding along, [...]

…that the Real Madrid fans speak English as well as Beckham speaks Spanish.

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