Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Off The Post

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• Manchester City star Mario Balotelli fears for his life on a bungee catapult
• Real Madrid website create player profile for Tottenham’s Luka Modric aka ‘Null Null’
• Stoke winger Jermaine Pennant announces signing of Tottenham’s Tom Huddlestone via his Twitter
• Former Norwich player’s wife found him with rope round his neck
• Arsenal defender Andre Santos arrested after 130mph police chase
• Perhaps Nuri Sahin is negotiating a Lukas Podolski clause before moving to Arsenal

Manchester City star Mario Balotelli fears for his life on a bungee catapult Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:03 AM PDT Mario Balotelli is used to striking fear into the hearts of defenders around Europe – but he got a taste of his own medicine during his summer holidays. The Manchester City striker and his brother decided to try out a bungee catapult during a holiday in Ibiza earlier this summer. A petrified Balotelli was left [...]

Real Madrid website create player profile for Tottenham’s Luka Modric aka ‘Null Null’ Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT It’s always a good idea to get ahead of the game, but the chaps behind the official Real Madrid website took the concept too far yesterday. Despite Luke Modric’s move to the Spanish giants being more up in the air than the ball in a Stoke City training session, a player profile briefly appeared on [...]

Stoke winger Jermaine Pennant announces signing of Tottenham’s Tom Huddlestone via his Twitter Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:24 AM PDT Stoke winger/press officer Jermaine Pennant has announced the signing of Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone on a season-long loan. Pennant’s morning greeting contained an observation that Huddlestone was at Stoke’s training ground. And for the sake of ease, he also confirmed the terms of the deal. He tweeted: “I walked in training and got a shock [...]

Former Norwich player’s wife found him with rope round his neck Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:14 AM PDT Ex-Norwich City player Darren Eadie is planning to open a seaside retreat for depressed footballers after some informal enquiries revealed at least six of his former team-mates are battling mental illness. Eadie too has suffered with depression and, after reaching out to other former Canaries, discovered that he was not alone and there would be [...]

Arsenal defender Andre Santos arrested after 130mph police chase Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:54 AM PDT Andre Santos could face jail after leading police on a 130mph car chase. The Arsenal left-back reportedly weaved his black Maserati GranTurismo in and out of rush-hour traffic as he attempted to lose cops involved in the high speed pursuit, before eventually being stopped just 500 yards from the Gunners’ London Colney training ground. The [...]

Perhaps Nuri Sahin is negotiating a Lukas Podolski clause before moving to Arsenal Posted: 21 Aug 2012 10:24 AM PDT Arsenal fans have been impatiently waiting for the news that Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin has joined them on a season-long loan. The move has been widely expected for the past few days, but there has still been no announcement. Rumours abound that Jose Mourinho is insisting Sahin helps out his old mucker Brendan Rodgers [...]

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