On his personal website Hannover's Cameroon striker Mo Idrissou speaks lovingly of his fiancee Selin, saying that he has "found my wife for life, I am very lucky and wish myself and Selin to be together for a long and beautiful future".
Money can't buy Mo love
Alas, their 20-month relationship is over, the police even having to be called to break up a fight between the pair. According to German newspaper Bild when Selin tore up Idrissou's designer t-shirt he retaliated by cutting up her credit cards and two Gucci handbags. Idrissou admitted he "howled and my whole body trembled" when their relationship ended, one in which he had invested so much - e.g. "only last month I paid 7,000 for her to have breast enlargement".
Quotes of the week
"You win some, you draw some."
- As spotted on an Arsenal t-shirt doing the rounds.
"All I can tell you is that the club have made a £20 million cash offer for Wayne Rooney."
- Bobby Robson last Monday. Cash? That's a lot of briefcases.
"This is a bloody, bloody scandal. I can accept losing to a better team, but to lose against a team who shave their legs? I can't stand it."
- Djurgarden coach Kjell Jonevret, as quoted by the Observer, after losing 4-1 to Juventus.
"A player like Wayne Rooney would be great for Newcastle United, but not so good for Craig Bellamy."
- Yep, Craig Bellamy.
"Tell you what, if he was a lollipop he'd be sucking himself."
- Rodney Marsh on Jose Mourinho, as heard by Dangerhere.com.
Change of tune?
Question: If Wayne Rooney moves to Old Trafford will the Manchester United faithful desist from singing: "He's fat, he's Scouse he's probably robbed your house" everytime they watch him play?
Saying it like it is
Real Madrid website: "How would you introduce yourself to your new supporters?" Jonathan Woodgate: "I'd say 'my name is Jonathan Woodgate, I am 24'."
As Football 365 so cruelly put it: "just how clever will Michael Owen look beside him and Beckham? The Spanish will think he's the English Einstein."
More quotes of the week
"Actually, I don't care."
- Jose Mourinho's response when asked by Sky Sports for his views on Paul Sturrock's departure from Southampton (Football 365).
"I know we already have some good midfield players, but what we haven't got is the type of player I call a dog - and Aaron Lescott is one of those."
- "Gee, thanks," Lescott no doubt replied to Bristol Rovers manager Ian Atkins.
"I am always working and I don't have Sky or anything in the hotel. I am disappointed because I have no time for the Olympic Games - can you tell me who won the 200 metres?"
- Spurs manager Jacques Santini, up to his eyes.
"It's a little bit crazy. I think people have cancelled watching Eastenders and they're watching us now."
- Shay Given on the soap opera that is Newcastle United.
Harte put under wrong orders
"Ian Harte has been included in the Republic of Ireland squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Cyprus and Switzerland . . . the Levantinista will face Cyprus in Dublin in the Lansdowne Road Stadium, and then travels to Basel to play Switzerland in St Jacob Park. He will return from Switzerland to Dublin on Thursday, September 9th and will return to Valencia that same day."
Eh, will someone tell the Levante website that Ian Harte wasn't actually named in the squad for the Cyprus and Switzerland games and there's really no need for all these travel arrangements?
Pellie axed after a poor showing
Yet another mascot bites the dust. This time it's Dumbarton's Pellie the Elephant who got the chop after lowering his shorts and wiggling his bare bottom at Morton fans.
"Pellie had been warned in the past so we were left with no choice but to terminate his involvement with the club," Dumbarton chairman Iain MacFarlane told the London Times. "He dropped his tracksuit bottoms then apparently gestured in a rude way with his hands. Although it wasn't his real backside he showed off, it was still unacceptable. We now want to move on. Dumbarton FC has more important things to worry about than elephants baring their bottoms."
