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Get Pato’s first shirt. »

Imagine if you had the chance (and money) to buy Pele’s first game shirt when he played for Santos. Or Ronaldo’s. Or Zidane’s. Or Ronaldinho’s. Well, now you can (try to) get Pato’s first shirt, used in his first match for AC Milan. Man, I haven’t figured out how this guy takes all this pressure!

Capello inquired about his taxes… »

Fabio Capello is being inquired about his taxes from the time he was Juventus’ boss, which is part of the wider investigation into allegations of corruption at the club.Truth is that when you are making millions, it makes it easier to sli[ here and there. But the new England manager assures that his finances were [...]

Woohoo! More Beckham in underwear. »

Exactly one month after I showed you the beauty of the real golden ball awards, and in a time of transfer rumors and not a lot of football action, Armani has finally released some more very nice and well taken pictures of Beckham with little clothes. Quite nice for a Thursday afternoon. Larger images after [...]

Picture of the day: Capello’s twin. »

Right, he does look like Capello but is a but slimmer. Capello’s “twin” is an Irish guy who, unlike the real Capello, does speak english very well. Michael McElinney is a 45 year old construction worker and is even making some money out of the gig (around £350 per appearance). Well, while real Capello’s good [...]

Does English football lack basic skills? »

English football is in a crisis. Everyone is trying to find the answer to why the Three Lions did not qualify for EURO 2008, and why they haven’t won a World Cup in such a long time. The answer, for many, is that English football lacks basic skills. Today I read an article on BBC, [...]

Official: Capello is the new England manager. »

It’s official. Capello is jumping in as the new England manager. The Italian is reportedly getting £6m a year (for 4 years), and not £4m as I said before. He will also have an opt out after 2010. Prety good deal, shall I say. He is also bringing with him his 4 faithful men: [...]

Smart Ball seems to finally be smart. »

FIFA has been testing their new smart ball and goal-line technology during this year’s FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. After several testing of some other not-so-smart balls, this one seems to be the geek one who will always work. The ball has some very ET looking sensors inside and works responding to a “line” [...]

Capello should be England’s next boss. »

According to everyone out there, Fabio Capello is set to be the next English manager. The Italian is supposed to get £4m a year to take care of business in England. Not an easy job right now but most people think he is the right one to do it (well, if not him, then [...]