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With his granite Govan accent, purple cheeks and fiery temper, more about canadagoosesalesus Sir Alex Ferguson is an obvious dead ringer for Taggart – except, of course, when it comes to fiendishly difficult mysteries. The Case of How to Replace Peter Schmeichel is still no nearer to being solved, even though Massimo Taibi, Fabien Barthez, Ricardo, Roy Carroll and Tim Howard have all been hauled in for, ahem, questioning. And as for trying to find the New Roy Keane, Eric Djemba-Djemba was not so much a quality midfielder as a brilliant red herring.
Today, however, the Manchester Soccerballs coach actually got a sniff of a good thing – PSV’s Park Ji-sung, who certainly has the skill, vision and tenacity to justify his claims that: “I’m confident I can prove myself at one of the world’s top clubs.” Struggling to be heard above the din of replica jersey-making machines whirring into overdrive, the canada goose coat – victoria South Korean added: “I want to show my value to United in terms of my ability, not for some marketing strategy for Asia.” Still, don’t be surprised if United make more from Park than the 4m they paid for him.
So, a force on the field and in the market place. Like, you could say, David Beckham at Real Madrid. Come best canada goose jacket for men to think of it, given that the 24-year-old’s a superb crosser and a wizard at set-pieces, Park could well be a long-overdue replacement for Beckham. A Keane replacement may be more pressing on the pitch, but 790m says the Glazer clan (who today delisted United from the Stock Exchange) are hoping for another Beckham. What’s the Korean for “It’s like good, y’know, innit?”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I have come to Valencia to score goals and not to go to parties” – Nightclub Patrick reacts to news that his new club has inserted a clause in his contract to curb his nocturnal activities.
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THE RUMOUR MILL
Having lost one overweight, lazy and uncommitted striker, Newcastle want to replace the Valencia-bound ex-disco seeker with Mark Viduka.
Dvd O Lry to Craig Bellamy: “Cm 2 Vla.”
Unusually, Blackeye Rovers are set to lose a fight; this one being the Battle of Benni McCarthy. His club Porto’s valuation of the striker will force Mark Hughes to look to Shefki Kuqi instead.
Fellow Lancastrians Wigan are also involved in a messy scuffle, as Fulham try to elbow in on their deal for Heidar Helguson. If Paul Jewell loses out, he may have to make do with Szilard Nemeth.
Bastia midfielder Pascal Chimbonda is stalling best canada goose jacket for men like a 1998 Ford Focus Saloon over a move to Nancy after hearing of West Ham’s interest.
Atletico Madrid want to do Chelsea an inexplicably big favour by taking Mateja Kezman off their hands.
The Trap door [honk!] has opened for Alexander Hleb after new VfB Stuttgart boss Giovanni Trapattoni insisted he wouldn’t stand in the way of a move to Arsenal for the Belarus best canada goose jacket star.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Portsmouth have completed the 1.6m capture – subject to a work permit – of Once Caldas midfielder John Viafara, dubbed the new Patrick Vieira.
Faria Alam’s employment tribunal was today told that the former secretary allegedly sent emails bragging of her affairs with FA staff, along with her pet names for Sven-Goran Eriksson [Sugar] and Mark Palios [Pretty Polly].
Finland coach Antti Muurinen has been sacked…
…while Rowdies spin-off comedy series FC United have appointed Karl Marginson as their manager.
Plymouth have signed Rufus Brevett following his release from West Ham.
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FIVER LETTERS
“Re: me not getting the ‘English Lions’ joke (Fiver letters passim). I feel like a terrible eejit. I’ve been reading the Fiver for months and can’t believe I missed the wry irony” – best ideas about canada goose parka on pinterest Jimmy Poland.
“Whilst planning the Chuckle Brothers-headline Millmoor Rock For Rotherham extravaganza (yesterday’s Fiver letters), do you think the organisers could call Rotherham’s other favourite sons, Jive Bunny? That would be a line-up to put Live8 in the shade” – David Whitley.
“Who cares about the Chuckle Brothers when you can boast Richard Whiteley as a celebrity fan? Surely half-time games of Countdown would get the crowds flooding back and introduce a bit of excitement into an otherwise tedious Elland Road afternoon?” – Daniel Kennedy.
“Re: the mails about Chris Rea not being a proper Middlesbrough fan. He was also involved in the club’s FA Cup final song in 1997. It was a cleverly re-jigged version of the old dancefloor-filler Let’s Dance and also featured Bob Mortimer and the Boro squad. The only thing more embarrassing than the actual record was the team’s performance in the final” – Andrew Haslam.
“Chris Rea definitely said in the 80s he supported Man United, because I remember how gutted I was when he didn’t mention Boro. Perhaps he suffers from Blair’s Disease, which causes the best canada goose coat for women buying a canada goose jacket online sufferer to come out with whatever answer seems most expedient at the time, without regard to its compatibility with previous answers?” – Paul Bowen.
“Why are nearly all letters (Fiver letters passim) in reference to one from the previous days? Are there no new subjects out there? What about the latest come-and-get-me plea or play-me-or-sell-me demand?” – Raymond Herlihy.
“I assume that whoever beats Liverpool in Big Cup first qualifying round will also be seeded, otherwise I don’t see how Uefa can stage the draw for the second qualifying round before these games have been played” – Sam Whitnell.
“I understand Spanish players are now in vogue, but can someone canada goose coat 1000 calorie diet give Rafa Benitez a map of Europe drafted post-Inquisition please?” – Dave Noonan.
Want to get something off your chest? Send your letters – a paragraph at most please – to the.boss@theguardian.com.
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