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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Spanish football is famed for nothing if not its integrity. Whether it’s Franco using his influence to elevate Real Madrid, in general, but with particular regard to the Di Stéfano affair; the way the government facilitated the sale of Madrid’s training ground for a gazillion euros; Barcelona conjuring then pulling their beloved levers; the way it treats the women’s game, in general but with particular regard to the Luis Rubiales affair; racism more suited to a dissertation or police report than a tea-timely email; to say nothing of the Fuentes blood bags.To Manchester United I decided and said yes. I wanted to join Manchester United, to see Alex Ferguson … [but Dortmund] could not sell me, because they knew if I stayed they could earn more money, and that I could wait maybe one or two more years” – Robert Lewandowski on how he almost became a Red Devil in 2012, two years after a volcanic ash cloud scuppered a planned move to Blackburn Rovers.Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink now being reduced to doing Strictly Come Dancing is quite depressing but seeing a big picture of him smiling is even more unsettling (he should always be stood by the corner flag grimacing after smacking a goal into the top corner against Arsenal). However, the pièce de résistance, is the quote attributed to him: ‘I’m looking forward to tackling a fun challenge! Bring on a new type of footwork, with hopefully no own goals’, which was clearly written by a PR intern who has no idea who Jimmy is and appears to have never even seen an actual game of football” – Noble Francis. Continue reading...

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