A Roman Orgy
‘ANYTHING Roman Abramovich can do, Alexander Mamut can do too.
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| The next manager of Blackburn Rovers? |
Thats the news in the Express, as another Russian eyes a Premier League football club, this time Blackburn Rovers.
A Russian source says that Mamut is sniffing around in England and will identify the club that makes the most sense to buy and control.
We humbly suggest that he takes a gander at Anorak FC, a sleeping giant in the modern game, and available for a refreshingly low fee – to be agreed.
Meanwhile, the Mirror says that Alex Ferguson is relishing the prospect of playing Glasgow Rangers in the Champions League. He has a score to settle.
In Fergies autobiography, he says: No other experience in my 40 years as a professional player and manager has created a scar comparable with that left by the treatment I received at Ibrox.
To refresh readers minds, the paper says that Ferguson played for the Glasgow club for two seasons in the 1960s, before being shown the door.
Not he wants revenge. And Newcastle United fans could be forgiven for wanting to exact the same on their French player Laurent Robert, a surrender monkey.
The Sun says that on the night of Newcastles Champions League exit at the hands of Partizan Belgrade, dead-ball specialist Robert removed his boots after the final whistle.
As club manager Bobby Robson compiled his list of penalty takers, Robert languished on the turf – boots off, head down.
As Robson says: We did not take good penalties – but how can you criticise the players who have shown the bottle and courage to take them?
The comment is aimed as much at Robert as the good men and true. The Sun labelling Robert a bottler who let his team down.
As teammates Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer will, perhaps, remind him, pals always stick together…’
Posted: 29th, August 2003 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
