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Did Jose Mourinho try to sign Cesc Fabregas this summer?


Cesc admits receiving an interesting offer from an Italian club

Cesc Fabregas

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has revealed that a Serie A side attempted to sign him over the summer and admitted that his head was turned by the amount of money that was on offer. He told Sport.es:

 ”Yes, it’s true. I did have offers from an Italian side which were interesting from an economical point of view. However, nothing really happened after that.”

It has been speculated that AC Milan were the side who made the bid but The Spoiler isn’t convinced

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Posted: October 22nd, 2008 by Michael Lintorn

The Euro 2008 Ugly XI


The Spoiler considers Euro 2008’s aesthetically challenged stars

If the 1997 Oscar-winning Italian World War II film Life Is Beautiful taught us anything, it’s that beauty can be found even in the darkest of circumstances. Yet sometimes, even the beautiful game is plagued by the ‘handsomely impaired’. What follows is a squad that may be described as ‘ugly’, ‘fugly’ and perhaps most harshly, ‘pug fugly’. Read on if you dare…

1. Rüştü Reçber

Rüştü Reçber

The war paint and ‘face art’ are distracting, but not quite distracting enough.

2. Ludovic Magnin

Ludovic Magnin

You know life isn’t fair when you grow up to be bald and ginger.

3. Carles Puyol

Carles Puyol

It’s not 1976 - get a haircut, hippy!

4. Philippe Senderos

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Posted: June 10th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey