Brazilian caught livin’ it up for the zillionth time

With Milan languishing in the bottom half of Serie A, now would be the worst time for Ronaldinho to be caught out partying in the early hours before a game. Oh hey, guess what happened at the weekend?

Unable to resist the prospect of samba rhythm and alcohol, the King of Nightclubs flew to Paris on Saturday afternoon to take part in a “percussion concert”. He continued to bang his drum well into the wee hours of Sunday morning, and French paper L’Equipe reports that he had “some difficulty” leaving the bar.

Ronny played for the Rossoneri against Atalanta later on Sunday, and undoubtedly excused himself from punishment by slotting home a superb equalising goal…

The players who didn’t earn their loyalty bonuses

As anyone who has ever divorced will testify, sometimes it is necessary to call time on a big commitment. Footballers who sign big money contracts are no strangers to this maxim, but some jump ship a little earlier than expected. With this in mind, Spoiler correspondent Ben Baker has compiled a top ten list of the shortest spells in football club history. And guess who tops the list…

Sol Campbell
After a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance at Meadow Lane and a quick team photo, the man whom Spurs fans lovingly refer to as ‘Judas’ picked up his boots and walked out on his £40,000-a-week contract. If he manages to stay fit and win his war with his own metabolism, perhaps a fleeting appearance in the MLS lies ahead for football’s least decisive man..

Ali Dia
A favourite story among football fans who are less than supportive of Graeme Souness (and let’s be honest, there are a fair few): after allegedly receiving a call from former World Footballer of the Year George Weah ‘bigging up’ his ‘cousin’, Souness signed him up without reservation. He even had the audacity to replace Sir Tiss with him. Dia was so dreadful that he was hauled off, lasting about 20 minutes. Oh well, Southampton’s loss was Gateshead’s gain…kind of.

Dietmar Hamann
After it appeared that Hamann was surplus to

It’s official: beautiful women named Alessia grow on trees in Italy

Italy’s borders are close to bursting, such is the quantity of footballer-lovin’ hotties named Alessia in the boot-shaped nation. Following yesterday’s Alessia Merz and last week’s Alessia Fabiani, today’s WAG is Alessia Marcuzzi, who is discernable from her clothes-hating namesakes only by the fact that she is blonde. Ms Marcuzzi is the current beau of Carlo Cudicini, the man who stands between Chelsea’s sticks when Petr Cech is recovering from freak accidents.