This time, former Arsenal captain slags off Chelsea

Wondered why William Gallas has been doing so much whining and badly disguised finger pointing in the press this month? It all seems to have been carefully orchestrated to promote his autobiography La parole est à la défense, released in France last week. His latest tidbit comes from his hellish time earning hundreds of thousands of pounds at Chelsea. Apparently, he justified some horrific treatment by speaking to Milan behind their backs. That’ll learn ‘em:

“Peter Kenyon, the chief executive, was against satisfying my demands. He made our life hell.
“In May 2006, I told the press of Milan’s interest and my desire to leave the club and of the very attractive offer Milan had proposed.

“This prestigious Italian team were offering me a salary higher than that which I was asking of Chelsea.

“Straight away, I was seduced. Not because of the Euros but of the faith a club gives you, the value they put on you.

“Chelsea said they wanted to keep me and their offer was still open. No one knows how laughable their offer was and what I deserved.”

Gallas didn’t want to reveal the “laughable” offer, but suggested it was between £59,999 and £60,001 per week, on a contract lasting between 3 years and eleven months and four years and one month. For this ridicuous outburst, the Frenchman will undoubtedly receive copious abuse from a certain set of fans on Sunday. We don’t want to name names, but lets just say they play in blue at a ground that rhymes with “Wamford Dridge”…

[Quote: Sky Sports]

Defender reveals more controversy in autobiography

Liverpool’s big man at the back is angry. In his latest work of art, Carra: My Autobiography, he lambasts owners Hank Hicks and Billy Bob Gillett for making £100m each and failing to build a new stadium and invest in strengthening the squad:

“For richer or poorer, we’d sold Liverpool to two ruthless businessmen who saw us as a money-making opportunity.”

“They didn’t buy Liverpool as an act of charity; they weren’t intent on throwing away all the millions they’d earned over 50 years… They wanted to buy us because the planned stadium offered a chance to generate tons of cash and increase

It’s far easier to shaft people from the boardroom

The Spoiler’s serialisation of Dennis Wise’s autobiography continues with his revelation, whilst still playing for Chelsea, that he is just too nice a guy and doesn’t possess the ruthless streak required to be a successful manager.

We’re not so sure that Marcelino Elena, Callum Davidson and Kevin Keegan would agree with Wise’s self-evaluation:

As for the long term, well I would like to stay in football. I have worked for many managers at club and international level. From each of them I have tried to learn something and one day I hope to be able to put what I’ve learned into practise. But management? I don’t know. Despite what you might think, I would hate upsetting people by leaving them out of the team. I know how that feels and, believe me, it is not a nice feeling.

The Italian isn’t a fan of Dennis Wise’s sense of humour

It’s widely reported that Gianfranco Zola will be announced as West Ham’s new manager within 48 hours despite his former Chelsea teammate Dennis Wise supposedly showing an interest in taking him to Newcastle.

Some reports suggest that Zola would prefer to live in London than Newcastle while others claim that the Italian is looking forward to working with compatriot Gianluca Nani.

However, the latest extract of Wise’s autobiography, which is being serialised on The Spoiler, exposes the real reason: Zola wasn’t very impressed by Wise’s practical jokes:

Ratboy’s autobiography reveals unseen admiration

When he started his career as an apprentice At Southampton, feisty midfielder Dennis Wise was a fresh-faced fifteen-year-old lad with FA Cup glory, European success and violent attacks on teammates ahead of him. Also playing on the south coast at that time was a young man named Kevin, whom Dennis was very fond of. With this in mind, The Spoiler’s serialisation of Dennis Wise: The autobiography continues with a gem that makes unlikely reading in light of current events:

I have some lovely memories, like having my picture taken with Kevin Keegan

Liverpool defender wanted revenge for broken leg

Jamie Carragher clearly doesn’t understand the art of releasing a football autobiography. Wayne Rooney was 20 when he released his so at 30, Carragher has left it far too late. He should be on his third or fourth instalment by now.

Secondly, you’re not supposed to reveal anything interesting. The footballer is supposed to bore the reader with stories about their greatest games and the amazing “banter” with teammates. Under no circumstances should you reveal that you didn’t care as much about losing in an England shirt or that you hate the Everton fanbase that you were once a part of.

Carragher obviously thought he hadn’t been controversial enough so in today’s Daily Mirror serialisation he admits that after having his leg broken in a challenge by Lucas Neill, he seriously considered allowing his mates to assault the Australian defender:

The young striker has finally compiled his memoirs

I stole this fascinating snippet from On The Bench, who in turn stole it from a BBC message board. I’m almost 65 per cent sure it’s fictitious.

“Flying into Manchester airport for the signing was one of the most exciting days of my career. The limo transferring me took a while longer to reach the ground than I expected but once there I was greeted by a sea of red. The chanting and atmosphere were brilliant and it all passed by in a blur.

Once inside the ground I was greeted by the manager, the first time we had met face to face. He was a lot heavier than I expected but spoke to me in good Spanish which made me feel most welcome. We went straight into a conference room for the official signing.

After I had put pen to paper the manager turned to me and said “Welcome to the biggest club in the World”.

I said thank you and asked “When will I meet Wayne and Cristiano”?

There followed about ten minutes of confusion from which it transpired that there are two clubs in the North West of England known as the “Reds” and my idiot agent had got them mixed up.

However I had signed so had to get on with it. Benitez was known as the “Gaffer”. I asked Stevie G (the only other player at the club who could control the ball) why this was.

He explained that in English “gaffe” is an embarrassing mistake. Apparently even the owners called Rafa “gaffer”.