To keep ahead of the style game you need to keep a close eye on footballers and their delicious WAGs. Had you asked The Spoiler on Friday about the best motorbikes and shoes in the world, we’d have said something about two-wheeled Hondas and ironic 80s sneakers. It’s embarrassing to remember how behind the times we were back in those days.
We now know different. We now know that it’s all about Circus Chic, darling.
As Shaun Wright Phillips and Steve Sidwell (above) proved over the weekend, the best freewheelin’ motorbikes are Harley Davidson tricycles (suitable for children?) . And anyone who saw Robbie Keane and his wife Claudine Palmer out and about on the streets of Liverpool know that, if they really want to be a la mode, women simply must start wearing stilts.
Loss of tiny little striker may be blessing in disguise
With the payment of what Daniel Levy describes as a £20.3m ‘compensation fee’ (note how the same term wasn’t applied when John Bostock was whisked away from Palace), Robbie Keane finally bid adieu to White Hart Lane this week. With that stroppy Bulgarian fellow still deciding whether he wants to pull on a red shirt next season, things look bleak on the surface for Spurs.
However, they have made two great signings in dos Santos and Modric, and the Keane compensation fee could be used to bring in Russian manchild Andrei Arshavin, a player who could easily be taught to cartwheel towards the corner flag before firing off some ‘hand pistols’. As a bonus, it also looks like hastily-purchased flop Darren Bent could be joining Keane on Merseyside, albeit in a blue jersey.
Assuming that Berbs stays, Tottenham could have a tour-de-force of talent up front and in the midfield.
So, Spoiler readers, the question is this: do you believe Spurs will be better off without the little Oirish chap, or are they destined to finish in the wrong half of the table again?
Votes and comments below, please.
Spoiler bonus: check out Robbie’s lovely WAG Claudine here
Part one of The Spoiler’s in-depth WAG holiday analysis
Without the need to attend a European Championships, it’s only natural that the nation’s premier supporting ladies have escaped the thoroughly unpredictable English weather for sunnier climes.
Pictured above is Steven Gerrard using a common Liverpudlian communication technique to attract the attention of his lovely wife Alex Curran while relaxing in Miami. See more pictures of Mrs Gerrard here.
Over in Italy, former Miss Ireland Claudine Palmer is enjoying her honeymoon with brand new hubby Robbie Keane. He’s in the photo waving at the camera, but the wee lad only comes up to her shin. See more of Claudine here.
To my mind, the most famous Miss Ireland contestant (ie the only one anyone has ever heard of) is Rosana Davison, the daughter of M.O.R. kingpin Chris de Burgh who went on to win Miss World in 2003. The foxy females at Kickette, however, have brought Claudine Palmer into the spotlight (in a WAG-off with Charlotte Meares). The Irish beauty pageant veteran has been engaged to Robbie Keane since last summer.