Liverpool captain throws some shapes at White Hart Lane

A great spot by Soccer AM sees self defence expert Steven Gerrard communicating with his team via the medium of dance.

Much like the night of his arrest, perhaps Mr Gerrard would have been better off using words to communicate his feelings.

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Departing Blues boss celebrates with dancing and illegal activity

Unencumbered by inhibition, Guus Hiddink celebrated his final game in charge of Chelsea by performing a merry little jig in the Wembley changing rooms.

The Spoiler can’t help noticing that the Dutchman is also puffing away on a huge cigar - we’re very happy to see authentic impressions of Hannibal from the A-Team, but isn’t it illegal to smoke in a football stadium? Or has Mr Abramovich magically reversed the public smoking laws for the sake of incoming cancer stick lover Carlo Ancelotti?

UPDATE: The press are now picking up on the illegality of Mr Hiddink’s festivities.

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Man Utd star will sell you stuff with his smooth moves

In his latest contribution to the bulging ‘footballers who sell out’ canon, Carlos Tevez helps Argentinean electronics retailer Frávega come up with ways to celebrate their 99th birthday. In his mind, there is only one way to pay tribute to the established firm, and it involves spinning some spangly decks, dancing with some children and driving an sports car inside a nightclub.

Oh Carlitos. Never change.

Spoiler bonus: See Tevez’s previous attempt to dance in an advert and his recent booty shaking antics on the pitch here.

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TaiKai dance could earn players £10,000 and disciplinary action

As a means of promoting the TaiKai betting craze, Betfair are offering any player who does a ridiculous goal celebration dance (ably demonstrated by Page 3 lovely Peta Todd) the princely sum of £10,000. If anyone fancies supplementing their income via the medium of expressive movement, however, they will face the wrath of the FA:

“We have spoken with The FA and expressed our concern at what we see as a wholly inappropriate PR stunt,” said a Premier League spokesman. “We would urge The FA to use their existing relationship with this gambling company to dissuade them from this action.

“We have written to our member clubs to inform them that their players leave themselves open to potential disciplinary action if they endorse this campaign through the enacting of this ‘celebration’.

The FA must be delighted that no one took the offer up at the weekend, although that could be attributed to the fact that none of the big four sides could be bothered to score, and just eight other sides rippled the net.

There can’t be too many players who are willing to debase themselves with this stunt, but if we had to pick the person most likely to do something embarrassing on the pitch to earn a few extra quid in the name of PR, it would probably be the striker who wore pink boots at the weekend…

[The Telegraph via The Offside]

Large automobile to be exchanged for dignity

Last night, Austrian striker Ivica Vastic earned himself a lifetime’s supply of beer from a Vienna-based brewery, by slotting away an injury time penalty. In the spirit of rewarding overpaid athletes for fulfilling the criteria of their job description, Paddy Power have offered the first Spaniard to score against Sweden tomorrow night a Hummer. That’s not a ‘hummer’ in the sense that Cristiano Ronaldo and his lady-of-the-night associates may understand it, but rather one of those grotesque gas-guzzling military vehicles that they can’t shift for love nor money anymore.

There is, however, one condition for the giveaway. The Spanish scorer must also perform the ‘Chiki-Chiki’ dance - it’s a joke routine that started on Spanish television and ended up being their 2008 Eurovision entry: