Wooden Newcastle star fronts incredibly cheesy promo video
When Dubai property investment group The First Group were looking for a high profile football personality to feature in their latest promotional video, they could have picked any of a number of charismatic stars with television presenting experience. Instead, they chose Michael Owen. It’s literally the most boring thing The Spoiler has seen since we went to the Epcot Center.
Spoiler bonus: Andriy Shevchenko has also demeaned himself with one these helicopter videos - see it here.
Frenchman breaks law, endangers team mates, has a good laugh
It looks like C-Ron wasn’t the only one to have an automotive accident yesterday. Bayern Munich are still enjoying their long winter break in Dubai, and according to German rag Bild, Franck Ribery decided it would be good fun to take the team bus for a spin. Uh oh.
The midfielder, who had one hundred stitches in his face after a car crash as a two-year-old, did a lap of the hotel with the entire team on board. Before long, he smashed through two road signs and scarped the curb before putting an end to his own high jinks.
The hotel were left fuming by the damage and the fact that Ribery didn’t have a bus driving licence, and embarrassed Bayern general manager Uli Hoeneß had to suffer the consequences of Ribery’s prankery.
Last night, David Beckham was given his first run out in Rossoneri colours, as his new Serie A side faced Martin Jol’s Hamburg in a friendly in Dubai.
Beckham, who is not at peak fitness as he has “spent the past two months doing nothing” (Carlo Ancelotti’s words, not mine), played for the first 45 minutes and created fairly decent chances for Andriy Shevchenko and Pato.
Ronaldinho put Milan ahead from the spot in the second half, but soon after his samba celebration, Collin Benjamin equalised. The game finished deadlocked, but Milan eventually won 4-3 on penalties.
Spoiler bonus: See highlights of the penalties after the jump…
Liverpool captain given prestigious honour of promoting property
After plans to launch the Phil Babb Hotel and the Jason McAteer Suites were mysteriously halted, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was in London last night to front a new property project. Oblivious to the current economic apocalypse, Azizi investment are to construct The Steven Gerrard Tower (The SGT for locals) on the Palm Jebel Ali, for a mere £150m.
For his willingness to hawk the new property (”The vision and quality of the Azizi brand was what inspired me to be a part of this new forthcoming development” he told a press conference at the Dorchester Hotel) the Liverpool captain will be given a £1m penthouse.
Alex Curran loves to take in the luxuries and excesses of the United Arab Emirates, which means the Gerrard’s will undoubtedly use their new pad more than Rio Ferdinand uses his free Ugandan home.
Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Derek Llambias will fly back from Dubai today after an unsuccessful sales trip. It wasn’t unsuccessful because of complicated financial negotiations, but rather because they chose to skip the boring business bit and drink mojitos instead:
According to arabianbusiness.com, Dubai investors were waiting for Ashley in the Mina A’Salam Ramadan Tent in the Madinat Jumeirah Hotel for their 11pm meeting but he was instead in the nearby Bahri Bar knocking back cocktails.
Surely the Arab businessmen knew the meeting would never materialise if it was scheduled for 11pm. By that time, Ashley has usually downed his sixth pint and removed his ‘King Kev’ Newcastle shirt, and Wisey is conducting his second or third assault of the evening.
City may not be the only petro-dollar fuelled team in Manchester for much longer
Today’s Sunday Times features a piece about the investment strategy of the massive Abu Dhabi fund that has recently enabled Manchester City to step out of the shadow of their wealthier and more successful neighbours, and re-brand themselves as the world’s wealthiest club. City’s moments in the sun have historically been rare and short-lived, and this current burst of glory may conform to that same pattern, if the final paragraph of the Times‘ piece is to be believed.
“The only thing that could put a damper on such gloating would be if the gossip circulating this weekend proves to be true. The American owners of Manchester United, so the rumours go, will soon receive an offer to buy the club that they cannot refuse - from the Dubai royal family.”
The latest Hollyoaks beauty to find happiness with a ‘baller
Contrary to popular belief, Emma Rigby does not wait at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door. That was Eleanor. She does, however, showcase her acting skills alongside Tuesday’s WOTD Jennifer Metcalfe on Hollyoaks.
The pictures above were snapped while she was on holiday in Dubai with boyfriend Matt Mills, the Manchester City defender who is currently serving time at Doncaster Rovers.
The first lady of Liverpool is playing her part in the Capello regime
Some people are taking Fabio Capello’s ban on WAGs much more seriously than others. Wayne Rooney’s missus is currently keeping her distance in the Caribbean sun, while Alex Curran had to choose between watching her husband’s first international captaincy, and laying on a beach in Dubai. Stevie G was glancing up at an empty seat at Wembley last night, because the feisty former nail technician chose the latter.
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