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William Gallas changes his name by deed poll


David Silva also decides to change his first name

William Gallas and David Silva

This delightfully erroneous captioning comes courtesy of The Sun.

Thanks to Kev for the tip.

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Posted: August 10th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Pick your Arsenal team to finish the job against Villarreal


Arsenal/Villarreal, Champions Lge QF L2, 7.45pm, Sky Sports 3

Arsenal’s biggest worry tonight is how their defence will cope without Manuel Almunia, Gael Clichy, William Gallas and Johan Djourou. It is with that in mind that we have decided to stick with the 4-2-3-1 formation from the first leg, ensuring that the patched-up back four are adequately supported:

The Spoiler’s Arsenal line-up for the Champions League quarter-final against Villarreal

Emmanuel Adebayor was isolated at times in Spain but with Villarreal needing to commit bodies forward, there should be more space for Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott to exploit, while Robin van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner will be ready to do damage off the bench if the visitors score.

Do you agree with our formation or do you think Arsenal should start with two strikers? Let us know who you would pick with a comment below.

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Posted: April 15th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn

Man City target five players, Owen won’t move in January


Nine days remain until Mark Hughes starts his spending spree

Manchester City targets Craig Bellamy and Wayne Bridge on opposite sides

With the transfer window drawing closer, the tabloids have desperately been searching for names that they haven’t already linked with Manchester City. But rather than rationing themselves to one rumour a day they have thrown all the new names into the mix at once as a special Christmas present to their loyal readers:

Kolo Toure to Manchester City
The Sun have declared Toure as Manchester City’s top £10 million January transfer target based on the fact “he seems to have been made the fall guy for his side’s stuttering season and is now behind William Gallas, Mikael Silvestre and Johan Djourou in the pecking order.” The Spoiler is baffled by this logic considering he has started more league games that Silvestre and Djourou this season and was arguably Arsenal’s best player against Wigan before picking up his latest injury.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: The only reason Wenger would let Toure go is if he has decided he is too injury prone and that seems unlikely.

Mark Hughes wants another four players
The Daily Mail claim that Hughes will spend £40 million next month on Marcos Senna, Wayne Bridge and his former Blackburn players Roque Santa Cruz and Craig Bellamy.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Would that be good value for money?

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Posted: December 23rd, 2008 by Michael Lintorn

Johan Djourou reveals the secret to his success


Beauty products and sweets keep the Swiss star ticking

Johan Djourou

Instead of spending his spare time buying cars, playing Xbox and steamrollering anything that moves in a miniskirt in Movida, Swiss defender Johan Djourou prefers to smear himself in body butter:

“Mangoes are a fruit that I’m crazy about, so I love the sweet and fruity fragrance of Body Shop’s mango body butter.

“I pay attention to hydrating my skin properly and to feeling good.”

Djourou, who may or may not cry every time he watches The Notebook, also revealed that he loves sweets:

“I have always been a glutton for sweets, even though I know that they are not very good for me.

“My mum brings me peach-flavoured acid drops every time she comes to London and eating them is pure joy.”

Bless Djourou and his child-like innocence. Despite his money and high profile career, a simple bag of sweets fills him with the same delight that a bag of money does for Harry Redknapp.

[The Sun]

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Posted: December 12th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey