The boyhood teams of some the game’s biggest names

Generally speaking, Premier League footballers are well advised to be discreet about the team they truly support. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of David Bentley, a supposed lifelong Arsenal fan who suddenly professed to be a boyhood Spurs fan upon switching to the north London side. With this imprudent declaration in mind, Spoiler correspondent Ben Baker has rounded up ten footballers whose loyalties don’t necessarily lay with their employers…

Andrei Arshavin
Despite only recently joining the Gunners, fan favourite Arshavin has never hidden the fact that Barcelona are and always have been his team of choice. He has said he was devastated when a move to the Catalan giants never fully materialised when he was at Zenit and has even stated that he would love to play for Barca since he has been at Arsenal. Now if that isn’t a ploy to gain a bigger contract…

John Terry
Mr. Chelsea didn’t make it to Manchester City in the end this summer. Many Chelsea fans will like to think that it is because he is Blue through and through. However, Terry was actually a Manchester Utd fan growing up. Could this be why he couldn’t bring himself to join the Citizens?

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
The baby faced assassin made a name for himself at Manchester Utd,

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Roque Santa Cruz won’t play for Blackburn again
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South Africa throw a party for their uncompleted World Cup stadium
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This year’s Italian Supercup will be held in… Beijing
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Are Villa chasing Micah Richards?
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Tevez wants to stay at Manchester Utd
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Dimitar Berbatov’s ex Daniela Arnaut wants to “bed” Ronaldo (we love it when “bed” is used as a verb)
[The Sun]

Nightclub assault: Micah Richards is in trouble with the law
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Alex Curran doesn’t want young girls to get big fake boobs (like she did)
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Politics: Ibrahim Dagasan plants a Palestinian flag in the centre-circle
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Shay Given makes some bitchy comments about Newcastle
[Football365]

Strict new rules in the Blue Square Premier
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Sorry Fergie, a whisky company won’t be sponsoring Manchester Utd
[Daily Mail]

Why, let us do your job for you, Mr Capello

It’s been an interesting week or so, watching England amass eight goals, let in two, and yet still not look entirely convincing. Hence The Spoiler has decided to down tools for a couple of minutes and do Capello’s job for him. At last count, he’d made probably about five mistakes in two games - not involving Ashley Young or Micah Richards in his squads. Allowing Carragher to stay retired. Persisting with the ridiculous Lampard/Gerrard combo. Dropping Owen altogether. And thus we’ve come up with, injuries permitting, the team that will get England where they need to go.

Richards comes into the back four to add a bit of oomph to the right hand side. Wes Brown has been alright, but spends too much time with his mouth wide open watching the midfield pass it around.

Micah Richards claims City players are knackered

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has claimed the club’s good early season form has started to wear off because the players are so tired. The England international says he and his team-mates are ready to put their feet up after 13 games this season. He said:

“I think what’s killing us at the moment is the fact that there are a lot of games and people are starting to get tired already. That’s the whole point of having a big squad though. We’re starting to build that and hopefully we’ll be all right.”

We have heard Arsene Wenger’s emotional pleas for a mid-winter skiing holiday break, but an early-autumn break is a new one as far as The Spoiler is concerned!

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