Would you get this in the Premier League?

More heartwarming tales of football’s most stand-up guys. Former Brazilian international midfielder Amaral recently published this thank you note in ALPHA, an Australian sports magazine. It came in response to A-League team Perth Glory offering him a second crack at playing professional football, after his original spell at the club was scuppered through injury.

[Soccerlens via The Offside]

Italy continues to shine as the WAG capital of the world

It seems that certain Italian television shows are a hotbed of WAG activity. Variety show Striscia la Notizia (‘Strip the News’) has given the world Elena Barolo, Melissa Satta and Giorgia Palmas, while Carabinieri (which seems to be the Italian version of The Bill) gave us the stupendously good looking Martina Colombari. Today’s WAG, Elisabetta Canalis is held in particularly high esteem, as she has had the honour of starring in both shows.

She has been romantically linked with Christian Vieri (who has also steamrollered Satta and Elena Santarelli), Didier Drogba and most recently Parma’s Brazilian striker Reginaldo.

Christian Vieri’s Ex is responsible for lightening Sven’s squad

In 2006/07, striker Bernardo Corradi mustered only three goals for Manchester City, so it’s no surprise that Sven put him on a plane back to Italy earlier this season. It turns out that Corradi had been pushing for a move back to his home nation for some time, as he wished to be closer to his girlfriend Elena Santarelli. Looking at the way she scrubs up, it’s hard to blame him…