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‘Bored’ Thierry Henry criticises Raymond Domenech


Titi lays into his national manager in front of whole French squad

Raymond Domenech

After helping France reach last place in their group at Euro 2008 - an embarrassment that was compounded by an awfully-timed post-match marriage proposal - it it highly surprising that Raymond Domenech has managed to cling onto his job. The pressure on the national team coach has intensified once more, as Les Bleus’ disappointing 1-1 draw with Romania on Saturday was preceded by a barrage of criticism from team captain Thierry Henry.

In a press conference last Friday, Henry raised a few eyebrows when he claimed the team have “always had problems” during Domenech’s reign. According to a report in French paper le Parisien, Domenech then gathered the players and staff into a meeting room, where he offered the following:

“I hope today you’ll be better in training. So far, I have not seen guys who wanted, who were fully prepared for the important meeting on Saturday.”

After an awkward silence, the tense atmosphere is said to have been broken by captain Thierry Henry, who replied:

“Coach, we too have something to say. I speak for the entire squad.

“We are getting bored during your training sessions.

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Posted: September 7th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Arsenal’s Serbian target, Steven Gerrard’s affray charge and hot WAG Nives Celzijus


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Nives Celzijus

Bundesliga WAG Nives Celzijus poses for German FHM
[FHM]

One sexy Newcastle fan keeps getting interviewed by local news channels
[101GG]

Don’t **** with Steaua Bucharest’s Chairman
[Dirty Tackle]

Arsenal are tracking “Serbian Starlet” Daniel Aleksic
[Soccer Blog]

There’ something not quite right about this picture of Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush
[Deadspin]

Stevie G pleads not guilty to affray charge
[Daily Mail]

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Posted: April 3rd, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

WAG No. 311: Ena Popov


Serbia’s finest reality star and pop princess

Ane Popov

Until this morning, we had no idea that Hertha Berlin had a central defender named Gojko Kačar. However, thanks to a relationship with Serbian Big Brother contestant, pop star and TV host Ena Popov, he is well and truly on The Spoiler map.

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Posted: April 3rd, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

WAG No. 230: Emma Smith


Commonly-named beauty likes footballers, showing off her pants

Emma Smith

The lady casually posing in her smalls above isn’t the Emma Smith who helped found the Latter Day Saint movement in the 19th century, but the Emma Smith who models by day and keeps footballer company by night. At some point, she was in a relationship with former Manchester Utd and Plymouth Argyle winger Bojan Djordjic, but it is unknown if they are still a couple after his recent move to Sweden.

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Posted: December 1st, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Meet Manchester Utd’s new winger Zoran Tošić


Goal compilation with an irritating soundtrack, anyone?

Serbain sensation Zoran Tošić (nicknamed “Bambi” for his scrawny build) is all set to join Manchester Utd in the transfer window, and judging by this video, the 21-year-old has never set foot in the penalty box. He just nails in awesome shots from outside it.

Looks like C-Ron has some fierce competition on the free-kick taking winger front…

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Posted: November 28th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

WAG No. 173: Jelena Karleusa


Possibly the biggest Serbian pop-folk act of all time. Possibly.

Jelena Karleusa

Not a big fan of the Serbian pop-folk scene? Then you probably haven’t heard of Jelena Karleusa, eight studio albums that have been big hits in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria.

Jelena, 30, also known as ‘JK’ and ‘Rainbow Killer’, married Serbian Werder Bremen striker Duško Tošić earlier this year, and Bild have informed us, albeit in German, that she just gave birth to their first daughter, Atina.

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Posted: September 10th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Vidic outburst casts doubt over his future in horrible rainy smelly Manchester


Serbian risks wrath of “joyless” fans with controversial comments

Nemanja Vidic

A few months ago, Ukrainian fashionista Andriy Voronin thought it appropriate to criticise his charmed life in the north of England, and now Nemanja Vidic has jumped on the anti-UK bandwagon via comments in Russian magazine Football Weekly.

The Manchester Utd centre-back, who comes from a landlocked country with a tumultuous political past and an average wage three times lower then that in Britain, has criticised the weather and “joyless” people over here:

‘I will never stay to live in England, that’s for sure.’

‘The climate here is something special! You get only a brief glimpse of sunlight before it’s all cloudy again. The winters are mild but in summer the temperatures seldom go higher than 20 degrees Celsius. And it rains, rains, rains!

‘In England they say

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Posted: August 27th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey