Striker’s shoe fetish caused rifts at Emirates

The private beef which caused Emmanuel Adebayor to moonwalk over Robin van Persie’s face a fortnight ago has been revealed to be the same reason he fell out with Nicklas Bendtner last season - an unhealthy shoe obsession.

According to the News of the World, following Arsenal’s final day win against Stoke last season, Emmanuel knee-slid into the Gunners’ dressing room with an extra-strength bin liner and (as one club rep put it) ’swept the place’, bagging as much of his team-mates’ kit as would fit - including a pair of boots Robin van Persie had planned to give to friends - before hauling ass.

A member of the Arsenal backroom staff was left break the news to the players:

“We never saw him - or the boots - again. Robin was going mad.

Despite it not being his client’s strongest suit, Ade’s agent tried to put a humanitarian face on things:

“A lot of African players take kit back to their country because the facilities and conditions in Africa are not the same as they are in England.

Chelsea star finds unique way to reinvest wages in his club

As the protagonist of Brewster’s Millions discovered, spending a large amount of money is tougher than it seems. Fortunately, Didier Drogba has discovered a novel way of bleeding his £70k weekly wage out of his bank account - he has become the Chelsea club shop’s best customer and frequently buys scores of his own shirts. The Daily Mail sez:

“One Chelsea insider claimed Drogba visits the club shop up to 10 times a week and on one occasion walked out of the store with 40 shirts each costing about £45 a pop - or £1,800 at one fell swoop.”

The Ivory Coast man hasn’t gone insane with vanity - it’s the giant chip on his shoulder that is forcing him to snap up the replicas. Apparently, his shirt is being outsold by those adorned with the Lampard and Terry squad numbers, and he is merely trying to prove his status as the most popular player.

Although he may never reach the same place in the hearts of