With Spurs in crisis, Martin Jol’s continuing success in the Bundesliga - where his Hamburg team is flying high - seems to rub razor-like shards of salt into a fresh weeping wound. Not that any of that could stop Franz Beckenbauer having a dig over the weekend.
“I don’t know the exact circumstances of what happened at Tottenham but it’s hard to believe any team would not want Martin Jol as coach. He is doing a fantastic job at Hamburg. Your loss, if you like, is our gain. It’s another huge victory for German football over you English!”
And, depressingly, Jol’s phoenix-like rise from the ashes isn’t the only thing making Germans look better than us at the moment. Remember You Bet!, the former teatime abomination hosted by Matthew Kelly? The Germans have a version of that called Wetten, dass…?, and it looks brilliant. While ours featured the likes of Capes, Fashanu, and Bruno Brookes as the big-name celebrity guests, the Germans get to enjoy Sylvie van der Vaart (above), fancy dress icon Karl Lagerfeld, and a severely bosomy Salma Hayek falling out of her top (after the jump).
The Spoiler counts down the best supporting ladies of the year
Can you make time for fifty of the world’s greatest WAGs? You’re already reading blogs at work, so why not further hamper your productivity by checking out what (who) footballers do in their time?
Days in The Spoiler office can be long and draining. There is no natural light, only basic rations to eat, and some days we’re forced at gunpoint to compile lists of the best looking women we will probably never meet. Here’s fifty of them.
Brian McBride and his Team USA chums are finding it difficult to walk in the heat and smog of Beijing - expect some very lethargic games in this tournament
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The 50 hottest women of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (although Jelena Jankovic is number six!)
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Video: David Beckham sits on the fence when asked about C-Ron
[Pies]
Ten ways to make Chelsea loved by everyone
[The Guardian]
Unsexy news: Brazil’s synchronised swimming twins will not be at the Olympics
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Rafael van der Vaart and his WAG arrive in Madrid
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Over the past two weeks, the finest WAGs of Europe have been busying themselves in a fierce transatlantic battle. Some nails were chipped, several upmarket boutiques went without custom and the barmen at Chinawhites have never felt so unwanted, but I am pleased to report that our best supporting ladies have come home victorious.
Over 40,000 votes were cast here and at On205th, and the ladies from the old continent were deemed hotter by 55 per cent of the voting public. Gemma Atkinson and her foxy ilk won seven of ten rounds with their yankee counterparts, and as a result, the Americans have agreed to revoke their independence from Great Britain, and they will pass a bill banning Cristiano Ronaldo from poaching prostitutes sunbathing by hotel swimming pools in California.
‘Tis a glorious day for one and all.
Relive all the sexy action and cast a belated vote right here.
Spoiler bonus: Check out galleries for each of the victorious ten below…
After Abbey Clancy’s convincing victory in the transatlantic WAG battle yesterday, the penultimate round sees a former NFL cheerleader take on a TV presenter whose marriage to Rafael van der Vaart was broadcast live on Dutch television…
Imagine spending a day in topsy-turvy world, where hot snow falls up and hamburgers eat people and Ronaldinho isn’t fat. In this magical land, the world’s finest WAGs would no longer be able to spend their time melting credit cards in exclusive boutiques or splashing around in the type of swimwear that your girlfriend would never wear in a million years. Instead, they’d have to graft it out on the football pitch, with Sepp Blatter constantly berating them about the length of their shorts.
With that strange vision in mind, The Spoiler has compiled an entire team of Euro 2008’s supporting ladies, starting with Gianluigi Buffon’s shot-stopping lovely…
With no British presence, you’ll need something to look at
It was the 2006 World Cup that really embedded the concept of Waggery deep into the conscience of this tiny island we all share, yet this summer, Posh, Cheryl et al will not be spending their time in the finest hard plastic seats Switzerland and Austria have to offer. Thanks, Mr McClaren.
This does not mean, however, that the stands will be devoid of eye candy - far from it. Sylvie (above), wife of Holland’s Rafael van der Vaart, will be just one of many devastatingly beautiful WAGs who will have pitch side snappers aiming their long lenses in the opposite direction to Dirk Kuyt.
Click here for more pictures of Sylvie van der Vaart, and check out the rest of Euro 2008’s hottest WAGs after the jump
Congratulations, Bioparco Zoo in Rome, you have a name that sounds like a weird 80s B-movie about strange mutant animals eating innocent people, but also, you’re now home to a brand new baby giraffe, who is yet to be named. The Spoiler would like to suggest a strong name like Agamemnon or Greg. It’s your call. In other exciting news, transfer speculation has been going through the roof!
Peter Crouch to leave for free
Crouch is livid that Benitez has demanded £15 million for his services and is ready to stick two gigantic fingers up at his boss by sitting awkwardly on the bench for another year. Then, come summer, he can pack his enormous suitcase and head somewhere else for nothing.
The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Hey, Peter’s supposed to be a friendly giant… but then again, so was Lennie in Of Mice and Men, and everyone knows what happened there. Right?
Rafael van der Vaart to Chelsea
Just as they like to tempt fantastic players to their club, Chelsea also like to maintain a fine stable of WAGs. Rafael’s wife, Sylvie, would make for a splendid inclusion.
