Playing tiki-taka with the interwebs

Lionel Messi talks about his defining moment: being given Barcelona’s number 10 shirt [YouTube]

Rio Ferdinand signs a new one-year deal at Manchester United [Man Utd]

Titus Bramble set to leave Sunderland. Shocking that Paolo Di Canio doesn’t want to keep him [BBC] read more »

Karma eh, what a b*tch.

It has been revealed that Leeds United’s El Hadji Diouf has been beaten up by men in Senegal after a drunken argument in a bar.

The forward is reported to have been abusing other drinkers at the bar when a few finally lost patience and punched Diouf several times when he went to the toilet. read more »

Bear with me, because I have a plan.

With all this pressure on footballers to perform, behave and act as role models to a society already broken by a desperation for fame and an addiction to addiction, it seems that it is all getting a bit much for them. read more »

Chelsea star Juan Mata says Jose Mourinho would be welcome at the club because he is one of the best managers.

Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and is widely expected to return to Stamford Bridge.

Mata said: “Well, obviously Jose is one of the best. He won everything in every country he was. In Portugal, in Italy, in Chelsea in London, in England and Spain as well. read more »

Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke says he “won’t necessarily accept” being told he has to stay at the club.

The Belgium international was Villa’s star man this season. Without his goals, Paul Lambert’s side would probably have been relegated.

While that has made him a hero at Villa Park, Benteke says he would have no qualms about leaving if a better offer came along. read more »