Rob Parker | November 12, 2009
A giant leap forward for disabled players
Real Zaragoza are fast earning a reputation for giving players a chance who would have been thrown on the scrapheap elsewhere. Not only have they provided a warm home for the Jermaine Pennant, they have now handed a debut to a one-handed player.
Alex Sanchez, aged 20, came on as [...]
Rob Parker | August 5, 2009
Farewell, Xabi Alonso, you self-confessed snail
Good work in the transfer window by Rafa Benitez, if you believe Xabi Alonso. According to this interview he gave on the Liverpool squad last season, the Reds have managed to offload their worst trainer and their slowest player so far this summer.
Rob Parker | July 10, 2009
Winger shuns ‘big teams’ to slum it in Spain
You heard it here first that Jermaine Pennant was about to sign for a Spanish club. We guessed at Espanyol, but it turns out that newly-promoted Real Zaragoza was his final destination after flying in to Barcelona.
The ex-Liverpool man passed a medical at his new club yesterday [...]
Rob Parker | July 9, 2009
Former Kop star makes hush-hush visit to Barcelona
Ex-Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant could be on his way to the Spanish league after making a secret trip to Barcelona. OTP spies spotted the 26-year-old on an Easyjet flight from Liverpool to Barcelona yesterday evening.
But Pennant was reluctant to talk about his trip as he arrived in Spain. [...]
Rob Parker | March 24, 2009
Clumps of hair not included
Jermaine Pennant’s on-off WAG Amii Grove has put the engagement ring bought for her by the Portsmouth player on internet auction site eBay. The pair split in 2007 when Amii caught Pennant at it with another woman on his home CCTV system. But they reconciled last November following the death of [...]
Rob Parker | January 21, 2009
HMP Fratton Park
How do you help Jermaine Pennant to feel at home during his loan spell at you club? Easy, simply lock him in a darkened room by himself with just a narrow crack of light allowed in. Slap an electronic tag on him and send him out on the park for your next match. [...]
