Up The Duff
‘LAST night Chelsea played their first competitive game of football of the season. And they won, beating Slovakian outfit MSK Zilinia 2-0.
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| Even Henry wanted Campbell sent off |
”Red Rom Romp,” say the Sun’s headline. ”Damien Dazzler,” applauds the Mail, a reference to an impressive showing from the Blues’ Damien Duff.
But fielding £59m of new talent is still not enough and the Sun says that Chelsea are ready to swoop into the transfer market once more.
Claude Makelele has, the paper reports, gone on strike at Real Madrid. He has delivered the Spanish giant an ultimatum: double my wages of let me move to Chelsea who will.
Makelele’s agent, Marc Roger, is supportive of his player’s despicable actions.
”Claude is pissed off that he’s been saying these things for two years about being underpaid and the club have ignored him.”
And since £40,000 a week is not enough for his prosaic talents, the Frenchman is in a strop.
Meanwhile, it is our duty to divert attention away from Chelsea to Tottenham, the team that Roman Abramovich curiously overlooked in his quest for an English club.
The Express says that the Londoners are ready to make a big buy of their own – 20-year-old Bobby Convey.
The midfielder who plays for DC United will come to White Hart Lane if he’s given a work permit. Let’s hope he is and Spurs can bring back the glory days.
And while London clubs Chelsea and Spurs count the players in, Arsenal count them out.
The news in the Mail is that, following the fractious Community Shield match between the Gunners and Manchester United, Sol Campbell faces a possible FA charge.
Campbell retaliated following a challenge form Djemba Djemba and will now face a possible three-match ban.
”What about the challenge by Djemba?” says Arsenal Wenger in the Mail. ”It was obscene. Why is no action being taken about that?”
So the Gunners are looking at what would effectively be another red card.
It appears that the Red Army might not be in Chelsea after all…
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Posted: 14th, August 2003 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
