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Manchester United: Martial fears, Van Gal drinks, De Gea fumes

Manchester United: a round-up of Man United news in the Press.

The Times: “Family’s fears at ‘crazy fee’ for Anthony Martial”.

United have signed 19-year-old Anthony Martial for £58.8 million (£22m uyp-front plus £14.3 … (read more)

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Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Madeleine McCann: £11m ‘wasted’ and counting

Madeleine McCann: a look at the missing child in the news.

The Sun: “Maddie cops in 5-star hotelsEXCLUSIVE: £11m hunt waste”

Waste? How can the search for the child be wasteful?

Tom Wells … (read more)

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Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comment

Medics stitch man’s injured hand inside his abdomen (photo)

To save 87-year-old Frank Reyes’s left hand – damaged when it was trapped under a sun-heated car bumper as he was changing a tyre – medics stitched it to his abdomen.

Surgeons at Houston … (read more)

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Posted: 3rd, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

The Times advertises Jimmy Savile’s Scottish home as ‘good for the soul’

The Times invites readers to be the laid of their own Scottish glen. The story goes:
The Highlands offer quality of life, low prices and high happiness ratings. Take a tour of … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Arsenal: Wenger talks about Manchester United’s ridiculous £58m for Anthony Martial

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has been talking about the nutzoid transfer business. He mentions Manchester United’s huge fee paid for Anthony Martial (who he?).
“What happened last night with Monaco, who sold … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Migrant boat sinks off Turkey – the swarthy expat dead speak loudy

What to do about migrants? What yo do about people searching for better lives? It should not be a hard question. But it is for the adults who make the decisions. … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Anorak Spots: Steinbeck on love, hairy Victorian women, kinky Medievil books, Russian criminal tattoos

On Flashbak this week we covered:

Fifteen Beautiful French Art-Deco Travel Posters by Roger Broders: Roger Broders was born in Paris in 1883. A brilliant illustrator he is best known for his travel posters, … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Arsenal: fans demanding more spending are all wrong

The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust (AST) have demanded that an inquiry be launched into the club’s transfer strategy after seeing the summer transfer window come and go with just a single … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Manchester United: Sergio Ramos says David De Gea could become a top goalkeper

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos offer David De Gea some tips for muddling along after his Manchester United transfer collapsed.

Real Madrid Keylor Navas would have moved to Old Trafford if … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Manchester United: when David De Gea cried about leaving

With his move to Real Madrid scuppered by bad advice, we hark back to when David De Gea joined the Red Devils for £17.8million in 2011.
“Yes [I cried]. I had spent the … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

NHS nurses ordered to wear the right socks or else

What colour are the wrong socks? That question to readers of the BExhill-ion-Sea Observer, which reports on East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s decree that staff could face disciplinary action because of … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Manchester United: Real went cold on De Gea transfer as Van Gaal abused the player’s trust

Manchester United says David De Gea did not join Real Madrid because the Spaniards are tricky and wriggly and wrong. Sir Alex Ferguson once said he would not “sell that mob a virus”. … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Primark shorts made in Chinese prison contained worker’s anti-depressants

Visiting hours

In the Sun we meet “HORRIFIED Adam Travers” who found drugs in the pocket of his new Primark swimming shorts.
Adam’s girlfriend Hannah Youell found nine … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Madeleine McCann: chasing shadows and guilty foreigners

Madeleine McCann is back. The Sun highlights the £11 millions and rising spent looking for the missing child.

In “We can’t keep on chasing shadows”, the paper hears from a former Flying … (read more)

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Posted: 2nd, September 2015 | In: Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comment

10 Transfer Deadline Day Facts: Liverpool buy badly, Chelsea buy anyone, Manchester City buy big, Manchester United sell Real Madrid a virus

Transfer Ball – deadline day: 10 things we learnt from Deadline Day.

Liverpool: Tiago Ilori’s departure from Anfield means 13 of the 24 players Liverpool signed from 2012-14 have either left the club … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Manchester United Introduce Us To £36m Anthony Martial (Photos)

Photo: @ManUtd

They took their sweet bloomin’ time about it, but Anthony Martial is now officially a Manchester United player after passing his medical at Carrington earlier … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Real Madrid say Manchester United scuppered De Gea deal with shoddy admin

Real Madrid did everything they could to sign Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea. They did everything aside from paying the fee Man United wanted and filing their papers on time.

United says … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer Balls: Arsenal defy Metro newshound Kike Marin and refuse to buy Martinez, Lewandowki, Aubameyang and Cavani

In the world of TransferBalls, the Metro – now feeder paper to the dire Daily Telegraph – is like that Lotto machine, tossing up all manner balls and spitting out hope … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Reviews, Sports | Comment

The Press V Jeremy Corbyn: a guide to selective quoting

Jeremy Corbyn offers something different to Labour voters. He offers them socialism. The Press don’t like him. His quotes of old have been mangled into neat headlines.

HEADLINE: “Tony Blair must face … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Politicians, Reviews | Comment

Transfer Balls: David De Gea will remain at Manchester United

David De Gea will 100% remain a Manchester United player beyond transfer deadline day. Fact.

Not our words. The words of the official UEFA Champions League Twitter account…

Confirmation that @D_DeGea will 100% … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Roberto Esquivel Cabrera has a gigantic 19-inch penis (photos)

To Saltillo, Mexico, where 52-year-old Roberto Esquivel Cabrera tells Vanguardia he can’t get work or a lover because his penis 19 inches in length and nine inches in girth.

He says:
“I cannot go to church … (read more)

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Posted: 1st, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment (1)