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Jamie Pollock-esque.

He thought he'd save QPR time and had his name printed himself

If that was a Redknapp deal then he would have cost the same but Newcastle would have only got £30M

Tony Fernandes claiming he'll step down as chairman if QPR get relegated, and Redknapp says that if QPR buy well in this transfer window, they'll be able to avoid relegation.

Well, the likes of Shaun Derry and 'Arry are not doing any good for their team by hitting out at their "overpaid" players and creating separation between them and the players who've stayed at the club longer. The overpaid players may not be performing up to expectations, but it surely does no fucking good criticizing them through the public? I'd be quite happy to see them relegated, even though Park is there, shame on him.

Also it has been confirmed that QPR reached a deal for Yun Suk-young, the LB who impressed for Korea Rep. during the Olympics and he attended the QPR vs MK Dons match. Fuck me, he now knows what he's getting into

For the second leg at Stamford Bridge, Monaco were guarding a 3-1 advantage. “After 10 minutes Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink cut my ankle,” recalls Evra. “It was really open, you could see the bone. The doctor signalled for a substitution. I just grabbed his hands and said, ‘If I come out [off], I kill you’. He made me a big bandage and the blood was pouring out, I still have the scar. I finished the first half and he said, ‘Pat, you need to come out because it can break’.

“I said, ‘This is a semi-final, I don’t care, I play with one leg. I don’t care’.”

Evra rolls up a trouser leg, removing his sock to display the broad, ragged scar at the top of his stronger foot. After inflicting the first of several Champions League heartbreaks on Abramovich, the left-back had the flesh pulled back together with nine stitches, then again refused to plead injury. “It was very painful but I played with a meat. I was putting a chicken as protection,” he explains matter of factly.

A chicken? Is the playful Frenchman taking advantage of his questioner? “Seriously, I swear it’s true. When the doctor saw that technique he said, ‘What are you doing?’ I remember I was going to the butcher and saying, ‘I want one piece, but small’. I know some people can say, ‘Yeah, people don’t have food, but Pat he puts meat in the boots’, but it helped me a lot. I couldn’t feel the ball too much but it protected me a lot. I played one month with the meat in my boots.”

The month included Monaco’s defeat in the Champions League final to a Porto team managed by Jose Mourinho. “The most funny thing is, after the game, the meat was cooked. Not ready to eat, but a little bit cooked.”

Evra's amazing how many players have played a Champions League Semi Final with a lump of chicken in a wound?

Yeah, exactly.

Also, I'm certain the ITV commentator just mistook Sczesney for Kuzsuack.

Haha. Was good timing, but I was thinking more along the lines of Mesbah, Constant etc. If Balotelli did go to Milan I don't know whether he'd actually knuckle down or not, could easily go either way. He'll end up there eventually though at some point.

Hate the Milan clubs' transfer policy. Never particularly liked Juventus but they've built a very strong team and are always trying to improve, on the other hand Inter and Milan just take the money, run, and go and buy some no-hoper.

Sky Italia reckon Milan are trying to get Super Mario for ~€20m.

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I think they're able to field 10 French outfielders now - just a goalkeeper missing, yep.