May 29th
Morning morning morning. A very quick round-up of the very few stories that are around today and then I have to pack a suitcase and stuff.
The Mirror and the News of the World are reporting that Ashley Cole, Jose Mourinho and Chelsea will face record fines for their meeting earlier in the season. Fining individuals is one thing, that’s always going to hurt, but fining Chelsea is pointless. They have an unlimited amount of money so even if the fine is £500,000 it makes no difference to them whatsoever and is no kind of deterrent to them doing the same thing again in the future. I’d imagine that they’ll pay Mourinho’s fine as well. So the FA can join the list of FIFA and UEFA as a football body that is spineless and unwilling to upset the applecart in any way. Sure, they can dish out yellow cards to players who take their top off when they celebrate a goal but something that requires strong leadership and a bit of balls they’re nowhere to be seen.
The Sunday Mirror also pick on the story we told you earlier in the week about Arsenal having scouts in Brazil. The consensus appears to be we’re after wonderkid Robinho but who knows? We could be chasing some unknown bloke. A new Edu but this time with a top quality fake passport.
And this early that’s about all there is to tell you. I won’t be around for the next day or two and hopefully Tom will be here to keep things ticking over until I know more about the internet situation in the hotel that’s going to be home for the next couple of weeks. Take it easy, adios, Auf Wiedersehen.
