A couple of weeks back he went to fly a kite, and then needed surgery after slicing his hand open on the line That may not be the most bizarre footballer injury ever, but surely it's in the top ten
How much would he cost and what's the chance of landing him , Hackney marshes is a great place to fly a kite
Dave Beasant's salad cream tendon tear? Rio Ferdinand's Pro Evo leg strain? Carlos Tevez injuring himself in a prison kickabout? Alan Wright being too short and pulling a muscle trying to drive his new Ferrari? Ever Banega running himself over?
Santi Canizares missing the 2002 WC due to dropping a bottle of aftershave on his foot sprung to mind
West Ham player stabbed by his Mrs for " pretending to be in bed with a fellow player " or was that an ugly rumour?
Ian Bishop and Trevor Morley? Bishop says it's not true: https://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=127390 He would though, wouldn't he? Can't say that I'd blame him, either. Calum Davenport was also stabbed and nearly died when he was with the Spam. The moral of the story? Don't play for that load of ****e. Probably.
Didn't somebody in South America once miss some games after cutting their head open headbutting the dugout after they scored, causing it to shatter?
Didn't Darius Vassell drill a hole in his big toe with an electric drill to relieve the pressure from a blood blister and get blood poisoning
Kind of sad to see, as you'd have thought there's plenty of job in La Liga or Ligue 1 he could walk into
I suspect there'll be a few managers looking warily over their shoulders after a few games. He might fancy some time off to enjoy himself and reflect on things, though.
Rumours that a certain ex-player is going to join Galatasaray later this month. It's dependent on the police not extending his detention, which ends on the 16th. Wouldn't have thought that anyone would want to touch him with a bargepole, but what do I know?
One of the weirdest and longest bail extentions I have ever heard of...over a year and no charges yet the whole time on bail.