In fairness, he does appear to pocket tweet a lot - there are regularly random strings of letters posted from his account.
I think it was a joking response to who should ManU sign...then after his second neuron connected, he realised it could start a media furore, promptly followed by a visit to the bench outside Nicola's office. A friend's prank is also likely.
Not sure if this has been discussed on the bolton sponsorship thread but Pappis Cisse is refusing to wear a shirt with wonga on it. Good on him i say- not afraid to stand up for his Islamic beliefs.
If he is to be sold should we go in for him?
lol - I like the idea of a little wooden bench outside Cortese's office.
Why would he be sold? Freddie Kanoute done the same thing when Sevilla were sponsored by 888.com, but he just wore the shirt without a sponsor on it.
lol - I like the idea of a little wooden bench outside Cortese's office.
Lawrie McMenemy had one and Dennis Wise spent most of his time sat on it when he was an apprentice at the Dell.
How can he not be happy with Wonga, yet quite content with Virgin Money?? They're both corporate financial institutions, so if we're going to talk about ethics and principles, there's no difference between the two is there?
Papid Cisse = non story.
There is precedent with players just not playing with a sponsor. From the sponsor's point of view (and from a Newcastle point of view) it only draws more attention to the sponsor's name and what they do so isn't a bad thing. How many of us could say 100% who Newcastle's sponsor was before this.
He will stay.
How can he not be happy with Wonga, yet quite content with Virgin Money?? They're both corporate financial institutions, so if we're going to talk about ethics and principles, there's no difference between the two is there?
Yeah, there is. There's a lot wrong with payday lenders.
But the story hasn't been that he thinks Wonga are screwing the poor, it's that money lending for profit is against his beliefs as a Muslim. The only difference between Wonga and Virgin is the interest rates they charge and I highly doubt the Koran specifies what interest rate is permitted and what is not.