Tony Klinger

Yesterday Big Phil Scolari was sacked as manager of Chelsea Football team. The man behind this dismissal is the club owner Roman Abramovich. Clearly when someone like Roman invests and loans a business more than half a billion pounds he is entitled to his input.
This follows the dismissals of Avram Grant, Jose Mourinho, Claudio Ranieri [...]

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I was talking to a friend recently about the wages of Kaka, the Brazilian footballer. I shall quote what the man said to me, “My daughter is a health worker and she earns less a year than that b….  is given  a day!”
Notice the use of the words. His daughter “earns” her money, whereas Kaka [...]

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This week the European Champion’s League football season kicked off. There are the rich and the poor in every sport, but rarely, if ever, is the discrepancy so large as it is here. It won’t be a surprise if a poor team wins the European Champions League, it will be a genuine miracle.
Two nights ago [...]

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There is a very interesting situation in England at present. Our national football team is playing Croatia tonight and the vast majority of the population will be unable to watch it on their televisions. The reason is simple, Setanta, an Irish TV service owns these rights and will not sell a highlights package to their [...]

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Last night at the witching hour the football transfer deadline was reached with frenetic activity, particularly in the city of Manchester. Two £30 million plus deals went through minutes before the final cut off.
As a Manchester United fan I was thrilled that my team finally managed to pry the elusive Bulgarian, Dimitar Berbatov from Spurs. [...]

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