Best Football-Related Disclaimer/Retraction Ever

This was a little tidbit from today’s Daily Mail:

ROMAN ABRAMOVICH
In our article ‘Abramovich snaps after Russia blow it against Israel’ 21 November 2007, we reported that Roman Abramovich had stormed into the Russian players’ dressing room after their defeat to Israel in the Euro 2008 qualifying match to complain about the performance to the players and manager. We also reported that Mr Abramovich had a skirmish with a photographer the following night which was being investigated by the police.

We now accept that Mr Abramovich did not criticise the Russian players or manager, that he was not involved in the skirmish and the police are no longer investigating the matter. We apologise to him for any upset caused.

So I guess that the moral of this story is this: If you’re going to imply that someone is totally freakin’ insane, you should probably first make sure that he is not one of the richest men in the world who just happens to have a whole slew of attorneys on retainer.

(Note to Mr. Abramovich and his attorneys: We here at The Offside are not personally in any way implying that you are totally freakin’ insane, and we regret any words we may have used in this article that might lead anyone to think differently. Also, please do not sue us.)

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