The left-footed wonder hasn’t exactly lit up the Allianz during his brief stint there, but he’s got some skills and skills will go a long way in a place like China. A really long way – all the way to the bank and back a few times.
And Danijel is perfectly happy with that, saying proudly, “It’s all about the money.” Seems a bit rare in football at times, particularly when it comes to the career twilight contract in your favorite Asian or North American league.
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Who remembers Drogbacite? Unthinkably, that same decision making has led to a very successful career as a goalscorer extraordinaire for Chelsea.
Still holding links to the music biz, Didier stars briefly as the pot o’gold at the end of the rainbow that is Julia Channel’s video for Forever In A Day. She’s some sort of pop artist or something. She also used to be a porn star, apparently. The missus must be absolutely thrilled.
At least he wasn’t in a skimpy outfit dancing for cash, though. (Shush.)

Even when you’re 30 (and on loan), it’s just child’s play.

Most domestic seasons haven't closed, yet the names of those heading off to the lands of continental glory in the Polkraine are already dropping, along with some of the squads to be whittled down in the coming weeks (the deadline being May 29th). Today Giovanni Trappatoni announced Ireland's formal 23 and Germany a damn close 27.
Meanwhile, Bert van Marwijk & Co. decided to call up a decent portion of the country's population for its preliminary squad - 36 in total.

Relegation is something like a breakup: most fans don’t take it well, but the ones who knew they were punching above their weight anyway walk away with solemn graciousness and heaps of gratitude. Fans of Koln fall into the former.
In the midst of a spiral to the depths of the Bundesliga.2 on the same day they shuffled Lukas Podolski off to Arsenal, with Hertha Berlin on their way to the win which nets them the relegation playoff game, Koln fans set off some smoke bombs. This then prompted the shuffling of lots of black suits and white helmets, in a scene that looked something out of a Hollywood movie.
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Instead of scantily clad females shaking it solely for the money, this rap video has a bunch of professional athletes in shirts…for which they shake it solely for the money. It all comes full circle eventually.
The chap in the shades half the size of his head is Timora, rapper and big fan for Anzhi Makhachkala. The linear choice was to get all of his favorite stars into the video. None of them can dance, but at least Ryan Babel isn’t involved.
This is my first attempt at Live Bloggery, but hopefully it's slightly less challenging than rocket science for a tech-challenged person such as myself. JG is going to be doing our recap today, and hopefully Darren will stop by during the live blog as well. I think Brenton
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