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Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has urged Manchester United's in-form winger Cristiano Ronaldo to join Barcelona in the summer. (The Sun)

 

Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has told Gunners fans "you know where my heart is" after renewed speculation linking him with Barcelona and Real Madrid. (Daily Mirror)

 

Birmingham will make a renewed approach to Aston Villa this week to take central defender Liam Ridgewell on loan. (Daily Mirror)

 

West Brom striker John Hartson has been told he can leave the club on loan if he gets an offer. (Daily Mirror)

 

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

Newcastle midfielder Emre has launched his defence against an FA charge of racism by saying his words have been misunderstood in England. (Daily Mirror, The Times)

 

Italian football chiefs are planning to halt the championship for two weeks and order clubs to play behind-closed-doors in order to tackle their hooliganism problem. (The Sun)

 

Bayern Munich have become the latest club to signal their desire to recruit Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho if he leaves Stamford Bridge in the summer. (The Times)

 

Manchester City are ready to open talks with midfielder Stephen Ireland about a new deal. (Daily Mirror)

 

Fulham striker Brian McBride has signed a one-year extension to his Cottagers' contract. (Daily Mail)

 

 

 

AND FINALLY...

Vietnam coach Alfred Riedl will be out of action for two months while he undergoes a kidney transplant. Truck drivers, bankers and even Buddhist monks had offered to go under the knife for the popular Austrian Riedl, who has led the country to silver medals in the 1999, 2003 and 2005 Southeast Asian Games.

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he's also confirmed that he's been offered a new contract but might reject it if he loses this case

Eh? His current contract is still running until 2010 and he is already on alleged 60k a week. He hasn't really earned a pay raise on these enormous wages, has he? :o

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Saying in the Mirror that it's normal in Turkey for players to call other players negros and he's not a racist because he's a Muslim

 

Wow a fight between factions both usually used to have PCness firmly on their side, potential racism vs Islam.

 

Probably won't have seen as much bitterness and low blows since the time I saw the cyclist lobby go up against the pedestrianisation lobby in a bloody all out fight..... nothing worse than when two high horses collide.

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Saying in the Mirror that it's normal in Turkey for players to call other players negros and he's not a racist because he's a Muslim

 

Wow a fight between factions both usually used to have PCness firmly on their side, potential racism vs Islam.

 

Probably won't have seen as much bitterness and low blows since the time I saw the cyclist lobby go up against the pedestrianisation lobby in a bloody all out fight..... nothing worse than when two high horses collide.

 

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he's also confirmed that he's been offered a new contract but might reject it if he loses this case

Eh? His current contract is still running until 2010 and he is already on alleged 60k a week. He hasn't really earned a pay raise on these enormous wages, has he? :o

 

shows the club are backing him to the hilt.

 

and that i was right when i revealed this news a few weeks back :unsure:

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Do horse riders favour pedestrians or cyclists?

 

 

Oh god if they'd got involved as well there would have been actual deaths, and their involvement would have dragged in the responsible dog walkers coalition destabalising the whole region. :o

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Do horse riders favour pedestrians or cyclists?

 

 

Oh god if they'd got involved as well there would have been actual deaths, and their involvement would have dragged in the responsible dog walkers coalition destabalising the whole region. :unsure:

 

There has been some reports of sniping from the countryside alliance, further muddying the waters. :o

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

 

Well IMHO calling someone a Negro out of anger is racist. It is a comment meant to hurt.

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

 

Well IMHO calling someone a Negro out of anger is racist. It is a comment meant to hurt.

 

It's not nigger, though, which has definite negative connotation. It'd be the difference between Pakistani and Paki, I guess.

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

 

Well IMHO calling someone a Negro out of anger is racist. It is a comment meant to hurt.

 

It's not nigger, though, which has definite negative connotation. It'd be the difference between Pakistani and Paki, I guess.

 

 

So where is Negro then. I know calling someone a Pakistani is saying where they come from. How does that equate to Negro?

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

 

Well IMHO calling someone a Negro out of anger is racist. It is a comment meant to hurt.

 

It's not nigger, though, which has definite negative connotation. It'd be the difference between Pakistani and Paki, I guess.

 

So where is Negro then. I know calling someone a Pakistani is saying where they come from. How does that equate to Negro?

 

Unfortunately this is looking more cut and dried by the day. Referring to someones racial or ethnic background in the heat of battle whatever the intention can only be really taken one way by the recipient.

It's a real shame as Emre was really starting to get his act together.

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

 

Well IMHO calling someone a Negro out of anger is racist. It is a comment meant to hurt.

 

It's not nigger, though, which has definite negative connotation. It'd be the difference between Pakistani and Paki, I guess.

 

 

So where is Negro then. I know calling someone a Pakistani is saying where they come from. How does that equate to Negro?

 

I think Emre using the word 'Negro' has been taken out of context though. What he's saying is probably true, for example I have a black ink cartridge sat on my desk at work with negro clearly printed on the side - it's not racist it's the colour of the cartridge in a different language. Therefore Emre using the word negro is no worse than saying black.

 

Now, if Emre said Yobo was a "F*ckin Coon" it'd be a different matter. I don't think he's racist and I also think if Everton and Newcastle see fit to leave this be I don't see why the FA has to blow it all out of proportion. It'd be sad to see Emre go over a misunderstanding of translation and the PC brigade jumping in on it.

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So will ROeder be his usual hypocrite self and back his man even though he tore into players making racist comments. I think so because he is a cock.

 

The point is whether or not the comments were racist.

 

Well IMHO calling someone a Negro out of anger is racist. It is a comment meant to hurt.

 

It's not nigger, though, which has definite negative connotation. It'd be the difference between Pakistani and Paki, I guess.

 

 

So where is Negro then. I know calling someone a Pakistani is saying where they come from. How does that equate to Negro?

 

Negro essentially means the same as black. It's in no way derogatory.

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