I AM hearing that Mario has left his Bentley - you know the one, the big camouflaged thing that has been all over the papers of late - to help charities in England.
It goes to show that the guy is not all bad as some would have you think. In many ways, he is big hearted and a kind, generous guy away from the cameras - as Noel Gallagher will testify.
He decided it would be a nice gesture to leave it here and let it be auctioned off for charity.
It is apparently his parting gift to England and the City fans he loves.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
City wanted rid of Dzeko rather than Balotelli
I HEAR that Man City really wanted to unload the big lumbering Edin Dzeko rather than Mario - but that Mario's wish to join Milan scuppered those plans.
Dzeko had been lined up for a move to Arsenal or Juventus for the same sort of fee that Milan bought Mario.
But Mario's insistence that he wanted to move back to Milan ended those hopes.
I believe that Mario is a much better player than Dzeko - but whether Mario ever reaches his potential is very much up in the air.
He is a troubled man-child, a much more likeable guy than you would imagine from the rather lurid headlines that follow him around.
As a child, he was insecure and unsure of his identity.
He is still insecure and immature. But if he does concentrate on his football he has the potential to be the best No 9 in the world - and that is why City would rather have kept him than Dzeko.
Dzeko had been lined up for a move to Arsenal or Juventus for the same sort of fee that Milan bought Mario.
But Mario's insistence that he wanted to move back to Milan ended those hopes.
I believe that Mario is a much better player than Dzeko - but whether Mario ever reaches his potential is very much up in the air.
He is a troubled man-child, a much more likeable guy than you would imagine from the rather lurid headlines that follow him around.
As a child, he was insecure and unsure of his identity.
He is still insecure and immature. But if he does concentrate on his football he has the potential to be the best No 9 in the world - and that is why City would rather have kept him than Dzeko.
Balotelli goes - and Mancini could follow him to Milan
So Mario has finally gone.
Left City for the club he has supported all his life.
It is a sad day for City but it could prove an even sadder one for Mario if he does not settle in quickly at Milan.
He has left his 'surrogate father' Mancini behind at City and he will certainly miss him.
Mancini is the only manager who has been able to control him (to an extent!) and he may not like working under Massimiliano Allegri, who is more hardline and will be less sympathetic to Mario and his idiosyncracies than Mancini.
I heard from a source close to Mario that his big hope is that Roberto will follow him to Milan in the summer - and there is a good chance that will happen.
If City don't win the league, Jose Mourinho is looming large over Mancini and could well replace him.
Then the surrogate father would be available to resume his work with his surrogate child in Milan.
Left City for the club he has supported all his life.
It is a sad day for City but it could prove an even sadder one for Mario if he does not settle in quickly at Milan.
He has left his 'surrogate father' Mancini behind at City and he will certainly miss him.
Mancini is the only manager who has been able to control him (to an extent!) and he may not like working under Massimiliano Allegri, who is more hardline and will be less sympathetic to Mario and his idiosyncracies than Mancini.
I heard from a source close to Mario that his big hope is that Roberto will follow him to Milan in the summer - and there is a good chance that will happen.
If City don't win the league, Jose Mourinho is looming large over Mancini and could well replace him.
Then the surrogate father would be available to resume his work with his surrogate child in Milan.
Balotelli to buy Pato's house
I HEAR that Mario is planning to move into Brazilian striker Pato's luxury home in Milan.
Pato has moved back to Brazil in a £12million deal from Milan to Corinthians.
And the AC hierarchy have persuaded Mario to buy his house - which has a price guide of around £2million.
Mario has agreed but has not agreed to request to live a quieter life than he did in Manchester.
His brother Enock is set to join him there and Mario will soon be out on the town with him and his old pals from his Inter days.
He does not plan to settle down with Raffaella Fico, the model who gave birth to his baby girl, Pia.
I would think the Milan fans, who have greeted the signing of Mario as if it were Messi or Ronaldo who was joining the club, will soon let him know if he does not knuckle down in training and matches. They will want to see him deliver the fireworks on the pitch - not off it.
Pato has moved back to Brazil in a £12million deal from Milan to Corinthians.
And the AC hierarchy have persuaded Mario to buy his house - which has a price guide of around £2million.
Mario has agreed but has not agreed to request to live a quieter life than he did in Manchester.
His brother Enock is set to join him there and Mario will soon be out on the town with him and his old pals from his Inter days.
He does not plan to settle down with Raffaella Fico, the model who gave birth to his baby girl, Pia.
I would think the Milan fans, who have greeted the signing of Mario as if it were Messi or Ronaldo who was joining the club, will soon let him know if he does not knuckle down in training and matches. They will want to see him deliver the fireworks on the pitch - not off it.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
PAT NEVIN AND EDEN HAZARD ARE A DISGRACE
I WAS shocked and saddened when I saw Eden Hazard kick a ball boy at Swansea last night.
This is a player who earns millions attacking a young lad who does the job for the joy of it.
OK the lad shouldn't have kept the ball, but that is no excuse for Hazard to assault him.
I think Hazard is lucky not to be facing an assault charge today.
And I think Pat Nevin is lucky not to facing the sack as a pundit after he outrageously defended Hazard on TV this morning.
I don't know what Nevin was thinking of - probably a misplaced loyalty to Chelsea from his playing days there - but he was out of order and very wrong.
Hazard has apologised and Nevin now needs to follow suit - and quickly before his reputation suffers any more damage.
This is a player who earns millions attacking a young lad who does the job for the joy of it.
OK the lad shouldn't have kept the ball, but that is no excuse for Hazard to assault him.
I think Hazard is lucky not to be facing an assault charge today.
And I think Pat Nevin is lucky not to facing the sack as a pundit after he outrageously defended Hazard on TV this morning.
I don't know what Nevin was thinking of - probably a misplaced loyalty to Chelsea from his playing days there - but he was out of order and very wrong.
Hazard has apologised and Nevin now needs to follow suit - and quickly before his reputation suffers any more damage.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
HUGH JACKMAN - BETTER THAN DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
WENT to see Les Mis (as the trendy dub it) and was really impressed.
It is the movie of the year with Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe remarkable in singing roles.
It is the first time I have been at the cinema and witnessed an audience clapping at the end of a film!
Yes, it was that good.
And I do hope Jackman wins the best actor gong at the Oscars rather than Daniel Day-Lewis, who is becoming a much a pain in the arse as his fellow Irishman Bono with his pontificating and his sickening up his own arseness in interviews.
It is the movie of the year with Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe remarkable in singing roles.
It is the first time I have been at the cinema and witnessed an audience clapping at the end of a film!
Yes, it was that good.
And I do hope Jackman wins the best actor gong at the Oscars rather than Daniel Day-Lewis, who is becoming a much a pain in the arse as his fellow Irishman Bono with his pontificating and his sickening up his own arseness in interviews.
BARCA'S VALDES FOR MAN UNITED
I HEAR today that Victor Valdes may join Man United at the end of the season - with David de Gea moving the other way.
Valdes is a free agent in the summer and wants to leave Barca while De Gea continues to struggle with the physicality of the Prem.
So a swop - with a sum of say £7million also going to Utd - would seem to make perfect sense.
Valdes is a free agent in the summer and wants to leave Barca while De Gea continues to struggle with the physicality of the Prem.
So a swop - with a sum of say £7million also going to Utd - would seem to make perfect sense.
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