Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 26 Nov 2010, 11:15Updated 27 Nov 2010, 22:35

Liverpool Football Club

12 Reasons Why Ibrahim Affellay Should Have Signed For A Premiership Club

For some time Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool had scouted the 24 year old Dutchman. Then this announcement was made by his agent, Rob Jansen. Suddenly Man Utd didn’t have their new Paul Scholes lined up after all Liverpool and Arsenal weren’t to get that extra oomph in their midfields either.

“PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona have reached an agreement on a deal to bring Ibrahim Afellay to Barca, subject to successfully settling personal terms between the player and the Catalan club over the coming weeks.”

We’ve never seen him play in the flesh, but after seeing these images of his girlfriend Dorien Rose we humbly submit these 12 reasons as to why he reall ought to have joined a Premiership side!

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