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 30 Dec 2011, 21:05

Arsenal Football Club

Arsene Quoted €20M For The Enforcer The Emirates Desperately Needs

Arsenal have been told that they will have to fork out £16.6 million for Yann M’Vila, according to the player’s agent.

The French midfield enforcer has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal over the past several months and now his agent, Marc Formeaux, who also represents long-term Arsenal target Eden Hazard, has told interested clubs what they will have to stump up in order to acquire the 21-year-old Rennes starlet.

‘Regarding M’Vila, he is valued at €20m (£16.6m) and he does not know where he wants to go.

‘In Italy, they have linked him to Inter and AC Milan, but we will have to see who can pay his price and then convince him to join them.’