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 15 Jun 2010, 13:31Updated 15 Jun 2010, 13:42

Liverpool Football Club

City Snubbed By Top Two Targets

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. Not my words but those of Billy Shakespeare. Although they are probably being echoed around Eastlands in an Italian accent as we speak.

Word on the street is that interests registered for both Fernando Torres and Edin Dzeko have sensationally been vetoed by the players themselves before any discussion about money.

Liverpool fans can certainly take heart from from what was a pre emptive strike by Manchester City. But who could blame them for trying? The situation at Liverpool can only be described as volatile and should Fernando have a good tournament interest in the player and his value will only soar.