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 9 Apr 2010, 15:19

Manchester City Football Club

Introducing Tottenham’s New Comolli…

This could be fun. This will of course largely depend upon one’s individual definition of fun.

Txiki Begiristain, leaves his post as Barcelona’s Technical Secretay at the end of this season. Txiki rebuilt the side in 2003 after four unsuccessful seasons and oversaw a recruitment policy that brought the likes of Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o and Dani Alves.

He could be N17 bound, suggests The Daily Heil.

Will this happen? Who knows? His contacts sheet must be amongst one of the most impressive in world football., but what is absolutely certain is if he does end up anywhere in the UK and makes a mistake, the headline will be Taxi For Txiki.