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 27 Aug 2010, 12:15

Arsenal Football Club

Liverpool To Snatch £8M Midfielder From Under Toon & Gunners’ Noses

According to website France Football, Hatem Ben Arfa was in England to negotiate a new contract with Liverpool on Tuesday of this week.

The player has been linked most recently with Newcastle. But prior to that Arsene Wenger was seriously considering engaging the Olympique Marseille player.

Javier Mascherano’s departure to FC Barcelona will free up the desperately needed funds to let this happen.

Liverpool have to reassert themselves this season and Roy Hogson knows that every advantage available to him must be grabbed before the window slams shut in a matter of days now.

OM’s sporting director, Jose Anigo: “There is still no firm proposals from clubs but appointments are set.”

For now, Ben Arfa does not train more with the OM. The French international spent most of his time in his Paris apartment and regularly jogging in the Bois de Boulogne.”