Good afternoon to you.
According those terribly nice people at Itasportpress we are in for a chap by the name of Xherdan Shaqiri.
This young man © Ray Wilkins is a Swiss International and to use more footballing parlance he is said to be on the radars of Lazio, Liverpool, Rome, Palermo, Aston Villa and Fiorentina.
The FC Basel player told Sky Sports: “I’m a really special player. Very creative in my approach to the game and I like to take risks.
“Of course, I like to score: I have to score. But I also like to help my team-mates, so everybody else can score.”
Here’s a clip of him in action. Lots of running about and walloping of the ball. That sort of thing. If you don’t like football and Venezualan Death Metal is more your bag, then this video could still be for you.
Benitez was a fan of the player and prior to him getting the heave ho at Anfield a £2M bid was mooted. So his stock is either nicely on the rise or we’re getting the old Three Card Monte pulled on us. That’s something you see less often these days. In fact the last time I saw it was up from Burger King on Leicester Square. And they were Albanian. As is Shaqiri.
Of course what would be quite good is sign him and then get various sections of the crowd to shout ‘Dan. Dan. Dan!’ ala Partridge at him. Just me on that one? Ah well…
On a more serious note I have spent the bulk of this morning looking for my glasses. If anyone either spots them or knows what the flip I did with them – do get in touch.
Venezuelan Death Metal? More like Suburban Girlie Metal.
I’m thinking that I could retire from my day job and live a comfortable life as a keeper in the Swiss league.
Miralem Pjanic
Don’t Pjanic, Mr Mainwaring?
Looks a bit like a cross between Charlie Adam & Jamie O’Hara to me… still, he’s only 20, so for 2m prob worth a punt, I reckon (esp if O’Hara’s worth 5m)!
The last Swiss we had was Ziegler, who I rated and I think we probably dispensed with a bit too early…
If we could buy every £40 million footballer for £10 million, they’d also be worth a punt.
The price is £8 million, not £2 million. So what’s your view on buying him for @ £8 million? ;-)
Frick. Doh! Helps to read the title… still, since when has 8m actually been 8m, eh? Bit of chat from our ‘Arry and it’ll be 3m and a Gold Edition boxset of Eastenders… ;)
Wasn’t the last Swiss he had Gross (in every sense)?
Er no, Shaqiri WAS worth £2m, try £8m on for size…
Just going off topic for a minute. This is Luka’s written transfer request!
http://yfrog.com/z/kim19qgj
:-D
Like. A lot.
The is f***ing hilarious. HH, please, please use this as a post. Brilliant.
I’m on this like white on rice. Sterling work Vanderfaart for sharing the wealth.
I just keep cracking up each time on ‘No like chicken badge’.
Thank you!!!!!
Especially like the fact that this appears to be his first and main objection… ;)
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Absolutely brilliant, nearly spat my tea out of my nose…
Particularly like ‘No like play with tall circus man’ classic.
‘No like play with rush goalie’ hahaha!!