Real Madrid defender Pepe has given a distinctly half-arsed apology to Barcelona's Lionel Messi for blatantly stamping on his hand during Wednesday night's El Clasico. The Portugal international said: "I wish to say yesterday's incident with Leo Messi was unintentional, but I nevertheless want to apologise to him if he was offended because all I [.

Wojciech Szczesny has apologised for a Twitter update in which he said team-mate Aaron Ramsey looked "like a rapist". The 21-year-old was responding to a photo of Ramsey attending a golf event. Clearly unimpressed with the Wales captain's appearance, he wrote: "I don't wanna be rude mate but you look like a rapist on that [.