It is now estimated at £135 million.
This on a day when the Greece was wracked by violent protests against their Parliament approving
of austerity measures that would slash pensions and the pay of government workers to meet an IMF
imposed pre-condition to secure a £95 billion bailout. Greece has been living beyond their means
and is in essence, bankrupt.
Lady Nina Bracewell's Smith's 16% stake in Arsenal up for sale and Blackstone, the investor
group hired to find a buyer has found someone who can pay the $145 million, or at least has the
financial clout to do so.
Aliko Dangote is listed as number 463 on the Forbes rich list and is Nigeria's wealthiest man
having amassed a fortune with his Dangote group, a business consortium that deals in commodities
trading from sugar to oil.
1. Ji-Sung Park's suave new haircut has superpowers. 2. If Greece find themselves without a point
at the end of the group stage they can always rely on a points bailout and borrow some from
Germany. 3. Way too many empty seats. FIFA needs to reassess its pricing or at least increase the
cheaper/freebie allocation for the [.
(this clip is a loop of the same goals over and over again)
Another frustrating evening as Braga scored two late goals through Matheus, the second one a
superb individual effort. The Gunners lost captain Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Eboue to injury,
Carlos Vela was booked for a dive when he was clearly brought down in the penalty area, and the
London team was unable in a familiar story to convert all that dominant possession into the stat
that mattered most: Goals.
By Chris Wright
To put it in technical economic terms, Ireland is in a bit of a hole at the moment and the Irish
FA (FAI) are far from immune being, as they are, in the red to the tune of somewhere around €50
million.
In a bid to ease the FAI's monetary woes, Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has
agreed to take a recession busting pay-cut of 'in excess of 5%', which is due to come into effect
immediately.
