When we're not cleaning Oreos out of our couches or populating the blogosphere with nonsense,
we're stalking Nemanja and Ana Vidic.
Fresh off his international retirement announcement, Nemanja Vidic will have more time on his
hands. To do what besides oil his hot robot self?
Well, change his soon-to-be-third-baby's diapers, perhaps.
It looks as though Emmanuel Adebayor's decision to come out of international retirement is about
to be confirmed with reports that the player is happy to discuss a comeback with Togolese
officials.
Ade hasn't played for his country since the fatal attack on the country's team bus in 2008 but
he could re-appear as early as next week, in Togo's game with Guinea Bissau.
After hinting strongly that he would be retiring from International football after Serbia's
failure to qualify for Euro 2012, Nemanja Vidic has today confirmed he will not play for his
country again.
"After a great deal of thought and with a heavy heart, I have decided the time is right for
me to retire from international football," Vidic told the official site.
Sport Witness translate JT's statement on CPO and take the piss out of the FA for their handling
of Rooney
The Telegraph wonders how Rooney will respond to Kop abuse.
United Rant discusses Vidic's International retirement.
The Daily Mail reports on opposition to Liverpool's TV rights plan.
Just hours before England's crucial Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro, traces of disquiet
in the team camp are emerging. Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher has for the first
time spoken out the issue surrounding the FA selecting a foreigner to coach the team.
Carragher believes it was wrong for England to have appointed a foreigner to coach the team.
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes England are 'cheating' by having a foreign manager in
charge of the national team.
Fabio Capello was handed the reins after Steve McClaren failed to guide the Three Lions to
qualification for Euro 2008, and persuaded Carragher to briefly come out of international
retirement for last summer's World Cup.
24 year old West Brom midfielder Youssof Mulumba has brought down the curtain
on his Congolese International career. Mulumba who represented France at u-21 level before
committing his international future to Congo, he released a statement saying:
"This decision has been taken following long discussions with my family and medical
advisers.
Real Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho has walked out on Portugal and announced his
retirement from international football after being made feel inadequate at the teams
training base in Portugal ahead of their 2012 Euro qualifier against Cyprus tomorrow night. It's
believed Carvalho was to be dropped for the clash however before losing his dignity the 75 capped
Portuguese international quit with immediate effect.
With the United States-Mexico friendly nary two weeks away, Jurgen Klinsmann's first brushstroke
to his legacy begins.
But who else?
Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the US roster comes out for the August 10th friendly against El Tri in
Philadelphia.
There is a lot to balance in the first roster announcement including dialing up the appropriate
amount of cut-bait with respect for legacy players.
Having given up hope of signing Jose Enrique and Gael Clichy, Kenny Dalglish has apparently turned
his attention to securing the services of Wayne Bridge.
Bridge, moving to West Ham United on loan at the end of last season for 15 league appearances,
proved that he still has a lot to offer in the top tier of English football.
Former England defender Jamie Carragher admits players suffer from a fear factor when they are
playing for the national team.
Carragher came out of international retirement when he was selected by England manager Fabio
Capello for last year's World Cup campaign in South Africa. However, England experienced a woeful
tournament and crashed out 4-1 to Germany in the last 16, leading to a torrent of criticism for
both players and management.
The ginger haired maestro retires after spending 17 years as a Red Devil where he clocked 676
appearances and scored 150 goals. His career will continue as a coaching assistant He will join
Utd's coaching staff.
Throughout his years Scholes proved to be an excellent goalscorer despite his shifting roles
within the squad.
Almost five years on, the fall-out from Ireland's humiliation in Nicosia seems to go on. That
galling 5-2 hammering at the hands of Cyprus signaled the end of the international road for three
of the starters that night. Clinton Morrison has only appeared once in a 40-man provisional squad
since, whilst sliding down the divisions in England, currently scoring occasionally at League One
Sheffield Wednesday.
Joe Jordan can slam a revolving door, Joe Jordan washes his eyes with tobasco sauce, there is no
such thing as global warming, Joe Jordan got cold so he turned the sun up – these were some of
the tweets of football fans everywhere following Tottenham's emphatic 1-0 win over AC Milan on
Tuesday Night.
No longer will we have to lose him to the Asian Cup or other international related selections.
This is good news for the club since it means a more rested player while others are incurring an
extra 90-180 minutes of game time and potential injuries.
Look at our existing players and how they've benefited from international retirement.
Amid rumors that Fernando Torres is interested in joining Chelsea comes word that Liverpool has,
in fact, added a star rather than lost one.
Liverpool has completed the acquisition of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Ajax for a
reported €26.5 million euros. After a lengthy and public negotiations, Liverpool finally offered
a total that Ajax deemed reasonable for one of the stars (and villains) of the 2010 World Cup.
