So the club yesterday confirmed Robin van Persie's injury and the prognosis that he'd be out for around 6 weeks. Now that it's official we can all run around and panic, throwing our hands up in the air like sometimes we feel like doing. I know, I know.

What did emerge yesterday is that Robin is set to try a revolutionary new treatment, apparently with the blessing of the club, whereby he'll travel to Serbia to have his ankle massaged with placenta fluid.

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It's November, which means it is time for SBI to crank out last month's Q&A installments.

While a few weeks have passed since questions were submitted, most questions are still just as relevent today as they were two to three weeks ago.

U.S. national team questions rule the day as usual, with more World Cup questions starting to filter in now that the Americans have qualified and the clock is ticking quickly toward South Africa.

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It's November, which means it is time for SBI to crank out last month's Q&A installments.

While a few weeks have passed since questions were submitted, most questions are still just as relevent today as they were two to three weeks ago.

U.S. national team questions rule the day as usual, with more World Cup questions starting to filter in now that the Americans have qualified and the clock is ticking quickly toward South Africa.

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Almost everything is going wrong for Liverpool. I say 'almost', because last week they beat Manchester United at Anfield, and the gloom was temporarily lifted. "Liverpool have turned a corner... This will kick-start their season... etc" in the end, it hasn't. Liverpool's continued struggles share similarities with those of the aforementioned United in the 2004-05 season, where, after an awful start to the season, a victory against Big Rivals (in that case, Arsenal) threatened to send the Old Trafford club on a march back to glory.

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This weekend I've been busier than a Somali pirate demanding ransom, so I'm trying something a little new [to this site]. If you think it works post your comments below and I'll continue doing it... piece of piss really! Gameweek score: 6 out of 10 NOTE: West Ham v Aston Villa still remains Results: Pompey . Click to continue reading...

This weekend I've been busier than a Somali pirate demanding ransom, so I'm trying something a little new [to this site]. If you think it works post your comments below and I'll continue doing it... piece of piss really! Gameweek score: 6 out of 10 NOTE: West Ham v Aston Villa still remains Results: Pompey . Click to continue reading...

Footie mascots held captive by Special Olympians Manchester United mascot Fred the Red's belly has got him into all sorts of trouble. When his chippy order is snatched, the daredevil chases after his assailant. Unfortunately, for Fred he ends up bundled into the back of a white van and kidnapped. You can see the ransom video [. Click to continue reading...

England's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on saturday is going to make history.For the first time since the invention of television and live broadcasting an important international game between two footballing nations is not going to be telecast on TV.
People at home who want to watch the game have to see in on the net at a cost of £11.

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By STUART WATSON Well what a weekend and another game full of incident and drama to keep us talking all through the week.

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Well, well, well, what went on yesterday? A match, a return, and a departure. It was quite a day.

Let's get the departure out of the way so we can move on permanently and Adebayor has officially left and is now Manchester City's problem player. For the doubters there was even a picture of him looking strange in Man City's kit, followed by an interview in which he talks in that typical Adebayor way.

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The big news on the wire this morning is that Manchester City have apparently been in talks with Arsenal all weekend over the possible purchase of Emmanuel Adebayor.

This is believable in the sense that Citeh's new owners clearly have a lot of money and want to make a splash by bringing in big names in the transfer window.

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AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:

1. FRANCK RIBERY I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR TRANSFER CRAP!!!!! BUT I AM VERY JEALOUS THAT YOU WERE IN A MUSIC VIDEO!!!!! I HAD AN IDEA FOR A MUSIC VIDEO THAT INVOLVED ME PUNCHING THE CAMERA LENS AND SCREAMING FOR FOUR MINUTES STRAIGHT BUT MTV DIDN'T LIKE IT AND THEY TOLD ME TO GET OUT OF THEIR HEATING DUCT BUT I COULDN'T BECAUSE I WAS STUCK AND IT HURT!

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UPDATE:

The hoochie in the club/chica in question has been ID'd as Luisana Varacalli. Something about Luisana's winning personality has left most in the media unsure about whether she's an attention seeking story-teller or if her take on the matter is kosher, but here it is:

- Luisana says she had sex with Sergio at the club behind a partition and then headed back to his hotel at 7am for more.

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UPDATE:

The hoochie in the club/chica in question has been ID'd as Luisana Varacalli. Something about Luisana's winning personality has left most in the media unsure about whether she's an attention seeking story-teller or if her take on the matter is kosher, but here it is:

- Luisana says she had sex with Sergio at the club behind a partition and then headed back to his hotel at 7am for more.

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Let me begin this by saying that I don't want Joleon Lescott to leave Everton.
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"We will shrink our squad and add four to six players," he said. "But there are two things going on. One, a general view of Arab investors and two, a whole hierarchy within football where there is a group of clubs that fall within the hierarchy and the clubs that fall outside don't have a seat at the table and shouldn't even demand one.

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Robin van Persie's contract expires in summer 2011 and the club has been locked in contract negotiations all season. The club appeared to have offered the Dutch striker £75,000 a week, but van Persie is stalling over signing a new contract.

There was talk earlier that he wanted a buyout clause, which was as low as €5 million.

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"I never had any doubts about staying. Regardless, I was going to be here, and hopefully for the remainder of my career. I don't see why not. I really want to become a hero here, to hopefully achieve things.

"I'm settled here - I love the club, I love the fans, and I don't see what's going to make me leave this club.

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After one of his most productive seasons in an Arsenal shirt and following on from two injury ravaged seasons, Robin van Persie is stalling on signing a new contract. This is the man who only last week was sympathising with the supporters and was pleading that the squad is kept together.

 Yet loyalty is paper-thin in football and instead of showing his loyalty to a club that paid him in full for two seasons when he hardly kicked the ball, he is prepared to leave, or even worse has asked of a €5 million transfer clause to inserted into his contracted.

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Too often, players will often blame off field problems for a lack of discipline, form or fitness, it becoming something of a Teflon shield to protect them from criticism off fans and players. It's a catch all term to cover all kinds of issues, from drinking (Too numerous to mention) , drugs (Adrian Mutu) , gambling addiction (Michael Owen) to having a persecution complex even though you do yourself no favours at all (Joey Barton).

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Tragic news out of Honduras as police have found what could be the body of Edwin Palacios, the brother of Tottenham and Honduran international midfielder Wilson Palacios. Edwin was kidnapped from his home by gangsters over 18 months ago, and his family had paid a half-million dollar ransom to secure his release without success. Click to continue reading...

Pascal, current winger/forward for St. Etienne and one of their better players, is essentially holding his own club ransom. With the Asian transfer window still open - and absolutely no indication whatsoever of its date on the English-speaking web that I can find - Al Sadd announced they'd agreed a deal sending Pascal to Qatar [. Click to continue reading...

Prior to reading article on Agu held‘for ransom',I was astounded as i have never heard of a football club demanding a refund for player not playing up to their satisfaction?PDRM reason was Agu Camir failure to score for their club but,agu did scored for them in a 7-0 trouncing against Kuala Lumpur in [. Click to continue reading...