Welcome back to the Premiership Roy "We will do the best for our players' families, but we've had a player this summer who didn't even ring us back because his wife wanted to move to London. And shopping was mentioned. It might astonish many people, but it's true," Sunderland coach Roy Keane slams players controlled by their wives. "When I told my wife that we might move elsewhere she said I could go alone – she likes it here in Madrid,” Brazil defender Cicinho, who recently left Madrid for Roma, said this before Keane's comments! "I was excited and it takes a lot to get me excited... ask my wife, I'll celebrate with a green tea and a chocolate biscuit," Keano after Sunderland opened the Premiership season with a late 1-0 win over Tottenham. "All the manager said was 'Well done and I will see you at 10am for training'," Sunderland goal hero Michael Chopra reflects his manager's reaction after the Spurs game winner. Jose vs. Rafa Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez had their usual post-match dialogue after Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea, in which the latter equalized with a controversial penalty. Jose: I haven't seen the replay of the incident and it was difficult to make out what was happening at the time. Rafa: There were 45,000 people here and they could not see a penalty. That is why Jose Mourinho could not see it. Rafa: That decision is impossible to explain, it was the invisible penalty. Jose: Rafa has his opinion and I have mine. I judged the game to be a good and a fair one. Jose: I think I have a naive team. They are naive because they are pure and they are clean. We don't have divers, we don't have violent people. Rafa: If Chelsea are naive and pure then I'm Little Red Riding Hood …and more from Rafa:
Rafa "The reason for my beard is that over the summer I lost my razor," Rafa "He is different from our other strikers... he can score goals," Rafa speaking about Andrei Voronin. Egyptian Flavor "I came to Middlesbrough because I like shopping," Boro striker Ahmed Hossam 'Mido', who was targeted by Keane. "I will try my best to join Ahli in January, actually I've been in contact with a club official recently and I hope I could learn my fate soon or else I may quit the game," Egypt defender Ibrahim Saied could quit football at 27 if Ahli do not make a move for him. "The players are very selfish; they don't help me at all during any match," Ittihad veteran Hossam Hassan, who is striving to break the league's all-time goal scoring record, describes the meaning of unselfishness. "I always find it strange that 3,000 people can abuse one person and nothing is done, but when the boot is on the other foot he gets into trouble. In terms of civil liberties I find that a strange situation really," Southgate comments on the referee's decision to book Mido after the Boro striker told Newcastle fans to 'Shut up' when he scored, following their abuse to him. "When I discussed the idea of playing Mido with the medical team on Friday their faces were a picture," Boro coach Gareth Southgate. "What?? You mean in the Tottenham reserves?!!" Steve Bruce's reply to Hossam Ghaly when Ghaly told him they didn't do that much running at Tottenham during training. World Collection "I am a Championship manager but you mustn't treat it like the actual computer game, 'Championship Manager'," Bristol City manager Gary Johnson after his Championship side drew 2-2 with QPR. "Diop should watch out, he could get a
