All in the game: Wrexham fans lay all their love on James McClean; and Liverpool player discusses ‘sick’ Erling Haaland
A piece of impromptu punditry by Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is unlikely to have gone down well with Neymar. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images
Did the Bolsonaro camp take the Neymar/Messi barb lying down? . No.“Messi wasn’t even the best player at PSG. It’s shameful. I’m hallucinating.”Lionel Messi picks up his eighth Ballon d'Or award. Yes, Jérôme Rothen, it really happened. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images– Newcastle fans crooning the ultimate insult towards Manchester United during last week’s League Cup win.
He had a bit of a run-in with a couple of Mansfield fans at the end of the game, in response to abuse being hurled at him, but at least he was serenaded off the pitch by his own supporters. To the tune of Abba’s Voulez-Vous: “James McClean , running down the wing , makes the Wrexham sing , and he hates the ****ing King.” Gulp.“The money he’s spent! Some of the players have cost £70-80m! I wouldn’t have had them with me at Huddersfield.