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"Rafa rules out Owen"

"I'm an insanely stupid and red-faced person" commented Rafael Benitez, at a press conference today, before anyone had even asked him anything.

Once Rafa had been persuaded to raise his head out of Peter Crouch's groin, he proceeded to rule himself out of the Michael Owen race.

"For a start, he's faster than me!" said Rafa. Unfortunately, no-one laughed at his joke. Instead, the assembled media simply laughed at Rafa, for he had a £7 million honeysuckle-support sitting next to him.

"No, you see, I really do not need this Owen character. Last season, you see, I had 3 strikers, and that wasn't enough for me. Now, I am selling that guy Baros, so I will have 3 strikers. That is enough for me, cunningly meaning I can complain like a donkey with a thorn in it's schlong when Peter Crouch doesn't, as I expect, score 2 goals a game."

At this point, the media stopped asking any questions, because it was clear the extremely red-cheeked person wanted to be alone with his lamppost of a friend.

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I want Mikey back. So does every Liverpool fan.

Interesting snippet of info - apparently the No. 10 shirt is currently in limbo.

Fans wanting to purchase a shirt from official club shops with "GARCIA - 10" emblazoned across the back have been advised not to by store workers.

Normal procedure at this stage of the season? Maybe. Just a simple juggling of squad numbers among the team? Perhaps. Or is Michael Owen flying through the air right now making demands left, right and centre including the coveted No. 10 shirt? Almost certainly :^)

Come back home Micky O.

But SWP is a stupidly high price for a good player. Jenas is a stupidly high price for an average player.

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> £15m for Jenas (more than Owen!?) is silly money.
> £7m would be about fair in my book.


And people wonder why managers keep signing foreign players instead of English players. This is exactly why, stupidly high prices

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Grandprix wrote:
> I think Baros has been included in every Champions League squad so
> far. They just haven't played him, so he keeps his value.
>
> Indeed. He's there on the offchance that everyone else on the bench
> breaks their face.

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And even then, Rafa would probably bring his fat self on first instead of Milan.

Great news about Traore though. It's like a new signing, him being injured :)

Grandprix wrote:
> I think Baros has been included in every Champions League squad so
> far. They just haven't played him, so he keeps his value.

Indeed. He's there on the offchance that everyone else on the bench breaks their face.

KOPKING wrote:
> Baros has been included in the squad for the CSKA Sofia game. Could
> this be an indication he may be staying now?

I doubt it. I think Benitez will budge on the price closer to the dealine and if he doesn't leave this window he'll certainly go in January.

I think Baros has been included in every Champions League squad so far. They just haven't played him, so he keeps his value.

therage79 wrote:
> I cant See why Arsenal don't go for both..Jenas and Owen. Arsene is
> well documented as being an Owen fan and we could do with another
> striker that could guarentee goals, especially if Henry misses a few
> games. The 'fox in the box' that he insanly though Franny Jeffers
> was, and for 10 ish million not that expensive!

Fair play to Jeffers though, he was excellent at Everton. Just couldn't translate it.

£15m for Jenas (more than Owen!?) is silly money. £7m would be about fair in my book.

Baros has been included in the squad for the CSKA Sofia game. Could this be an indication he may be staying now?