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Nigerians confirm bid for Magpies

A spokesman for the consortium added:

"In order for Newcastle to obtain the funds for the takeover, Mike Ashley must deposit $100,000 in a Nigerian bank account for administration fees

GOOD DAY AND GOD BLESS"

Two things about tonight's Liverpool game on ITV

1) Why does Clive Tyldesley pronounce "another" to ryhme with "bother"?
2) Why were Marseille playing in gold? I thought their home kit was white and blue.

The Today Today

On Today this morning, one of the codgers (Humphrys? Naughtie? Could even have been Stourton. If it's not Sarah Montague or floundering new-boy Evan Davis I don't notice) was reading out some football news.

He had three names to say and managed mispronounce and incorrectly stress all three.

He pronounced Robinho "Rob-Eno".

Berbatov became "Ber-BAT-off".

I began to wonder if he was taking the piss when he pronounced the name of the out-going West Ham manager as Alan "Cur-BISH-ley". Come on! It's hardly an exotic surname.

I see the football season has started...

I'm sure I'm supposed to have opinions on it and that. While I think of some, here's Jimmy Bullard in a bin: