1. I struggle to wonder just how much more of a fuss the media would have made of his arrest in the US had it been Mario Balotelli. Remember the Palace over the fireworks in th bathroom athis house the day before the 1-6 thrashing?
2. Where does this cross the line and become'tapping up'?
Romelu Lukaku: Man Utd newcomer says Paul Pogba played a 'big role' in his move
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40563181
3. When it suits the media they include or exclude the 'add ons' to either inflate the transfer figure or reduce it. Had City purchased Lukaku onthe same basis they would be quoting the total figure plus his wages over the length of the contract - £90m+ - but for the rags they decline to do so and make no fuss that for the second season running the rags have been the driving force in raising the bar of mad transfer fees :013:
4. I am sick to death of rags bleating on about how as the 'richest, smuggest club in the world' they can pay wtf they want for players, "it's what big clubs do" (but City are ruining football by trying to 'buy the title' :018: )