The announcement that Patrick Vieira will replace Jason Kreis as manager of New York City FC has been meet with near unanimous disapproval. He’s foreign! He has no MLS experience! He’s foreign! He’s only using this as a stepping stone to the Man City job! HE’S FOREIGN!!!!
Though the limited track record for great European footballers turned MLS managers isn’t great, Vieira and NYCFC are both unique cases that complicate comparisons to previous failures.
At the premiere of a documentary about himself, where he attempted to break the world record for selfies taken in a three-minute span, Cristiano Ronaldo actually said something self-effacing.
Wayne Rooney was in attendance for the WWE’s Monday Night Raw show in Manchester and he ended up playing a role in the match between Cesaro and Sheamus, while continuing his “fued” with Preston born wrestler Wade Barrett.
Jurgen Klopp was dealt his first defeat as Liverpool manager, losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace at Anfield. Scott Dann headed in the decisive goal in the 82nd minute and after the match, Klopp admitted that it was at that point that he felt he was, in fact, walking alone.
Neymar had a second-half brace in Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Villarreal (naturally Luis Suarez scored the other goal). It was the final goal of the day that stood out as worthy of Puskas award consideration, though.
In a clip from the new documentary about Cristiano Ronaldo, the subject of the film is seen really getting into a performance of Rihanna’s “Stay” while on a Portuguese national team flight.
Isco suffered a nasty gash on his head during Real Madrid’s 1-0 win against PSG on Tuesday, requiring him to get his head stapled before returning to the match. The club have now released video of the stapling and it does not seem like a pleasant experience…
Arsene Wenger was the subject of a spread in L’Equipe’s Sport & Style magazine and the result is…a lot to take in.
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At a certain point, legendary business tycoon and aviator Howard Hughes went from thinking it was pretty great to be clean to urinating in jars and wearing tissues boxes as shoes. There’s a line there, between keen interest and crippling obsession, and in his own way, Pep Guardiola might be in the process of crossing it.
