Angel Di Maria finally completed his move to PSG after just one season with Manchester United. As he did so, he released an open letter to his former club and their fans (via journalist Guillem Balague). It was a lovely note, but there was a definite subtext to it that we have helpfully spelled out for anyone who might have missed it.
The Exploding Heads’ 38 things that will definitely happen in the Premier League this season
The period just before a new season begins is always strange in that excitement his high, but all we have to talk about are guesses. Well, The Exploding Heads are here with more than guesses. They’re here with certainties.
The video runs through their 38 items very fast, so you might have to watch it more than once to pick up everything that’s said, but it’s worth it.
Future News: Pepe claims Lionel Messi broke into his house and terrorized him in the night
Real Madrid defender Pepe has made the sensational claim that Barcelona star Lionel Messi broke into his house in the dead of night and brutally attacked him.
This comes after Messi stunned the world by headbutting and grabbing the neck of Roma defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa in an uncharacteristic show of anger during a preseason friendly.
Lionel Messi headbutts, throttles Roma player during friendly
Losing the World Cup final and Copa America final by narrow margins in consecutive years will take its toll on anyone, and Lionel Messi is no different. So in a friendly between Barcelona and Roma, Messi snapped and took his pent-up aggression out on defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.
Swedish player issues formal statement of regret for terrible dive
No matter how widely mocked a blatant dive is, the offender usually carries on with his existence without ever acknowledging his crime. But IFK Norrkoping captain Andreas Johansson has proven himself to be a bigger person than that.
FIFA 16 to include Portsmouth’s Fratton Park as tribute to creative director who died of cancer
FIFA 16 will include nine new stadiums, but the one that stands out from the group is Portsmouth’s Fratton Park. With just 50 licensed stadiums in the game, the ground for a League Two side might seem a curious inclusion when only six Bundesliga stadiums and four La Liga grounds will be in the game, but it’s there for a very special reason.
Pep Guardiola is losing his mind
It’s finally happening. Pep Guardiola is collapsing under the weight of his own genius and the Audi Cup, of all things, is proving to be the catalyst of his unraveling.
Arsenal players photobomb unsuspecting fans over and over again
Proving Roy Keane wrong when he said that Arsenal players were only interested in selfies, the video above shows that they’re also interested in appearing in other people’s photos too.
As part of the club’s kit launch, pictures of fans wearing their new gear were taken, but what they didn’t know was that a group of their favorite players were hiding behind them, ready to jump out and pose as the photos were being taken.
They did this over and over again, and the players appeared to genuinely enjoy themselves as they did it. Perhaps none more than Olivier Giroud and Petr Cech.
The fans’ surprise upon realizing what was going on is pretty special.
DTotD: Steven Gerrard kicks ball at opponent’s face
Steven Gerrard. What a legend. pic.twitter.com/njPBclrizl
— Chris Thomas (@ChrisThomasFC) August 2, 2015
Steven Gerrard formally announced his arrival in MLS during the LA Galaxy’s 3-1 win against the Colorado Rapids last weekend. He was not punished.
Falcao’s ongoing career is a shared hallucination we are all perpetuating
For the last two years, the once exceptional Radamel Falcao has been a ghost floating through Manchester United, the Colombian national team, and now Chelsea. His utterly forgettable appearance in the second half of the Community Shield was a continuation of his goalless Copa America (in which he was replaced by Jackson Martinez for the quarterfinal, even though he was the team’s captain) and his disappointing season with Man United (in which he was dropped to the U-21 squad at one point).
Though there have been many high profile strikers who have suffered long periods of vanishing form, few have been anywhere near as anonymous as Falcao has been during this period. He hasn’t had the spectacular misses of Fernando Torres or the controversies of Mario Balotelli. It’s almost like he’s not even there. And that’s because he isn’t.