Football Daily | Lassana Diarra and the day transfers (possibly) changed forever, yeah?
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“The day the world changed, yeah?” So said honorary Guardianista Nathan Barley as he flaunted his Geek Pie haircut on the streets of east London. The world didn’t change, it just got more like Nathan Barley. But every now and then there is a date of historic significance: such as 15 December 1995, when Jean-Marc Bosman won his case against Uefa and changed football’s transfer market forever. It’s not yet clear whether 4 October 2024 is the day the world changed or simply the day Preston striker Milutin Osmajic was given an eight-match ban after mistaking a Blackburn player for a sausage roll. We’re referring, as you jolly well know, to former Chelsea and Arsenal water carrier Lassana Diarra’s case against Fifa.
This week will mark the seventh game on the trot that Manchester United’s game will be the live on TV in the UK. I didn’t realise my Sky subscription included a season ticket to that ridiculous club” – Phil Aston.
Re: Karim Adeyemi saying his ‘wife made broccoli’ (yesterday’s Quote of the Day). How do you ‘make’ broccoli? Can somebody please post the recipe?” – Jarrod Prosser (and others).
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