Ian Wright and rock legend Alice Cooper talk about their hopes for the next football season. This is part of a series from the Sun newspaper which has spoken to a host of celebrities, including a few you would not usually expect to hear from, about their hopes for the upcoming football season.
Ah well, we’ll probably never know the whole, true story, but then the participants seem a little uncertain themselves. A few facts are available, however. One is that England’s John Terry was divested of his captaincy of the national soccer team as a result of allegations that he had or was having an affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the French lingerie model.
Terry was and is married and the father of twins. Vanessa’s boyfriend before the alleged affair was Wayne Bridge, teammate and ‘close friend’ of John Terry. When the rumours started flying, Terry tried to get a gag order to keep the whole thing quiet. That didn’t work very well.
Today, in her first TV interview since the affair was ‘discovered’, Vanessa Perroncel talked with Kate Garraway of GMTV. When asked if she did have an affair with Terry, Vanessa insisted that they were “just friends”. She also said that the allegations about being paid to keep quiet were utterly false, and she “didn’t take a penny from him.” Vanessa also seems to believe that Toni Poole, Terry’s wife, believes her denials.
Whatever she did or did not do, Vanessa repeats, “there was no malicious intent.” She says that she hopes to get back together with Wayne Bridge, the father of her 3-year-old son. He was “the one”, she says, but their relationship suffered from too much absence on his part, and so far Wayne hasn’t come forward to give us his opinion on the situation.
It looks as if Rio Ferdinand will miss the start of the season and won’t get back on the field until September, according to Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United. The damaged knee ligament that kept him from the World Cup has not healed quite as fast as originally forecast, but the injured captain has not been entirely idle. Last week Ferdinand was in London to launch his new collection of footwear fashion for men, which he’s calling ‘Five by Rio Ferdinand’ – or just ‘Five’.
Rio designed the collection for Strutt Couture, named it for his jersey number and has already found a space in Manchester, i.e. Aspecto in the city centre and at Trafford Centre, to showcase his stuff. He told interviewers that he is always looking for interests outside of football and that fashion is one of his passions.
There are 24 different shoe styles in the Autumn/Winter collection including boots and trainers and ranging from classic to casual. The collection also includes accessories for men, wallets and ‘manbags’. Sure, there are plenty of skeptics, but Rio’s shoes actually look pretty good, and he’s never been one to let a little opposition bother him.
Victoria Beckham was thrown into a panic after a flight she was on from London headed to LA declared an emergency and turned around to Heathrow an hour after it took off.
The flight experienced a technical problem at 30,000 ft Saturday forcing the British Airways airliner to turn around and head back to the airport.
Posh is said to have been terrified since she was by herself and on her way to LA in order to see her children and David.
A source close to the star stated that she was scared and had no one else she could turn to. The source added that given the plane had already been in the air for such a long time it took some time to get safely back into Heathrow.
On Sunday Beckham was finally able to catch another flight to LA, and BA apologized to its customers for any problems that the cancelled flight may have caused.
A spokesperson for BA stated that the airplane had a small technical problem soon after takeoff and it was decided that it would be best for the plane to fly back into London. The spokesperson added that there was never a risk to anyone on board the craft and that safety is always the top concern for BA.
Chinese investor Kenny Huang has been rumoured to have shown interest in buying Premier League team Liverpool. Though Huang has yet to make an official offer, it has been speculated that any offer he does make will be backed by the Chinese government.
Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League, doesn’t foresee any problems with Huang buying the club even if he does receive his funding from the Chinese government. Scudamore admits he will investigate the situation further if the rumours are confirmed but also states that it would not be much different to Manchester City receiving funds from Abu Dhabi.
Current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillet along with Chairman Martin Broughton are reportedly in talks with six other bidders but a formal decision of the new owner is to be made next week.