"This shirt is my skin" — Jose Mourinho
A rash decision made by some poor, banterless German intern a few months ago has put Premier League commentators in a perilous position this weekend
Jose Mourinho was unveiled as the new Fenebahce manager in early June. In front of a full stadium under the hot Turkish summer sun, the man delivered a spectacle.
The most important arrival in Turkey since Constantine The Great had the crowd in a frenzy, from his opening stanza, in which he held the club shirt aloft and proclaimed “this shirt is my skin”, they were his.
The world should be thankful that the man born in Setubal, Portugal, choose football, and not National Socialism.
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At the very same moment, a world away from sunny Istanbul, a bespectacled intern was eating currywurst at the Adidas HQ in Herzogenaurach, Germany, when he noticed a deadline fast approaching.
The decision to kit Arsenal out in white shorts with a blue trim has had grand sporting ramifications.
For this Sunday’s North London derby, forever the reds vs the whites, — if you consider when Arsenal moved from their original home in South London as being “forever” — will now see Arsenal having to play in their black third kits due to Tottenham’s home kit, as normal, being white with blue trim.
We are but one slip of the tongue away from hearing about the white half of North London “doing battle” with the black half of North London.
Pull up a chair, this promises to be a Special One.