Nani has "a life-size marble statue of himself"

Weebull · 9 Mar 2011 at 09:30

Not the most fascinating of stories, but still a nice bit of snooping:

Guardian said:
Faustino Asprilla had spent a large amount of his salary when at Newcastle in amusement arcades and at the Metro Centre's Disney Store. William Gallas, more conventionally, paid £350,000 for a McLaren Mercedes. Manchester United's Nani has invested a proportion of his wages in a life-size marble statue of himself while Downing's Villa team-mate Stephen Ireland has a passion for aquariums, candy-coloured soft furnishings and car accessories.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/mar/08/stewart-downing-lifestyle-court-agent

Love the idea of Tino Asprilla being a House of the Dead addict. :cool:

Shamikebab · 9 Mar 2011 at 09:38

Well I would if I had the money.

mmj_uk · 9 Mar 2011 at 09:54

Is it stood up or in the fetal position?

Tom84 · 9 Mar 2011 at 10:07

Wonder if he had to get it modified to go with the scar Carragher has now left him with...

doodah · 9 Mar 2011 at 10:35

mmj_uk said:
Is it stood up or in the fetal position?

Or several side by side, similar to the picture of apes evolving into man but with Nani and his dramatic falls/dives/feigns etc.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Mar 2011 at 15:25

Tom84 said:
Wonder if he had to get it modified to go with the scar Carragher has now left him with...

You can only really play that one, and be bitter about it if he actually broke his leg.

When Arsenal fans say 'oh my, he tried to Shawcross him', the situation is very serious.

peterattheboro · 9 Mar 2011 at 15:32

Hope Elliot gets the book thrown at him. Theiving fat ****.

Tom84 · 9 Mar 2011 at 16:10

Greenlizard0 said:
You can only really play that one, and be bitter about it if he actually broke his leg.

When Arsenal fans say 'oh my, he tried to Shawcross him', the situation is very serious.

To my knowledge the club has still yet to comment on how long he's out for if he's out at all so surely I play that card until otherwise

guyfawkes5 · 13 Mar 2011 at 17:42

The agent and defence team in the article come off as the slimiest gits possible; no suggestion about what may have happened or pleas of personal rectitude, just lists of Downing's 'extravagence' (not that it would ever make theft okay anyway, but apparantly Downing's taste was extremely mundane compared to the stuff listed in the quote) and odd jibes about Downing not being an accountant (although it doesn't take certification to figure out that something may have happened if a balance was £700,000 lower than expected).

Really hope he gets taken to the cleaners, he sounds exactly like bankrupt developers in trials who'll say and do everything to try and slither out of basic textbook fraud or theft.