Top 10 things we've learned from football this week

By Steve Anglesey in Mirror Football Blog

Published 16:24 06/08/10

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It was the week that brave Lindsay Lohan won her freedom while poor Cesc Fabregas remained in his Emirates prison with 'F**k You Arsene' painted on his nails. But what have we learned, asks MirrorFootball's Steve Anglesey?

1) Nottingham Forest have taken Calum Davenport for 10 days to see if he's good enough to sign. After what he's been through recently, do you reckon he was delighted when Billy Davies offered him a trial?

2) Not even former internationals want to watch England's upcoming friendly. Sol Campbell has already said he has no intention of going Hungary.

3) Wayne Rooney was been pictured having a fag outside a Manchester nightclub. In a tribute to England's World Cup campaign it briefly set alight, turned into one long drag and left a nasty taste in the mouth.

4) Sean Bean's fourth wife has filed for divorce. Some people would do anything to get out of watching Cardiff v Sheffield United on Sunday.

5) Manchester City's Europa League date against Timisora means the Blues are heading to Transylvania. The stakes are so high for the locals they've asked for kick-off to be at Twilight.

6) Cesc Fabregas is staying at Arsenal. Stevie G and Fernando Torres are staying at Liverpool. Nemanja Vidic is staying at United. It's the quietest window since Ted Moult and the dullest market since Albion Market.*

7) The influence of Liverpool's potential Chinese buyers is already seeping through to Roy Hodgson's side. When Rabotnicki got a free kick the other night, players immediately formed a great wall...

8) After North Korea's World Cup disaster, coach Kim Jong-Hun has been sentenced to hard labour at a construction site where he is said to work 14 hours a day. With the FA still looking for a chairman and a chief executive, any chance of an approach to King Jong-Il?

9) He's a big-spending, middle-aged Italian who's apparently keen on the diamond formation. How long before Roberto Mancini gets a booty call from Naomi Campbell?

10) The season hasn't started yet and already Michael Carrick is injured, Emmanuel Adebayor is angling for a move and Celtic are out of Europe. That's what we love about football - the unpredictability.

* Kids, ask your dads for help with these jokes

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