The Offside Daily – Ex-Chelsea striker arrested, West Ham United appoint new man and Transfer Rumours

Posted on June 10, 2015 in The Offside Daily

1. Bidding for 2026 World Cup will be delayed after inquiry into FIFA corruption continues.

2. Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston has been banned from all football activity for 6 weeks and fined £40,000 for offensive texts to fan.

3. Ex-Chelsea striker Kerry Dixon has been arrested for a pub row after allegedly being branded a ‘fatso.’

4. West Ham have appointed former Croatia coach Slaven Bilic as their new manager.

5. Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane were involved in a car crash in Dublin, nobody was seriously injured.

6. Grimsby Town fans have raised double the target of a fundraiser in aid of the clubs transfer budget. (BBC Sport)

7. Here is the 119th minute own goal that knocked Hungary U20’s out of World Cup. (Mirror)

8. Bottled it! Dutch amateur club denied goal by the goalkeepers water bottle. (Metro)

9. Some Americans don’t know who Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are. (Mirror)

10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic pranks a cameraman who fails to avoid potential banana skin. (Metro)

5 Transfer Rumours that won’t go away:

1. David Button – Brentford to Aston Villa – Undisclosed

2. Mario Mandzukic – Atletico Madrid to Manchester United – £18.5 million

3. Tom Ince – Hull City to Derby County – £6 million

4. Pedro Obiang – Sampdoria to West Ham – £4.4 million

5. Scott Dann – Crystal Palace to Everton – Undisclosed