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I think we should just sell Gerrard, he's not needed.

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Are you saying you would not expect more points from a season when Gerrard started 36 PL games compared to 12?   Or are you saying us hitting the woodwark a record amount of times during a season wo

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Let look at what he's done so far:   Toure - free transfer - no negotiation needed Aspas - release clause - no negotiation needed Alberto - paying close to £7m to a cash strapped club for a 20 yea

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No full stops now. Mkhitaryan signing a Liverpool shirt. pic.twitter.com/mm1PgC4Ri0

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That's Ian Ayre in a Liverpool shirt made of carbon paper with a contract underneath it. Fact.

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Deal is off' date=' Ukrainian officials not approving the transfer, another one, gonna be a great summer. Was looking forward to the great Andy Townsend pronouncing his name in our Champions League games.[/quote']

 

Fuck sake how do we know this? I was gonna have chicken kievs for tea tomorrow but fuck that now

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Deal is off, Ukrainian officials not approving the transfer, another one, gonna be a great summer. Was looking forward to the great Andy Townsend pronouncing his name in our Champions League games.

 

Where has this come from?

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Deal is off, Ukrainian officials not approving the transfer, another one, gonna be a great summer. Was looking forward to the great Andy Townsend pronouncing his name in our Champions League games.

 

Does Townsend have a contract until 2019?

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan: I never take the praise, if I know that I played badly - Interviews - Panorama | Armenian news

 

old but really nice interview with mickey. he doesnt seem anything like a modern footballer.

 

turns out he lives at shakhtar's training complex. also his sister is platini's translator

 

- How do you feel about the fact that the Armenian fans, no matter how you play, still praise you?

 

- I never take the praise, if I know that I played badly. They're fans, this is normal. They are the people who just like you and support you throughout. I am thankful to them. By the way, the situation has changed now: when my performance is poor, my countrymen start criticising me.

 

- How do you feel about your growing popularity among girls: many lady fans see a potential husband in you and want to meet you?

 

- Haven’t met anyone yet, no one came up to me. (laughs) Actually, it's nice to be the center of attention of girls.

 

- Nevertheless, you live at the base and don’t quite leave it...

 

- Why? Sometimes I go out. I just know why I train and play. I do’nt deny that it is possible to combine the two. But now, when I’ve become an idol and begun to score more, I do not want to forget about football and change my way. I have just one way, and I'm going to combine it all.

 

- Don’t the teammates gibe at you over the place of residence?

 

- At first – they did, even gave me a nickname of the President of the Base. It’s been one year now since they didn’t say anything, they just calmed down and got used to it. But... sometimes they tease me by asking whether I plan to go home or stay at the base.

 

- What about your private life? Honestly, if constantly staying at Kirsha, you’ ll have no chance to get acquainted with your future wife.

 

- Maybe, but it's fate, and there’s no escaping it.

 

- Are you a fatalist, you believe in fate?

 

- Yes, of course. The date of birth determined my fate. Just as anyone else’s, indeed. Life is a book, and we are actors who play according to what is written.

 

- But you yourself made that choice - to live at Kirsha instead of central Donetsk.

 

- Thus, the book has it so!

 

- Look, maybe you just save on accomodation?

 

- No! (laughs) No! I never had problems with money, and for me it’s in the last place. If you work, you have to earn. I chose Kirsha[shakhtar's training center] because I had to concentrate more on training and matches than on living in Donetsk. Knowing how gorgeous the local girls are, I chose to live at the base, while in my spare time I can go out socializing with my friends. I'm not a recluse! When there is a desire, I travel to the city to relax, get distracted from football and start the next day with a clear head.

 

- That is, you don’t experience any lack of communication?

 

- I don’t lack anything. Except for increadibly missing my friends and relatives in Armenia.

 

- Okay, let's dream a little. How do you see your future wife?

 

- Beautiful, intelligent.

 

- They all say so. There is no man who would say: I want an ugly and stupid one.

 

- Oh! There are some! For me it does not matter whether she will be blonde, brunette or redhead. It is important that she will be well educated, because if we have children, we must also must take care of them. She will sit at home, and I will earn a living.

 

- And what if she doesn’t wish just to sit in a golden cage, willing to make her own career or develop own business instead?

 

- Why? I will make a living.

 

- Well, she also might want to fulfill as a personality, she might need communication.

 

- Let her bring her girlfriends to our home.

 

- Why, then, do your mother and sister work?

 

- (Pause.) I asked my mom to quit her job, but she says she can’t do without it. She will just feel uncomfortable, because she was always busy doing something. Whilst modern young girls do not work. (laughing)

 

- Is your sister old or something?

 

- Not in this case. My sister doesn’t live in Armenia. She works at UEFA and wants to earn a living herself. I sometimes help her, but she doesn’t like it. Saying: “What you earn is yours.” But I tell her that there isn’t such thing as “yours and mine.” We are a family, and that’s ours.

 

- Have any curious or funny things happen to you since your move to Shakhtar? Maybe some unusual calls and stuff?

 

- I receive a lot of calls... from strangers.

 

- And what do they want?

 

- Money!

 

- What do you tell them?

 

- Of course, I refuse them. How can I give money to strangers or just borrow? I will never get it back.

 

- I can hardly imagine you at a nightclub. Perhaps, some stories happen at cafes?

 

- Sometimes. We call in at a restaurant or a café, people recognize us, ask for an autograph or a photo. For me, this is normal and nice, I never hide from the people, from fans. I do not feel like a star or kind of cool. I am a normal man.

 

- What do you order in a café? You have lots of delicious ethnic food, and our people often choose your meals. What do you prefer?

 

- Borshch and salo! (laughs) We have, by the way, almost the same - basturma.

 

- And you know how to cook?

 

- I can make spaghetti and semi-finished burgers. Well, scrambled eggs, of course.

 

- They propose different clubs to you, but you say that you think only of Shakhtar. In the future, would you like to develop here, together with the club, or to go to Europe?

 

- To be honest, I feel good at Shakhtar. But there comes a time when you want to change the setting. Not because it's bad here, just to test your strength in a different league.

 

- And if you fail?

 

- It means then that the book read it like that!

 

- But there are players like Darijo and Tomas, who spent almost their entire careers in Donetsk. How do you like this option?

 

- If possible, why not? I am also ready to spend my entire career at Shakhtar.

 

- Did you think of what would you do after quitting football?

 

- I had some thoughts. I won’t be coaching, that’s just not my cup of tea. I can try myself in this role, but don’t want to. That’s all about nerves, but I wouldn’t want my hair to get grey early. If everything goes well, I can see myself doing business. Still do not know the line, but in this particular area.

 

- Business in Donetsk?

 

- No, probably in Armenia. I plan so far to get back there when I retire.

 

- Have you got a higher education?

 

- Yes, I graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture in Armenia. Currently, I study economics at the Yerevan branch of the St. Petersburg Institute. I entered it because their degree is valid in almost sixty countries. When I graduate, I want to study there as a lawyer. And at the same time, I will master my English.

 

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