1. When Barcelona's Xavi was 19, he almost signed for Milan. His father gave
his "yes" to him but his mother said "if Xavi leaves Barca, I will divorce!"
2. While Zlatan Ibrahimovich's youth team was 4-0 down, he came in as a
substitute and scored 8 goals.
3. Juan Mata is the first player in history to have
joined Manchester United from Chelsea.
4. Xherdan Shaqiri has so far won league titles in every year of his
professional career !
5. Alex Song has 27 siblings – 17 sisters and 10 brothers.
6. Ryan Giggs is the only Premier League player to score 100 goals without
scoring a hat-trick.
7. Cristiano Ronaldo was named after former US
President Ronald Reagan.
8. Steven Gerrard has swapped his jersey with more than a hundred players,
but never with a Man United player.
9. Ronaldinho first gained media attention when his
youth team won 23 – 0. He scored all 23 goals.
10. Chelsea have been relegated more times than they have won the league.
11. The difference in Messi's age and Ronaldo's age is 869 days. The same
difference between Messi and Ronaldo's son.
12. Zinedine Zidane was never caught offside in his whole career.
13. Only one GOLD Premier League trophy has been
awarded and it was to Arsenal because in 2003/2004
season, they didn't lose one match.
14. Brazilian legend, Pele, scored 92 hat-tricks, 4goals on 31 occasions, 5
goals on 6 occasions, and 8 goals onan occasion.
15. When Mourinho says you have a bright future, it means you can't make his
team at the present.
16. Cristiano Ronaldo was expelled from school at the
age of 14 after throwing a chair at his teacher for
mocking his family's financial status.
17. CR7 has no tattoos because he frequently gives blood and getting a tattoo
will render him unable to do so for 6 months.
18. Real Madrid sold 50,000 James Rodriguez jerseys in one day. Juventus
sold 0 (zero) Bendtner jersey in one season.
19. In January 2003, Van Gaal was SACKED by Barcelona after leaving them
just 3 points above the relegation zone.
20. Louis Van Gaal and David Moyes attended the same Tactical Management
School.
21. Arsenal bought Anelka, Overmars, Petit, Henry,Vieira, Fabregas, RVP,
Adebayor and Nasri for £42 million. Then sold them for £206 million.
22. Hearts of Oak never lost a game in the Ghana
Premier League but they couldn't clinch the league title.
Which one of them do you find interesting?
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