MONDAY FOOTBALL HEADLINES ***Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger heaped praise on his 'special' players after securing place in qualifying round of next season's Champions League with defeat of Newcastle United on Sunday. ***Manchester United were reportedly rewarded with over £15m in prize money for winning the Premier League. The champions, who finished their campaign on 89 points earned the highest amount in the division, with the relegated Queens Park Rangers earning just £775,000 for their bottom-placed finish. (Daily Mail) ***Barcelona assistant Jordi Roura has rubbished claims that head coach Tito Vilanova is set to leave the La Liga champions. Vilanova, 44, who has missed a number of games this season due to his treatment for cancer, urged the Barcelona fans to give his players and coaching staff plenty of support next season, which was interpreted as a farewell speech. ***Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has painted a remarkable picture of wide-ranging indiscipline in his squad after the 1-0 defeat on the last day of their Premier League match at Tottenham. ***Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo is understood to have rejected a possible transfer to West Ham United this summer. (Marca) ***Tottenham head coach Andre Villas-Boas has told the club to buy big this summer to prevent a repeat of Tottenham’s Champions League heartbreak. ***New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry has conceded his team were lucky to defeat Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in Major League Soccer on Sunday. ***Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill has continued his top form ahead of Australia's World Cup qualifiers in June with the winner in New York Red Bulls' 1-0 triumph over Los Angeles Galaxy. ***Napoli head coach Walter Mazzarri has quit the Serie A runners-up, claiming he has achieved all he can with the southerners. ***AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has ruled out any possibility of walking away from the club but admitted his future could be out of his hands. ***Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and manager Carlo Ancelotti both received accolades at the Ligue 1 awards on Sunday. Ibrahimovic was given the Player of the Year award, following an excellent campaign. Ancelotti tied with Saint-Etienne head coach Christophe Galtier for Coach of the Year. ***Nigeria international Peter Odemwingie will be sold by West Brom after being omitted yesterday for blasting team-mates again. Reports revealed that the striker added to his unpopularity at Albion by moaning in the dressing room after the 4-0 defeat to Norwich and was omitted from WBA's squad on Sunday for their final game against Manchester United. (Mirror) ***Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has revealed that his shoulder surgery was success. (Liverpool official website) ***Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has dyed his famous hair silver following the fundraising efforts of the club's fans. The Belgian promised supporters that he would change the colour of his curly locks if they donated £25,000 to the team's official charity Everton in the Community by March 16. David Beckham is looking to buy his own club after ending his glittering playing career. But Beckham, estimated to be worth £165million, is already planning life after his playing career – by buying his very own football club. (Mirror) David Beckham has told Sky Sports News he is proud to retire from football as a champion after helping his final club Paris Saint-Germain to the Ligue 1 title. England manager Roy Hodgson has paid tribute to David Beckham after he announced his retirement from football on Thursday, and expressed his hope that the former captain of the national team remained involved in the game. ***OTHER NEWS*** ***Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo says he is confident Real Madrid can win Friday's Spanish Cup Final against city rivals Atletico Madrid. ***Brighton have suspended manager Gus Poyet and his coaching staff. The statement, published on the club's official website, read: "Brighton and Hove Albion has confirmed that it has suspended its manager, assistant manager, and its first team coach from their duties". ***Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone insists Real Madrid are favourites to win the Copa del Rey final on Friday. While Real are looking to claim a 19th Copa del Rey crown, Atletico are aiming for their 10th and first major domestic trophy since 1996. ***Manchester City have announced that former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira will take over as coach of the club's elite development squad at the club as they restructure their backroom staff. (BBC) ***Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao has dismissed speculation over his future, saying he is fully focused on enjoying Friday's Copa del Rey final against city rivals Real Madrid (ESPN) ***AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has backed under-fire manager Massimiliano Allegri as speculation regarding his future at the San Siro increases. ***Juventus coach Antonio Conte has confirmed that he will be staying at the Serie A champions next season. After holding a three-hour meeting with president Andrea Agnelli, director general Beppe Marotta, sporting director Fabio Paratici and Pavel Nedved, he has pledged his immediate future to the Bianconeri. ***Former Liverpool left full back John Arne Riise has urged his Fulham teammates to end the season positively when they travel to Swansea City on Sunday in the Premier League. ***Inter Milan have reportedly resumed their interest in Tottenham Hotspur winger Aaron Lennon. The Italians tried to sign the 26-year-old during the January transfer window but failed to get him. Inter will now try to tempt the England international with a move to the San Siro again in the summer. (Corriere dello Sport) ***Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has again stressed that he has no plans to walk away from the club this summer. ***Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni says club president Massimo Moratti has made his stance on the trainer's future perfectly clear in recent weeks. Moratti has insisted in the past that the young coach will remain at San Siro, and Stramaccioni wants to focus on Sunday's clash with Udinese. Author: Seun Idris
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The world we live in has evolved beyond all recognition. It is so evolved that it has become a challenge for those still living and not past their first half century to keep up with the trends of the times. The other day Papa Afam (God Bless him! The man does more than you can ever know) saw me in a pair of black skinny jeans from Topman and pondered aloud with a look of absolute befuddlement, "What the devil are those?" You would think that someone who had an afro bigger than my bottom and flares wider than my torso in the 70s would refrain from such pronouncements, but that obviously isn't the case. One of these trends is androgyny. I cannot tell you the number of times I have looked at someone and thought "What is it?" "Is it male?" "Is it female?" "Is it Justin Beiber?" As such it is no wonder that traditionally male items of clothing find themselves on female catwalks and vice versa. But must there be a boyfriend everything? You know what I mean don't you? Boyfriend blazer, Boyfriend hoodie, Boyfriend Oxford shirt etc. Just get a bloody boyfriend, raid his wardrobe and be done with it! I think that's enough setting of the scene don't you? So you're thinking about women's wear for men. You don't know why you're thinking like this, but it has occurred to you that it may be cool in a rockstar Mick Jagger kind of way. You know what you want to look like, but you don't quite know how to get there. What you do know is the look you're after isn't one frequently catered to by most well known designers of menswear. You want to look like this That's a shirt/blouse from Celine and it is exceedingly cool and not at all mind boggling. You need not stretch your imagination to think of how you could possibly wear such. It's either a too large shirt or a cross between a shirt and a tunic. It is hardly extraordinary. You could do so much worse. You have probably done so much worse. You're probably not that comfortable with looking like this. That's from J.W Anderson's 2013 Autumn/Winter collection. I'm probably not going to be wearing this any time soon. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with it. If you want to rip the clothes off the model, more power to you. Do your thang. Be your own man, or woman. But even that is better than this I wrote about them here: http://www.theramblingsofamadman-afam.com/2013/01/meggings.html and I think they're offensive. If you've clicked on the link and read what I had to say about meggings not too long ago, then you are a star. You are a gem among gems, and I will hold you dear forever. I really haven't got anything more to add, except that they are obscene. So you're thinking about womenswear for men... This may be a good thing if you aren't thinking of picking up shorts or jeans or trousers. No matter how great the colour or the pattern, they simply cannot cope with the defining thing that makes you a man. Yes, I mean your penis. Don't be bashful. Say it with me, "P-E-E-N-I-S". It is impossible to pack well in them. Believe me! I once accidentally took my mum's jeans to boarding school. It was remarkably unfortunate as those were the only pair of jeans I brought for the term. At this boarding school, there were no half terms or exeats, so you went home with whatever you brought at the end of the term. The fit of them was the stuff of nightmares. If you are thinking of kaftans and tunics then it may be a good move. Zara has two items that I wouldn't mind having or wearing. That is a printed Kaftan. Without the model it really doesn't look that feminine at all, which is a good thing. You want to be looking like a prince, not a princess. While it's perfectly acceptable to want to look like a princess, if you do you shouldn't take any advice from me because you won't end up looking like a princess. I like things like this and that's probably because I'm African. It looks comfortable and easy to wear. The only disadvantage is that it's completely made out of polyester, and I'm not the biggest fan of polyester. Why wear polyester when there's cotton? If you fancy it, pick it up here This on the other hand looks incredibly feminine on the model. But it is still tunicy and Africany so I love it anyway. It's made out of cotton, but the embellishments are polyester. I liked it so much that I bought it. Yes, I bought it. As I'll be moving back to Nigeria soon, where the temperatures hover around the late 20s and early thirties all year round, this is the easiest breeziest item of clothing I'm likely to find. If it were any breezier, I would be naked, and we can't have that can we? My naked form would seduce you, because I am a sexy beast. I didn't come up with that. Believe me! Read my about page. If you quite like it, then you might as well buy it. It's about time that you started being good to you. Buy it here I'm sorry for the poor quality of the photograph, but it is what it is. It is a selfie, in the library. I was more worried about the looks that screamed, WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING!! than I was about the quality of the photographs. I really do like the shirt/tunic.
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