Mafia Music

Sir Alex says what everyone should already know - journalists write rubbish:

"It will be the same players who played on Wednesday, despite the criticism they got," Ferguson said. "You [the media] wrote that 'there's no future for these players, there's no tomorrow for them.' I couldn't believe that. I played six players – two 18-year-olds, a 19-year-old, a 20-year-old and two 21-year-olds in a European game and you say 'there's no future for them'. It's unbelievable. I have their futures well mapped out. ...

"That same journalist will be wanting articles off them when they're stars," he said. "What an idiot! He'll be going cap in hand to them, begging them for interviews in a few years, mark my words on that. And they'll be so hypocritical: 'I always said you were going to be a great player'.

"Wonderful. We live in a great world. The difference with that guy is it gets buried in the middle of a wee article in the newspaper whereas Alan Hansen did it in front of millions of people and got slaughtered for it. But this guy gets off it. He should be bloody sacked."

Writing about what Sir Alex said in The Independent, Ian Herbert decides he has to mention Arsenal, because of course they have a monopoly on good young players...

the current crop do have greater match experience and with Arsenal's young group showing spectacular ability – the performances of Aaron Ramsey, 18, and Fran Merida, 19, in overcoming a strong Liverpool side in the last round were sublime – Ferguson has plenty to reflect on.

Can anyone tell me what the relevance of the mention of Arsenal has? The gist of it seems to be "Arsenal have some good young players which gives Sir Alex plenty to reflect on." What? Why would Sir Alex be reflecting on the players of another club?
The other story is on Berbatov being caught up in yet more kidnapping scares:

Mafia mobsters threatened to snatch the £30million Manchester United ace’s wife Elena and newborn baby daughter Dea unless he handed over £500,000.

The 28-year-old Bulgarian striker was so scared he fled his country immediately with his family after striking a deal with the gang. And Old Trafford boss Sir Alex Ferguson is believed to have sanctioned a private charter jet to fly them back to England.

One family friend said: “Dimi is still very worried for his family and has promised his neighbours money if they notice any suspicious people around his house.”