Got this from the Give Me Football blog (a potential Coolsite) who got it from the Sunday’s London Telegraph.
Current Inter Milan Skipper and walking Armani ad Jose Mourning says that Northern England footie powerhouse Liverpool can take the the English Premier League trophy this year. Now, he did NOT say that they will absolutely, without a doubt win it, but that “they have everything they need to win the title.” A little CYA on the Special One’s part if you ask me.
First of all, I wholeheartedly disagree with this. As I said in a previous post, Sir Alex Ferguson has created a mechanism over at Manchester United that makes the club pretty much unbeatable. That may all change next year but for now, the 2008/09 EPL title is Man U’s to lose.
And why did I mention Steven Cohen in the title? Well as most football fans know, Steve is a leading footie pundit that co-hosts and co-owns the World Soccer Daily radio show and co-hosts the Fox Football Fone-in call-in TV show on Fox Soccer Channel. Not only is he an avid supporter of Chelsea but he’s an avid hater of Liverpool, but of the fans and not the team. For as long as I’ve been following Cohen, he’s been in a verbal back-and-forth with ‘Pool fans, call “scousers”, or, “thieves” (go here for an historical explanation of this reference). Liverpool fans, in turn have responded sometimes respectfully but many times ignorantly, making physical threats to him via phone and email and also throwing anti-semetic comments towards his faith.
And to make matters worse, Mourinho, who used to manage his beloved Chelsea, are now saying that Liverpool can win the title.
As of this post, I’m dialing into the WSD live stream on iTunes, wondering if he’ll talk about this. I’ll also be watching FFF tonight on Fox Soccer Channel and look for comments there.