Making His Mark
If any transfer deal could be funnier to the neutral fan that the Obi-Wan Mikel saga, it surely has to be Liverpool's pursuit of Chile winger Mark Gonzalez.
Now, normally the prospect of a South American star not being selected for his country would be the cause of great delight at his Premiership club, but for Liverpool - who will submit another work permit application for Gonzalez later this week - it could cause some problems. The more games Gonzalez plays for Chile, and the better Chile are doing, the more chance the promising winger has of actually getting past the immigration controls that - if you believe the Daily Mail - can't keep the average troublemaking Johnny Foreigner from popping over on the Eurostar whenever he feels like it.
None of which is particularly funny, of course. Unlike the reason for Gonzalez's unceremonious departure from Chile's squad - namely 'an incident' involving Gonzalez, team-mate Reinaldo Navia and three girls in a Dublin hotel room. Says Gonzalez:
"Neither Navia or me were drunk and I have already explained that we were with three girls only giving them our autographs."
Mediawatch believes you, Mark. Thousands wouldn't.
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