How Nutty Neithan conquered Fille’s garden from MC Kats

Nutty Neithan

When Nutty Neithan was composing songs like “Muli muki”, many thought, he was just playing his age. However, we have reliably been informed that all along he has been composing such songs after digging, weeding and harvesting from Fille’s garden previously “officially” tiled by MC Kats. 

 

“Nutty has been chewing things. All I can tell you now is that he is so scared of the retaliation he might receive considering MC Kats’ connections in the entertainment industry”, a source informed us.

MC Kats is said to be bitterly disappointed that all the efforts in making Fille his celebrity wife have been in vain. Apparently, Nutty Neithan is making the most of his new found affair and the two seem to have moved on with their new relationships. A source claims Fille  has been dissing MC Kats’ farming skills claiming that Nutty knows too well get the fertile soils irrigated.

“The chic (Fille) became so crazy about the guy (Nutty). MC Kats was so protective, abusive at times and felt that he “owned’ her. Nutty made her feel something she’s never felt before”, the source concluded.

According to rumours, MC Kats might consider taking a DNA test after it emerged Nutty and Fille have been seeing each other for a longer time.

 

Meanwhile, MC Kats too is said to have moved on and signed Ray Signature.

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Photos: Corp member and first class graduate who died at Kano NYSC camp, laid to rest in Osun State

The National Youth Service Corps member who died at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kano State ( read here), has been laid to rest.

26-year-old Ifedolapo Oladepo was buried on Thursday, December 1, in Osogbo the Osun state capital, amidst tears and anguish. See more photos after the cut.

Gambia Decides: President Jammeh loses election to former security guard, Adama Barrow, after 22 years in power

Adama Narrow (pictured right) has been declared winner of Gambia Presidential election after defeating President Yahya Jammeh, who has been in power since 1994.

Adama garnered who was a former security guard 263,515 votes while Jammeh won 212,090 votes, Alieu Momar Njie, head of electoral commission announced in the capital Banjul on Friday.
Barrow, a property developer, will become the county's third head of state since independence in 1962. He once worked as a security guard at a branch of Argos in London.

Mr Jammeh, who came to power in 1994, as a 29-year-old army officer following a military has agreed to accept defeat later today, said Alieu Momarr Njie. A video of his speech has already been recorded and is being edited.

Before announcing the final result, Mr Njie appealed for calm as the country entered unchartered waters.

"It was very unique that Jammeh would accept defeat after controlling the Gambia for so long," Njie said.

Jammeh had cut off the internet and international phone calls before the polls (read here). He also banned protests and refused to comment on whether he would concede if he lost.

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Exclusive photos from Don Jazzy's surprise birthday party last night

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WHO WILL OWN AFRICA? - Kev - Diggy

Where there is gold, expect a gold rush, no one fetches from a dry well. All through time, there has been wars culminating in chaotic takeovers of towns, villages and communities whether via tribal or communal wars or just expansion of territories by larger nations. Kings have showed an unquenchable thirst for territorial expansion; invasion and occupation of neighbors. The level of chaos generated depends on the willingness of the victim to succumb peacefully or fight for its right to exist independently. Its never good for the victim. Cultures are exterminated, lives of youths lost, land, wealth destroyed and the self belief of the victims crushed. Life is never the same.

The Romans, Egyptian, African, Greek dynasties know what this is about. Whether colonialism, or more crude manners, societies have always succumbed to the higher stronger military powers. Economies have been crushed for the obsession of military states overtaking lesser societies resources.

In todays’ Africa. We are experiencing an economic colonialism and elimination of our Africa, identities, cultures, ways of life and pride. The self esteem of the African is aft an all time low, the roads, bridges, businesses in Africa are carried out by international contractors leaving little for Africans who pay for these projects. Capacity building of Africans is being limited to creating a market for Asian, American and Europeans products and technical expertise. African governments and international brands are very interested in limiting the ambitions of the African and reducing the aura of possibilities that an African should believe he can attain.

We are not a dark continent, We have never been happy savages, no one should be called such derogatory terms. We can partake in drilling our own resources in mining, oil exploration, manufacturing and production, training and capacity building; we can write and study our African customized curriculum, we should be given a level playing ground in our own Africa to develop for us on our terms and by our own Africans.

Africa has never needed Aid, that is a psychological weapon used by the international community and some bad elements within Africa and Caribbean to set up a mental blockage that Africa couldn’t function on its own and for itself. Not with the resources human and natural that nature bestowed on us. Not with the education Africans have hard, not matter how flawed the curriculum is. We have to find the confidence in the true fact that we can find the solution within. Malaysia, Singapore, China and other Asian Tigers have done this and made progress for themselves. Why cant we, why wont we.

The answer is in our motivation to maintain our culture, and an appropriate custom education to the African endeavor.  It has to be purposeful, visionary, structured and enforced. It must be drilled into our future leaders from the time they stop weaning as a means of our continents preservation.

Our fear is that we would be asked to give more, take less, sacrifice more; we fear that the exploiters will become more conscious about our awakening and make graver demands of us, the whip becoming more painful, our will being continuously broken, generations to come will be targeted from birth, structural manipulations greater, the worst of our people will continue to be handpicked to mislead us. It would cease to be just about resources but more about erasing the last of our traditions, keeping our unborn from learning of their cultures, mental colonialism, destruction of the African values and the African tomorrow.

Who will own Africa, will be the Sly Europeans, the War loving Americans, the cunning Asian Tigers or the true heirs of the African kingdom; the Africans. We are truly endangered species, our lands needed by predators; we must awaken to international invasion and exploitation and stand not for us the living but for even the unborn. This is a clarion call. Awaken Warriors, Intellectually supreme, physically dominant, spiritually endowed; no race tougher than you; no color deeper than thee; its time like never before to come into your own and own thy own. @Kev_Diggy  

You Have To Show Your Best Moves - Zlatan

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is confident Henrikh Mkhitaryan will come good at Old Trafford irrespective of his difficult start.
The Armenia international joined United from Borussia Dortmund during the close-season for a reported £26 million, but has struggled to live up to the high expectations.
The 27-year-old has made just seven appearances for Jose Mourinho's men in all competitions, having started just one game in the Premier League and failing to score or set up a goal.
Mkhitaryan impressed in Thursday's 4-0 Europa League win over Feyenoord, though, and Ibrahimovic expects more of the same in the weeks to come.
"I know who Miki is, I see it every day in training, so hopefully he showed everybody who he is and has the confidence to keep on doing that," Ibrahimovic was quoted as saying by The Mirror.
"He was injured and he has been training very hard since, being very professional, so you just have to wait for your chance and, when you get your chance, you need to take it.
"It is up to the coach who plays, because there are 25 players if I am correct, so the coach is the boss, he decides who plays.
He is a quality player, like every player in the team, but it is up to the coach who plays in the team. Like I said, he was injured for a while, but he has come back and he has been good in training, like everybody else."
Mkhitaryan was a key player for Borussia Dortmund throughout his three seasons in Germany. Before his time at the Bundesliga side, he won three Ukrainian Premier League titles with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Man is found not guilty of raping his pregnant girlfriend while she was in labour

The couple, who had been together for seven years, cannot be named for legal reasons.

Prosecutor Michael Greenhalgh told the court the woman entered the 'advanced stages of labour' while the couple were in bed at around 11.30pm. The man had fallen asleep but his girlfriend had not because she was having labour pains.

Mr Greenhalgh said:

'She was in bed, naked as she normally would be.  'In order to try and relieve the pressure and the pain of the contractions, she got onto all fours because she had been told that was a way of relieving the pain.

'She was in that position when the defendant woke up. He saw her naked on all fours and said 'I feel horny', to which she replied 'are you serious?'. 'The defendant then got behind her and started having sex with her.'

The man was accused of continuing to have sex with his partner even as she cried out in pain and begged him to stop.

After she gave birth to their baby, the woman stayed with her mother because the heating at the couple's property was broken. However, when she returned home, she made the rape allegations to her family and police.

The man denied the allegations and was cleared of the charge.

The court heard initial texts between the pair after the birth were of affection and excitement because of their child, but that the tone soon changed when she went back home.



Source: Daily Mail

Cuba's former president Fidel Castro, dies aged 90

Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television.

"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening,"

He provided no further details.

Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008.

Angry Kenyan women beat up drunken men, say they don't satisfy them sexually

Angry women of King'eero village in Kabere constituency, Kenya, on Thursday, raided the home of a chang'aa seller and beat up four men. The group of women numbering about 50 rained slaps, kicks and blows on the drunk men during the early morning raid.
Members of Destiny of King'eero Women's Group, formed to monitor drinking joints in King'eero township, found the four men drinking at the home of a suspected chang'aa seller. The men fled to a nearby maize plantation following the ambush at the home of 50-year old Franco Okori.(pictured being questioned by the women)

"They said we were only there to sire children, give them food and wash their clothes, not control their happiness," said member Martha Wairimu. "Many young men have been affected as they normally flock the home on early mornings. They do notbring anything home but still ask for food."

Jane Chege, chairperson fo the women's group, said they found 10 liters of chang'aa in several branded bottles. Chege said many women have been miserable as their partners, who are alcoholics, do not satisfy them sexually and cannot sire children. Okori said he had been buying the alcohol from a distributor in Westlands.

"It is from Kisii. My friend brings it to me since he lives in Westlands, but my friends here beg me to sell it them. I sell it at Sh50 per glass," he said.

He was frogmarched with a sample to King'eero police station where he was locked up by the area OCS Njeri Nthiga. Michael Kang'ethe, Kiambu county alcoholic drinks and control board director, thanked the women for arresting the suspect, saying it was a good move in the fight against the consumption of illicit brews. Kang'ethe said they all bars and other outlets would be inspected to ensure only good quality alcohol is sold.

"The government cannot control the sale of illicit brews without information. We urge the public to share information that may help us fight the menace," he added.

On July 2015, President Uhuru had ordered a crackdown on illicit liquor. Their was some success initially but many reports indicate brew is back Source: The Star Kenya

The veteran pair have struck up a winning relationship lately, but does Rooney deserve to keep getting starts?

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived in Swansea with Manchester United earlier this month, he hadn’t found the net in six matches and had scored just one in his last 11. Wayne Rooney’s form, meanwhile, had deserted him so markedly that he was starting his first league game in seven weeks after being dropped by Jose Mourinho in September.
What followed was an advert for the inclusion of both players in the regular starting XI. The pair supplied two crucial touches each in the build-up to Paul Pogba’s opener, then Rooney crossed from the left to Ibrahimovic to steady himself and fire home a second goal. Before half-time Rooney picked up the big No.9’s knock-down then carried the ball forward before returning the ball to Ibra for United to take a 3-0 lead.
Having both missed the 1-1 draw with Arsenal they were back at it on Thursday against Feyenoord. First, Ibrahimovic held on to the ball long enough for Rooney to stray into the area, then delivered the pass which allowed the England skipper to loft the ball beyond Brad Jones. Then Ibra played a neat pass for Rooney to cut back first time to Juan Mata for the second.
Add in the Swede’s attempted pass to Henrikh Mkhitaryan which was diverted in by Jones, and between them the pair have 11 goal involvements in two starts.
It is natural that two of the highest-profile and most experienced members of the United squad should be thrown into the spotlight when things are not going right, and the players themselves have admitted that their form of late has not been what it could be. “I had a couple of games I didn’t score, I felt I was unlucky, in some moments I was not focusing like normally I should do,” said Zlatan this week.
Rooney had admitted previously: “Of course you want to play, but I’m not starting at the minute at Manchester United and I have to work hard to try to get back in the starting XI. I had a bad game at Watford [before being dropped]. I played bad, I know that and I understand that. I think if the manager was picking the next team on the back of that, I understand not playing.”


On the face of it, Rooney in particular still has a lot of proving to do. In a team trying its hardest to play fast, flowing attacking football, the club captain too often slows the tempo with heavy or over-elaborate first touches. Yet somehow, when finding himself is close quarters with Ibrahimovic, something clicks for Rooney. One goal and four key passes in goal-scoring moves in two starts is hard to overlook.
The same is true of Ibrahimovic too. Every one of his eight goals this season have been scored with Rooney in close proximity to him. Even when the 31-year-old has not supplied the final pass, his very threat has helped to take some of the opposition’s attention away from the giant front man. The 35-year-old has had more energy and verve in the attacking line behind him when Rooney has been left out, but rarely has he had somebody reading and reacting to his hold-up play unless the England man has been on the pitch.

So what does Mourinho do in response to this? Clearly, the likes of Mkhitaryan, Mata, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard have more of the creative ability in the attacking midfield line which allows United to fashion more chances, but Rooney’s inclusion seems to make a big difference in terms of the likelihood of the team taking a decent proportion of such opportunities.
Mourinho is still trying to find the right balance in his Manchester United side, and he has yet to figure out what his best XI is. Perhaps that could yet work in Rooney’s favour. In a side which often appears to have lots of individual talent which is not quite coming together as a unit, Ibrahimovic’s connection with Rooney is the closest the manager has to a fully-functioning partnership anywhere in his squad.

So at a time when United are in desperate need of Premier League points, does Mourinho overlook arguably more deserving and more fitting cho

The Frenchman was left out of the squad midweek and there is no guarantee he will return against West Ham, nor anytime soon, without a marked improvement

Anthony Martial was not among the 18-man squad for Manchester United’s 4-0 win over Feyenoord on Thursday. It wasn’t that Jose Mourinho wanted to rest him, and nor was he injured. The truth is that the Frenchman just hasn’t been playing well enough to warrant a place.
“He was OK for this game, it was just an option,” explained the manager after the match. “He played last Sunday, I cannot play with 12 players, I cannot use on the bench 19 or 20. You wanted to see Henrikh Mkhitaryan, I wanted too. I cannot play all of them at the same time so it was just an option.

“Players have to win their positions. They are friends, they are colleagues, they work together every day but at the end they compete between themselves to have more chances to play.”
The message to Martial was clear. Following an excellent first season in England the 20-year-old has struggled in his second term and after a lengthy period during which his manager has backed him publicly, Mourinho has now taken to laying down the law. If the player wants to play regularly once more, he has to earn it.
It is a far cry from last term, when Martial scored 17 goals to finish top of United’s scoring charts and was practically the first name on the teamsheet under Louis van Gaal for much of the campaign. In total he started 45 of 53 games following his deadline-day signing from Monaco, and undoubtedly earned his position as a regular.


But while some have suggested that troubles off the pitch have helped to take Martial’s mind away from his football and others have put his difficulties down to a sophomore slump, Mourinho says the Frenchman’s lack of form is much more organic than that.
"First of all the teams are very different. The way the team played last season was different, I’m not saying better or worse, just different,” he explained in his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday’s clash with West Ham United at Old Trafford.

“[They are] different teams, and probably last season’s was more adapted to Anthony. Probably he was feeling more comfortable playing that way, at that intensity, at that rhythm, of the ball possession and ball circulation.
“So probably he needs also some time, but in our squad - especially for these positions - we have Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Depay, Mata, Rashford, Martial... It's probably the position where we have more options, and you have one opportunity, you have two, you have three. If you don't bite, somebody comes and takes the meat.”


Under Van Gaal, Martial was always either up front or on the left wing. When fit, he was overlooked just once. With the club having committed up to £58 million on his signing, the Dutchman did everything he could to get their money’s worth out of the then-club record purchase.
But Mourinho rightly needs to take the club in a different direction, and has to get the first team playing in his own vision in order to get them back on track after a difficult few years. Martial has found out very quickly that no matter how talented you are, a club like Manchester United cannot play always play to the strengths of a single individual. And the best thing he can do right now is take every chance that comes his way to show he can be a part of the Portuguese’s regime.

Thus far, he simply hasn’t taken his opportunities. He has just two goals to his name so far this term, against Stoke City and Fenerbahce, but beyond that his performances have fallen well short of the standard he set himself last term. He has drifted out of games for long spells and has rarely looked a threat on the ball. If Mourinho’s assertion that the team is not as naturally suited to the player’s needs this season is accurate, then Martial needs to find a way to adapt. A big-money signing ought to be able to do that.

Martial showed last year that he has talent and composure by the bucket-load. But his reaction to his current malaise at Old Trafford will tell us whether he has the attitude and the belief to match.

The Arsenal manager described the former Liverpool star as a complete midfielder and expressed admiration for his loyalty to the Reds over 17 seasons

Arsene Wenger has hailed Steven Gerrard as a "massive player" after the former Liverpool midfielder announced his retirement on Thursday.
Gerrard, 36, spent two years with the Los Angeles Galaxy after establishing himself as one of Liverpool's greatest players of all time across 17 seasons at Anfield.
He made over 700 appearances in all competitions with the Reds, scoring the fifth-most goals (186) in club history and winning the FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League and UEFA Cup as well as a host of individual awards.
Arsenal boss Wenger described Gerrard as a complete midfielder and expressed admiration for his loyalty to Liverpool despite attracting interest from other clubs throughout his career.
"Overall, you can just salute the fantastic player, who has shown... I think he had the qualities that every midfielder dreams to have," Wenger told reporters.
"He could score goals, he could cross the field, he could shoot from distance, he could cross the ball, he could dribble. He had pace, he had commitment, motivation - it's a massive player, Steven Gerrard.
"And on top of that, he was loyal to Liverpool, so that's a quality that you don't find a lot nowadays."

For those who thought Dj Cuppy was responsible for Anichebe's good form this season, no, it's his new workout routine

Nigerian footballer Victor Anichebe has been in immense form this season, scoring vital goals that have helped revitalize Sunderland's season after coach David Moyes switched to a 4-4-2 formation.

Injuries and poor form made his former club West Brom desert him, but this season he's been in good form and some of his fans have pointed his new relationship with Dj Cuppy, daughter to billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, as the reason for his success on the field. But, no! That's not the reason, as Anichebe has changed his workout routine with his personal trainer Nicky Holender.


 In a new report, Anichebe's trainer revealed how he begged him to help him get in shape so he can be remembered this season.

Read the Dailymail Uk report on Anichebe below:

It is mid-afternoon on a scorched soccer field in Westwood, Los Angeles. The Hollywood Hills and its famous sign are visible through the summer haze. Next door is the Pierce Brothers Memorial Park, resting place of Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin.

But this is not glamorous. An out-of-contract Premier League footballer is tied to a goal-post. He is fighting the urge to vomit. For 15 minutes he has been resisting the elasticated rope around his waist and sprinting to the halfway-line, jogging back before repeating the drill.
And this is merely the warm-up. Only later does the football emerge. Then, with his legs turning to jelly, the striker is fed ball after ball, controlling before beating his only opponent and firing into the empty goal.

Anichebe has been doing this for six weeks. For company, he has only Nicky Holender, the London-born personal trainer to Hollywood's A-listers and the man responsible for Gerard Butler's muscle-bound torso in the movie 300.

At 7am Pacific Time last Saturday, the 39-year-old father of three watched on TV from his home in Westwood as, 5,000 miles away on Wearside, Anichebe scored two late goals in Sunderland's 3-0 win over Hull. Afterwards, the man of the match made special mention of Holender.

'Those goals, that was exactly what we'd worked on all summer,' Holender, a former footballer, model, singer and actor, tells Dailymail UK's Sportsmail.'I had a plan where I'd put him through hell for 20 minutes. I annihilated him. Then we'd start working on finishing, one-on-ones, explosive bursts so that his body would get used to doing that when tired. Doing it 20 times over.

Victor gets tired and he's carrying that weight, his body gets into a situation where it can't cope — that's when you break down.

'We had to get his muscles used to coping with that immense power for 90 minutes, not 75. Look at his goals against Hull. Both one-on-one with a defender in the box, one touch to get away from him and bang — goal. That's what you'll see with Victor this year, at the end of games he will be stronger than everyone else on the pitch. I train NFL players and Victor has the perfect body-type for a running-back. Of all the players I work with, his raw physical and technical ability makes him unplayable if he's in the right condition.'

Anichebe has been working with Holender for four years. This summer, however, Holender sensed a change in his mindset. The pair would meet at 9am at a gym in Santa Monica. A two-hour workout would be followed by lunch and another two-hour field session.

Holender says: 'He'd left West Brom and felt everyone had forgotten how good he was.

He told me, I'm 28, now is the time, I'm ready to show people I've still got it". He was begging me to train two times a day. He said, "When I go back, everyone will remember me".'

It was mid-August when Holender asked Anichebe to play for his team, Funkytown, in the semi-pro LA Premier League. After three goals in the city of El Segundo, the home of LAX airport, Holender knew it was time for Anichebe to book a flight to the UK and step up his search for a new club.

'This was a decent standard, Conference level in England,' says Holender. 'For his second goal he got the ball in our area. He just started running and didn't stop. He went by half of their team and scored. He finished his hat-trick with a 25-yard screamer. 'I was like, "Yeah, you're ready to go home now".'

fortnight Anichebe signed for Sunderland and his former Everton boss David Moyes.
Holender adds:

 'He had plenty of offers but I've always known he loves David. Victor can save Sunderland this season. Especially playing with Jermain Defoe, there will be no stopping him.'

 More photos of Victor and his trainer, below...

 

 

Ex footballer El Hadji Diouf launches more attacks on Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard

Ex Liverpool player and former African player of the year El Hadji Diouf has once again blasted Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, after Gerrard announced his decision to retire from football on Thursday after spending the last season at the American Major League Soccer.

Diouf and Gerrard were teammates at Liverpool for two seasons after then coach Gerard Houllier brought him to Anfield for £10m in June 2002, but never clicked for once, with Diouf accusing Gerrard previously of being racist.

Speaking on French TV channel SFR Sport, the 35-year-old said:

 'People told me at Liverpool, there was some guys you could not touch, but I touched them. That is why it was complicated for me.'

Former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit, a fellow guest on the programme 'La Vestiaire', asked:

'Are you talking about Steven Gerrard?'

Diouf replied:

 'I do. Stevie G and Jamie Carragher, the two scousers. When I arrived I showed him he was nothing at all. He was nothing at all. I asked him to tell me in which big competition, Euros or World Cup, people think about him.'

As Petit struggled to recall the year Liverpool won the Champions League final, Diouf interjected:

'Here is the proof, even you cannot remember.You are talking about Euros and World Cup. Today I owe you respect (Petit), I owe respect to Mr Zidane because you did win the World Cup.'

Petit interjected Diouf:

 'I cannot let you say that about Steven Gerrard, he was an immense player.'

But Diouf maintained he respected Gerrard as a player not a person.

'I repeat. I respect the player, very big player, but the man, I do not respect. And I told him, I let him know that. With all my respect I let him know. For me in Liverpool, he was not just a player like anyone else. He had to work and play his football as I had to work and play my football. 

Then as you know, there were some brown-nosers, who went to the manager to repeat what I said. That was the real problem. When Gerrard did that, we had an argument, like real men.That is why he does not like me. He knows I say what I think, that when it is not right, no problem, I am up for it. He could not, he was afraid of looking into my eyes. He was afraid of talking to me. Let's not forget when I arrived I did not ask for his shirt. He asked for my Senegal shirt for one of his mates.'

The German World Cup winner is precisely the type of signing United need to avoid in the future if they are going to recover their place at the top of the English game

Bastian Schweinsteiger made mugs of Manchester United and the sooner he clears off the better. It might have been easier to feel a pang of sympathy for the treatment of Schweinsteiger had he not been draining United of somewhere north of £150,000 per week for little more than a stretch, a game of five-a-side and a massage every morning for the best part of two years.
Schweinsteiger is now on his way to Chicago Fire in MLS – a clear indictaor that his days as a top player are over. Indeed, many saw it that way in the summer of 2015 when Louis van Gaal sanctioned the mystifying £6.5m purchase from Bayern Munich in the first place. Schweinsteiger had played around 60 per cent of Bayern’s matches in his last season at the club – the lowest total he managed in any season since turning professional. On a football level he might well have had something to offer but he was proven unreliable.

The coach there – Pep Guardiola – had long since realised that Schweinsteiger was of little use to a serious football team and discarded him with minimum fuss. Plenty of that famous Bayern loudmouth chorus have since decried United’s treatment of Schweinsteiger but they weren’t exactly offering him his place back in the squad. They were too clever for that. They said good riddance a long time ago and Schweinsteiger was someone else’s problem now.
United – traditionally – have been on a par with clubs like Bayern Munich and to accept their cast off on such an astronomically high wage was folly in the extreme. His catalogue of injuries – mostly ankle and knee – plagued him since before the World Cup which ultimately exhausted him beyond repair.
Schweinsteiger treated United less like a place of work and more like a holiday camp in which he could pick and choose his own activities. Sources at United say the club grew exasperated with Schweinsteiger during the second half of last season for flying back to Germany while injured instead of sticking around the club that paid his wages. Now he can’t get a game you can hardly keep him away from Old Trafford. There is barely a game he misses although you’d do well to catch sight of him on a matchday in the players’ tribune.
The poor-me act he has been cultivating all season – selfies in the stands at Old Trafford, wishing fans a good morning on Instagram – is self-serving and designed to make a target of Jose Mourinho for treating him harshly. He was justifiably exiled by the new United manager in the summer – who had a clear-headed plan for what he wanted in midfield. It was one which didn’t allow space for a sated, over-paid, under-committed, injury-prone Schweinsteiger no matter the pedigree of his career to date.
He barely kicked a ball for United in the first half of 2016 – missing match after match with knee injuries – before recovering in time for the competition that seemed to be his priority all along – the European Championship with Germany. United fans must have wondered had Schweinsteiger been replaced in Joachim Low’s squad by a body double when they saw him sprinting for a last-minute goal against Ukraine in their opening game at the finals in France. It was a slap in the face to the employers who paid him the best part of £8m during a season they were crying out for his experience and leadership.

What makes it all the more galling is that Schweinsteiger – a self-proclaimed United fan since childhood – had humiliated them once before. Back in 2010 – when he was playing as well as any midfielder in Europe – United were confident that they could nick him from Bayern. A United delegation flew out to complete what was supposed to be a £17m deal but were left stunned when Schweinsteiger appeared on the pitch ahead of a Bundesliga match against St Pauli to sign a new contract and declare his love for Bayern. United were played like a fiddle.
That embarrassment, the £6.5m transfer fee, the wages he’s barely earned mean anyone who’s sad about Schweinsteiger not finding his place in the team or being exiled needs their head examined. Schweinsteiger is exactly the kind of player Manchester United need to avoid if they stand any chance of recovering their perch.

 He has been offered a three-year $16.5m deal by the Fire and was spotted out for dinner with coach Veljko Paunovic in Cheshire a couple of weeks ago. He will move to the worst team in MLS but if the Chicago coach expects this 32-year-old to lift the one-time MLS Cup winners off the floor then he’s got another thing coming.

So before you get misty-eyed at the thought of the German World Cup winner being bundled out the back door and treated harshly, remember that Schweinsteiger did nothing for Manchester United other than take them for a very expensive ride.

Late billionaire Antonino Fernandez willed $2m to 'every' resident of the Spanish village he grew up in

Antonino Fernández, who died aged 98 in August 2016, left £169m in his will to the 80 residents of his birthplace - the small village of Cerezales del Condado in north west Spain. He left £2m in his will to each resident and basically made them millionaires overnight.

Fernández born into a family made up of 13 children, emigrated to Mexico in 1949, when he was 32. He went on to become the CEO of Grupo Modelo, the brewery company who make Corona beer - a bottled beer in the United States, with annual sales of $693million (£556million).

Fernández was a well-known philanthropist who never forgot his motherland and was honoured by the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, for his charitable deeds, including his work with disabled young people.