3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on ‘I’m a bigger fan now’ – Novak Djokovic applauds controversial Australian Open star who slapped bum at booing crowd
NOVAK DJOKOVIC has declared himself Danielle Collins’ “biggest fan” – after she taunted a hostile Australian Open crowd.
GettyNovak Djokovic has sent his support to Danielle Collins after the US star had a run-in with the Australian Open crowd[/caption]
AFPCollins was booed after her win over Aussie Destanee Aiava, prompting her to taunt the crowd[/caption]
AlamyShe responded to the jeers by cupping her ear to fans and smacking her bum[/caption]
The No. 10 seed was taken to three sets by Aiva but eventually won out 7-6, 4-6, 6-2.
She responded by blowing kisses, cupping her ear and smacking her bum, saying: “How about that?”
Collins later poured fuel on the fire, goading the crowd by thanking them for helping her secure a “big fat pay cheque”.
She also suggested she would go on a “five-star vacation” with her £147,000 prize money.
The 2022 Australian Open finalist added: “One of the greatest things about being a professional athlete is that the people that don’t like you and the people that hate you, they actually pay your bills.
“My professional career is not going to last forever so I just remind myself every day when I have that kind of stuff [negative crowd reactions] they’re paying my bills.”
Djokovic booked his place in the fourth round of the competition on Friday and was later asked about Collins’ comments.
The Serbian was struggling with a stomach bug before his third-round match with Tomas Machac.
But despite his discomfort, Djokovic despatched the 26th seed 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in just 142 minutes.
Inside Djokovic's love-hate with Aussie Open fans
NOVAK DJOKOVIC has won more Australian Open titles than anyone else and is eyeing up his 11th title in 2024.
The Serbian won his first crown way back in 2008 and admitted a 15-year love-affair with a tree in Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens has been the secret to his success.
But despite his unparalleled record Down Under, it has not always been plain sailing for Djokovic in Australia.
In 2022, he was famously deported from Australia over his refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccination and was unable to play in the tournament.
He received a mixed reception upon his return to Melbourne Park in 2023 – with plenty of support but some fans booing.
But in 2024 his relationship with the Aussie crowd really strained with incidents in his first FOUR rounds prompting various pointed fingers to the ear and overexuberant celebrations.
That included Djokovic telling a heckler to “come and say it to my face” before Nick Kyrgios offered to “go all WWE” on any further rowdy fans and then one spectator shouting “get vaccinated mate” before Djokovic responded with an ace on match point.
There is no doubt there is plenty of respect for all Djokovic has achieved in tennis – particularly at the Australian Open – but there still remains an underlying tension with the Aussie crowd that refuses to go away… and the more they try to get under his skin, the more it drives Djokovic on to prove them wrong and keep on winning.
He said: “I always hope, but I didn’t expect to win in straight sets against him, because he’s in red-hot form, and I’m still to find the best tennis myself.
“But I prepared myself very well and played a terrific match.”
The 37-year-old will now face Jiri Lehecka in the fourth round on Sunday.
Collins meanwhile takes on fellow US star Madison Keys in round three.
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Love Island fans convinced couple are FAKING romance as fans beg bosses to bring in a ‘real man’
LOVE Island fans are convinced that one couple are faking their romance in a bid to make it to the final.
During tonight’s episode, Nas and Catherine enjoy a kiss after coupling up but viewers are doubting if they have a real connection.
Nas and Catherine shared a kiss on tonight’s showErotemeFans think the pair are faking their romanceEroteme
One person wrote: “Catherine and nas you cannot trick me but you got to fake it till you make it i guess.”
A second said: “Nas and Cat should scan us away, I’m here for it.”
While a third added: “Catherine and Nas can absolutely scam me if it means she stays on the show longer. I love it!”
Others think bosses need to bring in a bombshell for Catherine, writing: “Bring a real man for Catherine pls.”
After last night’s coupling up, Catherine told Nas: “I loved it, you don’t really talk about how you feel, you’re not very vocal about your feelings, I was scared of what you’d say but it was perfect.”
Nas told her: “I feel like I’ve been reserved, I’m fearful.”
Trying to reassure him, Catherine said: “If you hold my hand I’m not gonna be like, ‘Oh my god i’m in love with you!’”
The pair then started kissing, but Nas pulled away quickly asking her: “Sorry what lip gloss are you wearing? Why is it burning my mouth?!”
Laughing, she revealed: “It’s a plumping lipgloss!”
Later Nas is picked to go on a date with new bombshell Tina and the pair hit it off.
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Behemoth horned dinosaur that roamed Earth 95million years ago discovered after fossils of 10metre beast were destroyed
A GIANT horned dinosaur species has been unearthed – despite the bones’ destruction in World War Two.
The groundbreaking discovery of the 10-metre-long skeleton was made after paleontologists dug through photographic archives.
Kellermann et alPaleontologists found drawings of the dinosaur and photographs of bones[/caption]
The predatory dinosaur species, named Tameryraptor markgrafi, was originally discovered in 1914 by Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach who died in 1952.
The 95million-year-old skeleton was excavated in the Bahariya Oasis in Egypt before it was stored in the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology in Munich, Germany.
The findings suggest there were more species of dinosaurs in North Africa than historians previously thought.
The remains were destroyed along with other Egyptian discoveries when Munich was bombed in World War Two.
Tragically the only remnants of the dinosaur discovery were Dr Stromer’s notes, illustrations of the bones and black and white photographs of the skeletons.
The photos show parts of the dinosaur’s skull, spine and legs.
Maximilian Kellermann, the study’s first author said: “What we saw in the historical images surprised us all.
“The Egyptian dinosaur fossil depicted there differs significantly from more recent Carcharodontosaurus found in Morocco.”
“Stromer’s original classification was thus incorrect. We identified a completely different, previously unknown predatory dinosaur species here and named it Tameryraptor markgrafi,” he added.
The word “Tamery” is the ancient name for Egypt and the species name “markgrafi” is a nod to Dr Stromer’s fossil collector Richard Markgraf who performed the excavation.
The dinosaur had symmetrical teeth, tiny eyes and a little rounded horn on the bridge of its nose.
“This work shows that it can be worthwhile for paleontologists to dig not only in the ground, but also in old archives,” said Oliver Rauhut, another author of the study.
This comes after experts uncovered the UK’s biggest dinosaur highway in Oxfordshire.
Around 200 different prehistoric footprints dating back 166million years were found in the quarry.
The extraordinary site was unearthed after a quarry worker felt “unusual bumps” as he was stripping the clay back with his vehicle.
Scientists were called in to investigate and discovered five extensive trackways – and there’s evidence of more in the surrounding area.
The longest is 150 metres but they could go on much further.
“These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited,” said Professor Kirsty Edgar, from the University of Birmingham.
Dr Duncan Murdock, Earth Scientist from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, added: “The preservation is so detailed that we can see how the mud was deformed as the dinosaur’s feet squelched in and out.
“Along with other fossils like burrows, shells and plants we can bring to life the muddy lagoon environment the dinosaurs walked through.”
Among the site are footprints belonging to the nine metre-long ferocious predator Megalosaurus, which had huge distinctive, three-toed feet with claws.
The Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur to ever be named back in 1824.
Kellermann et alThe bones were destroyed during World War Two when Germany was bombed[/caption]
Kellermann et alThe creatures’ jawbone was originally unearthed in 1914[/caption]
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Killer rapper Jake Fahri is back in jail – but it remains incredible the BBC gave him a platform
Good riddance
“JIMMY Mizen’s family deserve better than to see their son’s murderer shamelessly boasting about his violent crime.”
Not our words, though they could be.
HandoutMurderer Jake Fahri has been hauled back to prison after The Sun’s revelations, yet it remains incredible the BBC gave him a platform for his violent and hateful lyrics[/caption]
No one at the BBC 1Xtra radio station bothered to check the identity of the masked ‘drill’ rap thug who remorselessly revels in knives, violence
They’re from the Probation Service, with which for once we entirely agree.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is hauling executives in to find out how it happened and avoid a repeat.
And she sent the admirable Mizen family her condolences. By last night that was still more than the BBC had mustered.
But then the corporation can always be relied on to make a bad situation worse.
Harmer Hermer
HOW can we now have an Attorney General who has made a career routinely acting AGAINST Britain’s interests?
Human rights lawyer Richard Hermer fought the Home Office on behalf of an illegal migrant who claimed to be an unaccompanied child despite being assessed as in his mid-20s.
He represented Liberty as it campaigned to bring back Shamima Begum.
He represented Afghan families who claim the SAS murdered their relatives.
In office he advised Keir Starmer to honour the bogus arrest warrant for the PM of our ally Israel from the grossly politicised International Criminal Court.
He also told him to hand our Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite their feeble claim and us not being bound by International Court of Justice advisories.
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on From quirky diets and raps to secret baby and THAT obsession with Hannah Montana – inside weird world of Erling Haaland
A goal machine with the flowing blond locks of his Viking heritage, Erling Haaland likes to tell rivals to “stay humble”.
Now — after landing a deal that dwarfs anything seen before in British football — he may need to heed the advice himself.
GettyErling Haaland and girlfriend Isabel Haugseng Johansen at the 2023 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony in Paris[/caption]
InstagramErling pictured relaxing on a sunshine break[/caption]
InstagramToddler Erling was destined to be a footballer[/caption]
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That’s because the attention that comes with such a huge contract will propel Haaland, 24, and his 21-year-old partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen into fame’s premier league.
A source close to the couple said: “They are going to be a bigger than the Beckhams. They will be the wealthiest, most famous couple in the world of football.”
Backed by Abu Dhabi petro dollars, Manchester City have signed Haaland on a new reported £500,000 a week, nine-and-a-half-year deal.
Pre-tax, that’s £260million before his lucrative endorsements and win bonuses are factored in.
That’s around £71,000 a day, nearly £3,000 an hour and 83p per second.
The minimum wage for ordinary folk rises to £12.21 an hour in April. Haaland earns that in 15 seconds.
It takes Haaland six seconds to earn the cost of a pint and just under two and half days to make enough to afford a new Ferrari Portofino M Convertible.
City are said to have backdated the deal to the start of the season which means Haaland will pocket £3.25million in wages he is owed since then.
Tellingly, the striker said yesterday: “Now I am City no matter what.”
For the Manchester club still awaits the verdict after being charged with 115 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.
Possible sanctions include a points deduction or even relegation from England’s top division.
‘We’re like any couple’
It means that Haaland could be turning out at Millwall’s New Den or Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium rather than Anfield or Old Trafford with his deal that stretches to 2034.
One fan tweeted: “By the time his contract ends, I’ll have grandkids, and they’ll still be watching him pad his stats against Burnley!”
The deal comes after Haaland and glamorous Isabel had their first child shortly before Christmas.
Although the couple are said to live quietly at their six-bed Cheshire mansion, they enjoy spending the wealth they have amassed.
They pair have taken lavish holidays including breaks in Marbella, where Haaland owns a £6million villa, and on a yacht in Capri, Italy.
He’s been pictured pairing a £300,000 watch with a Burberry pyjama set. In 2023 he was caught using his mobile phone at the wheel of his £300,000 Rolls Royce Cullinan SUV.
Just before Christmas, Isabel spent more than £6,000 at Selfridges. Her items included a £2,700 Gucci bag, a £1,670 backpack and a £950 Gucci hoodie in the online spree.
Details of Isabel’s spending blitz emerged after blundering Selfridges staff sent her receipt to another customer by mistake.
Isabel and Haaland first met when they both played in Byrne, Norway, at the local football youth academy.
Haaland seems to have retained at least some of the down-to-earth nature of a lad from a small town.
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During his first weeks at City he was spotted shopping at Sainsbury’s. He later mocked those who expressed surprise at seeing him in a regular supermarket by tweeting: “At M&S. Bought a bag of Percy Pig. Don’t tell anyone.”
Isabel has said: “We just want to live our lives without too much fuss. At the end of the day, we’re just like any other couple.”
Now I am City no matter what
Erling Haaland
Not every other young couple starting a family will earn £260million in the next decade, of course.
A source said: “Isabel absolutely loves sport and football — that’s how they met.
“She’s amazingly fit as well as stunningly beautiful and the brands are going to be all over her — not just sporting names but beauty too.”
Haaland plugged his monster new deal with an Instagram video for his 38.5million followers.
Fans saw him in nothing but white shorts, sitting cross-legged in the snow in a meditation pose that he has used as a goal celebration.
Ethereal music plays before the star says: “I’m here to stay.”
One fan posted: “My day is made! Thank you Erling.”
Another added: “Stay humble.”
It’s a reference to Haaland’s “stay humble” advice to Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta after City’s 98th-minute equaliser against the London club at the end of September.
Let’s be clear. The reason Haaland is being paid this obscene amount of money is because he’s worth it.
Arguably the greatest striker in the world’s best league, his goal record at City is astonishing.
He is one of the reasons why the Premier League is sold around the globe — from Laos to Uzbekistan and the Pacific islands — for £10.4billion in TV rights.
Arriving at City from Borussia Dortmund in 2022 for £51.2million, he scored 52 goals in all competitions — including a single-season record of 36 in the Premier League.
Last season he scored 38 goals in 45 appearances and he has 21 goals already in this campaign as he goes for a third straight Golden Boot in the Premier League.
Haaland said yesterday: “For two and a half years as a City player I have been winning loads of trophies, playing good football, having so many great moments together with the whole club and with the fans.”
The £260million deal is a defining moment for a sport which has deep roots in working-class communities in the 19th Century mill towns of Lancashire.
Players who turned out for Accrington and Preston North End when the Football League began in 1888 would scarcely believe the riches now drenching the game.
When Everton signed Nick Ross from Preston that year, he was paid £10 a month. Haaland will earn that in around 12 seconds. By the late 1960s players still earned comparatively little, despite drawing huge crowds.
When City club legend Mike Summerbee signed from Swindon Town in 1965, his wages increased from £35 to £40 per week.
Yet Haaland’s salary is relatively paltry compared to global sport’s top earners.
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani from the Los Angeles Dodgers is pocketing £57.4million a year over a ten-year contract.
Juan Soto from the New York Mets picks up £41.8million over 15 years, totalling £627million.
And Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez has a £60million-a-year deal with broadcaster DAZN for five years, while Formula 1’s Max Verstappen is earning £45million per year over six years with his team Red Bull.
For two and a half years as a City player I have been winning loads of trophies, playing good football, having so many great moments together with the whole club and with the fans
Erling Haaland
With skin like white marble and shoulder-length blond hair, Haaland is the archetypal Norseman.
Yet he was born on July 21, 2000, in Yorkshire, where his father — Norwegian international Alfie Haaland — was playing for Leeds United.
In the mid-1990s Alfie had married Gry Marita Braut — a Norwegian heptathlete — and had children Astor, a finance student, Gabrielle, a healthcare assistant and Instagram personality, and finally Erling.
Erling’s Yorkshire birth made him eligible to turn out for England’s Three Lions.
In 2000 Alfie signed for Manchester City, where he would remain for three years.
A simmering feud with hardman midfielder Roy Keane would come to a head in April 2001 when the Manchester United star brutally raked his studs into Haaland senior’s leg.
The United man was sent off for the tackle, which was revenge for Alfie accusing him of feigning an injury — which was in fact career-threatening — more than three years previously.
Keane would later write in his autobiography: “I f***ing hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you c***.”
Bad blood still lingers.
United fans goad Erling with chants of “Keano” — and Keane hasn’t spared his criticism.
The pundit told Sky Sports: “In front of goal he’s the best in the world, but his general play for such a player — it is so poor. He’s almost like a League Two player.”
‘I’m super-happy, proud’
Alfie was said to be “really p***ed off” with the comment.
When Alfie’s Premier League career ended in 2003, the family returned to his home town of Bryne in Norway.
Young Erling loved running and was a natural athlete. Aged five he is said to have broken the world standing long jump record, leaping 1.63 metres.
In front of goal he’s the best in the world, but his general play for such a player — it is so poor. He’s almost like a League Two player.”
With ten members of his extended family who were professional footballers, he was drawn to the game and proved a natural.
Joining Byrne’s football academy aged five, Haaland met Isabel, another football-mad youngster.
The new mother once said: “We were just kids, kicking a ball around without a care in the world.
“We were inseparable on the pitch. We didn’t know it back then, but those moments were the foundation of something much bigger.”
In 2016 he and two friends from Norway’s youth team released their own hip-hop song on YouTube under the name Flow Kingz.
Calling himself “Lyng”, Haaland raps in a baseball cap and hoodie while pretending to flip burgers and bouncing on a trampoline.
His lyrics include: “I even look good when I eat”.
It’s just as well his football career took off.
Signing to Molde in 2017, the club put the 6ft 3ins gangly youth on a high protein diet — including reindeer steaks — to bulk him up.
After moves to Red Bull Salzburg and Dortmund, he arrived in Manchester.
Yesterday Haaland said: “I’m super happy, proud.
“I’m looking forward to staying here for a long time.”
The next decade will certainly bring him untold riches and, just maybe, a spell playing Championship football.
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Tim StewartThe star pictured pairing a £300,000 watch with a Burberry pyjama set[/caption]
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3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on My favourite TV show is joyously unwoke – and that means it’s the best thing I’ve seen in years
THE main topic of conversation for families and friends these days is what box set you’re currently watching.
And I’m no different. So here goes: Landman. It’s brilliant.
Landman is the best television show I have watched in years, because there is no wokeryAP
Oh, I’ve done Brassic, and The Americans, and Rogue Heroes, and Game Of Thrones, and Wolf Hall, and Yellowstone. And they’ve all been very good. But Landman is different.
It’s about an oil man in Texas who has to deal with marauding drug cartels, a mad wife, a son who keeps being beaten up and a pretty daughter who constantly swans around in her underwear.
There’s sex, violence, a tremendous script and, with Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore and John Hamm on hand, a great cast as well.
So far then, so normal. But after watching a few episodes, something began to dawn on me . . .
Today, when you turn on the television, you know what to expect.
In every post-football match discussion there will be women and in every drama there will be a homosexual and someone wrestling with their gender identity.
And even in the middle of an alien gunfight, there will be a lecture on global warming and why the state of Israel is evil.
Then, during the commercial break, you’ll have a man in a turban who’s enjoying some kind of new yoghurt with his black wife and their Norwegian-looking children.
That’s how the world is, and how the young people of today want it to be. It’s the same story with politics.
There’s no room in movies or on TV these days for debate. Only for Instagrammable facts.
Your milk should come from a nut. Your car should be electric.
You should be proud of your son’s gender re-assignment and Donald Trump is a ****.
But then along comes Landman, where we have the main character telling us that beer doesn’t count as drinking, and one of the bit-part players saying there’s nothing wrong with drinking a bit of alcohol while breast-feeding.
Oh, and you should see everyone’s reaction when they’re offered Bud Light.
There is no wokery at all, and not even a hint of political correctness or diversityAPIt feels like it is amazing the producers of Landman ever got it commissionedViacom International Inc Landman and all related titles,
There’s more, too. Billy Bob explains to his city-based lawyer that wind turbines are useless and oil is the only way forward, then he lights up another cigarette before whizzing off to break someone’s jaw.
These things aren’t rammed down your throat. It’s so subtle, it takes you a while to notice there is no wokery at all, and not even a hint of political correctness or diversity.
These are oil men and they are acting and talking like oil men do.
God knows how the producers ever got it commissioned.
But they did, and they’ve ended up with a drama, not a lecture.
It’s the best thing I’ve seen on television in years.
APPARENTLY, one in three young people take time off work because they are worried about losing their jobs.
Hmmm. That sounds like a vicious circle to me.
Because the more time you take off, the more likely you are to be fired.
Give it a rest Emma
BBC correspondent Emma Vardy should take note that Britain is a capitalist country tooSupplied
THE BBC’s very busy Los Angeles correspondent, Emma Vardy, went on Radio 4 this week to say that some rich people whose homes were threatened by the recent blazes used private fire brigades to keep the flames at bay.
She explained this may sound odd to people in the UK but America is a capitalist country.
Er, I know it annoys Starmer and Reeves and quite a few people at the BBC but Britain is also a capitalist country.
It’s why we have private medicine and private schools, and it’s why some streets in affluent neighbourhoods now have private security patrols.
Of course, all these things could be abolished. We could put the state in charge of everything.
There’d be no privilege. And everyone would be equally miserable.
ROSS MEREDITH, a police inspector with 27 years of service has been fired for saying Just Stop Oil protesters are “retards” and “spoilt special-needs kids”.
Quite right too. You just can’t use language like that any more.
Which is why, this morning, I shall describe the people who fired him as “not terribly bright”.
Golly Tosh
EVERY year, there’s a new word quickly adopted by annoying young people on social media.
We had “journey”, to describe their trip from a supermarket shelf- stacking job to The X Factor and back again.
Then we had “literally”, which was used before, literally, each word.
Now, after going through “unreservedly”, to describe literally every apology, and “profoundly”, which was always used in tandem with “unreservedly”, we’ve arrived at “egregious”.
Which is now deployed literally every day by literally every Labour MP on their journey from the limelight back to the planning department at Slough Council.
Planet Earth is blue…and there’s nothing we can do
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are currently trapped on the International Space StationAP
WAY back in June, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were blasted up to the International Space Station, thinking they’d only be there for a week.
But then a fault was found in the spaceship that was meant to bring them back. So they’re still up there now.
They were told Elon Musk would come to the rescue, in maybe March, but this week they looked out of the window and saw his rocket exploding into a million pieces over the Turks and Caicos Islands.
So now, God knows what will happen. All we can hope is that they remembered to leave enough food out for the cat.
Labels a fat lot of good
Diners are now consuming 1.8 per cent fewer calories than before, the same as two almondsAlamy
THE Government always knows best.
That’s why there are no potholes on the roads, the NHS is smoothly efficient, our submarines never run out of food while on patrol, and the economy is being propelled along nicely by optimistic effervescence.
It’s also why a scheme forcing the owners of pubs and restaurants to tell customers how many calories are contained in each item on the menu has been such a resounding success.
No, wait, I might have got that bit wrong.
It hasn’t been a resounding success at all. Because people in the hospitality industry are forced to spend time and money, which they do not have, working out how fat the food will make their customers, and then more time and money changing all their menus.
And has it worked? Well, research has shown that when a diner is shown how many calories are contained in each dish, they don’t really care.
Figures just out show that, on average, diners are now consuming 1.8 per cent fewer calories than before.
Which in a 600-calorie meal equates to the same as two almonds. Or a single Pringle.
So, all that time, all that effort, all that Whitehall nannying, and it makes hardly any difference.
And there are people out there who think the Government should be put in charge of the railways . . .
Hairpin spend
Aston Martin F1 have denied they are set to break the bank to sign Max VerstappenGetty
THE Aston Martin F1 team this week denied rumours it is set to invest $1billion to get Max Verstappen as its lead driver.
Good. Because if they blew a billion, one of two things would happen.
They’d win the world championship and every-one would say: “It’s inevitable if you spend that much.”
Or they wouldn’t win and every-one would split their sides laughing, while saying “Man City” a lot.
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on ‘A privilege and honour’ – Denis Law tributes pour in as Gary Neville leads legends in paying respects to Man Utd icon
MANCHESTER UNITED stars of past and present have paid tribute to club legend Denis Law.
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Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney were among figures from around the world of football to pay their respects to the Scottish star.
Neville, who played 400 times for United during a two-decade career, wrote on Instagram: “Rest in Peace Denis.
“A great footballer and a great man. It’s a privilege and an honour to have spent time in your company. The King of the Stretford End.”
Ex-United and England forward Rooney took to X, writing: “Legend. Thoughts with all Denis’ family and friends.”
Law’s ex-teammate Brian Kidd added: “He was slight, with the heart of a lion.
“An unbelievable finisher, he scored every type of goal.
“He said to me: ‘If you’re ever wide, don’t look up, put the cross in early. If I’m not there it’s my fault’. He was usually there.
“Sir Matt [Busby] loved him. We all did. He was the King of the Stretford End.”
Former Man Utd captain Brian Robson penned his own tribute, saying: “We have lost one of football’s giants both as a player and a gentleman.
“It’s incredibly sad, he was more than just a fantastic footballer, he was a fantastic man.”
Law’s family confirmed the United legend’s passing in a statement released by the club on Friday evening.
It read: “Manchester United is deeply saddened to share the following statement on behalf of the Law family.
“It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away.
“He fought a tough battle but finally he is now at peace.
“We would like to thank everyone who contributed to his wellbeing and care, past and much more recently.”
Law began his career with Huddersfield Town as a teenager in the mid-1950s.
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The League One club wrote on X: “All at Huddersfield Town are profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of Denis Law.
“A legend of not only our great Club, but an immortal of the sport as a whole, he will be deeply missed and his memory cherished by us all.
“Our collective thoughts are with Denis’ family and loved ones at this time. Once a Terrier, always a Terrier.”
Law later moved to Manchester City and Torino before arriving at Old Trafford in 1962.
Over the next 11 years, he would win two First Division titles and a European Cup with United.
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Aussie TikTok users brace as clock ticks down to US ban
An exodus to other Chinese apps, a jump in prominence but a dive in content: speculation is raging over what a US TikTok ban will mean for its Aussie users.
