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10 Times Players Tried To Force Transfers From Their Football Clubs
With Ronaldo returning to Carrington for training and a meeting with Ten Haag, the Dutchman is determined to keep him at the club. However, it’s still looking likely for Ronaldo to force a move amid concerns he’s unable to compete for the biggest trophies. Here’s the 10 most famous times players have forced a move away from their club. 10. Luka Modric: £30m (Tottenham to Real Madrid) Coming to the end of his third year at Spurs Luka Modric decided he wanted to seek a new club where he could challenge for the biggest trophies. This came of no surprise with Tottenham fans but the way he handled it definitely did. After Daniel Levy rejected his move to Chelsea the Croatian refused to play in their first game of the 2010/11 season. He did return to the squad and made 42 appearances that ...
The Curse Of The Chelsea No9: Lukaku Latest Victim Of Doomed Shirt
Chelsea are yet to give a player the burden of their cursed no9 shirt for the coming season. We take a look at the players who have flopped while wearing the iconic number for the blues. Tony Cascarino Looking into the past Tony Cascarino was Chelsea’s first no.9 of the Premier League era and he really set this curse on its way. Serving only two seasons at the club Cascarino bagged a sad total of 6 goals in both combined and the closest he came to a trophy was runner up of the 1993/94 FA Cup. Mateja Kezman Moving ten years on from Cascarino’s departure Mateja Kezman joined for the 2004/05 season and although this was a successful season for Jose Mourinho’s blues, Kezman didn’t have the same fate. Arriving from PSV for £6.75m Kezman managed to only score four goals in 25 games which f...
Rapper Papoose on the Power of Independence
I’ve graced magazine covers, starred in reality shows, toured in countless countries, and been on billboards around the world–all because of the gift I’ve been blessed with. Yet, I don’t take these blessings for granted. I know the music that has changed my life is the same rhythm that is reshaping the world we all live in. So, I make sure to create songs like “Monopoly,” “Law Library,” and other tracks that tell the full scope of the human experience, because I know the impact my voice can have, and I want to use it to teach and inspire. I began my career in the not-so-forgiving borough of Brooklyn. Although I always believed in my talent—self—releasing white-label singles and mixtapes for years—the gravitational pull of the streets had me on the verge of thr...
Eddie Vedder at Lollapalooza ’92: ‘I Think Celebrities Suck’
No one was going to be fooled by the disguise, if you could even call it a disguise — a plain, olive-green WWII-style helmet, with a blond, shoulder-length wig coming out from inside. But Eddie Vedder put it on anyway as we headed out from the backstage area of Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Orange County, California, on a warm October afternoon. And no one was fooled. As the gate swung open, squeals started amongst several dozen young fans — female and male — who had gathered hoping for just a glimpse of someone, certainly of him. And here he was, walking out in their midst. An hour ago he’d finished fronting Pearl Jam’s explosive set. It was the final day of Lollapalooza 1992, and Vedder was the man ofthe hour, the man of the tour, the man of the season. I’d been assigned by t...
Jordan Peele Has No Interest In Directing Anything Outside His Original Stories
Releasing his third film since his directorial debut back in 2017 — NOPE — Jordan Peele has had a stellar track record so far, scoring highly with both the audience and critics alike with his past two projects. But while the Hollywood creative does feel the pressure to continually surpass expectations, he knows that that’s not what it’s about. Fortunately for Universal Pictures, who has collaborated with Peele on all three films so far, his latest summer thriller topped box offices across the country on its opening weekend, raking in $44 million USD. Becoming the second largest opening for an R-rated film during the COVID era, only behind Halloween Kills and its $49.9 million USD. Joining us at Hypebeast, the esteemed director shares with us his vision for his latest horror film, his reuni...
In Better Call Saul’s “Nippy,” The Future Is Now: Review
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Better Call Saul, Season 6 Episode 10, “Nippy.”] In its fourth-to-last episode, “Nippy,” Better Call Saul executed its most abrupt pivot yet. From just the title, we knew something different was in store, as a totally different naming scheme was in play (Saul does switch up its approach to episode titles from season to season, but within each season they typically remain consistent). But after seeing Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) in all his sleazy glory at the end of the previous episode, “Fun and Games,” it was clear that whatever was going to come next would be a departure from the past. However, this episode, written by Alison Tatlock and directed by Michelle MacLaren, catapulted us viewers a lot further forward than we might have e...
How Singer-Songwriter Montell Fish Is Redefining Christian Music
Montell Fish became a musician the same way he began his latest album: with a broken heart. “I was passionate and I went through a breakup,” he says. “Every time I go through a breakup, I write a good album.” At the time, Fish was 16 years old, and newly kicked out of his mother’s house due to a budding romance with drugs. (“Weed edibles, and then psychedelics like shrooms,” he elaborates). Quickly, he spiraled into a state of depression, unsuccessfully juggling the breakup with a girlfriend and familial tumult, turning to music creation, and eventually, God, for reprieve. “I was just so low and depressed that I started calling out to God like, ‘If you’re real, show me,’” he explains. “And then I began to see the God that my mom knew.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See...
Perry Farrell Is Not Most People
“You ever get those thoughts, those inspirations, that hit and you just go, ‘Wowww…I can’t believe I just figured something out!’” says Perry Farrell, by way of introduction. “Well, I just figured something out today…” Typically, when greeted with a conversation-starting “How are you?” most people are inclined to answer with a routine “Fine.” Perhaps an “I’m good.” But Perry Farrell is not most people. And so less than 30 seconds into our phone call, Farrell, fresh off a plane from Lollapalooza Paris, and, before that, a plane from Lollapalooza Stockholm (in between, there was a week of rehearsals for the reunited Porno for Pyros), is already getting into the next thing. This next thing is one that is particularly important to him: a benefit concert to raise funds for the victims of the Ju...
Interpol Keep Pushing
Caught in lockdown in separate cities across Europe in early 2020, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Kessler worked on arrangements that would become Interpol‘s next album, The Other Side of Make-Believe. At the time, frontman Paul Banks released the self-titled debut album of Muzz, his sideproject with Josh Kaufman and Matt Barrick, that was set to arrive in the summer of 2020. But without being able to tour for it, he felt ready to tackle the next Interpol record. For Kessler, working remotely was a new process that took some getting used to. “We’re a little bit old school. The songs usually begin with me and then we get together, flesh them out, and make Interpol’s pieces of music together in a room,” he says over Zoom in between a break from tour, from his home in Spain. But what he realize...
Once Upon a Lollapalooza ’92…
The following is a fact-based, fictionalized tale of one day’s experience at Lollapalooza ‘92. To ensure a fully accurate portrait, all actions and appearances of bands, fans and sideshows described herein are true, taken from verified videos, articles and firsthand accounts of shows across the ‘92 tour. Only the protagonists don’t exist (actually, they probably did…). [embedded content][embedded content] That time Van Halen sold their soul for Crystal Pepsi. JUNE 17, 1992 9:59 PM I’m Trevor, I work the window at Al’s Beef & Buns, the only dairy-free burger joint in Stock-town Cali. My dude Laird works grill, and his girl Darcy’s step-d...
Westworld Composer on Slipping Some Nine Inch Nails Into Season 4, Episode 5: Exclusive
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Westworld, Season 4 Episode 5, “Zhuangzi.” To read about the music of Episode 4, click here.] Did you catch the Nine Inch Nails cover in the newest episode of Westworld? Don’t feel bad if you missed it — so did Consequence, upon initial viewing. But composer Ramin Djawadi, as part of our weekly series of conversations about the music of Season 4, was kind enough to point out that yes, when Christina (Evan Rachel Wood) and Hale (Tessa Thompson) are having an awkward lunch together, there’s a subtle solo piano inclusion of “The Day the World Went Away” from The Fragile in the background. “If I didn’t know, I probably would’ve missed it too,” Djawadi says, once again reinforcing that when it comes to the HBO sci-fi drama, there’s always a lo...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Make It Look Easy at US Tour Kickoff in Denver: Review
Not many high school bands last 39 years. Even fewer make the transition from punk underground to venerated rock establishment, while continuing to jump around like teenagers with functional and highly lubricated knee joints just a few months shy of 60 years old. But Red Hot Chili Peppers are still doing it, and they’re making it look easy. They are the Rolling Stones of Generation X. And they are very much here to stay. Gather ‘round, children; way back in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, there was a burgeoning new genre of popular music called “Alternative.” Red Hot Chili Peppers, which formed in 1983 in Los Angeles with Anthony Kiedis on vocals, Flea (Michael Bazary) on bass, Hillel Slovak on guitar, and Jack Irons on drums, was one of the first American bands to really dominate the genre, pavi...
