The Daily Drool: Mattéo Guendouzi

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19 year old midfielder Mattéo just signed to Arsenal from Lorient. He has represented France at the U18, U19, and U20 levels. Heads up David Luiz! You have some competition on the hair front now.

New Year & Holiday Fun

Hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve and have been enjoying the day today. As promised, a bumper crop of what various ‘ballers have been doing on their holidays. There have been engagements, baby announcements, singing in the mirror while dressed in a towel (Cristiano), blue gradient shoes (Sergio), celebrating on a camel (Mateo & Lukita) and a rather ungracious joke about a rival (Toni Kroos, being a bit rude, IMHO).  Let’s dig in! (It’s long so be prepared!)

While You’re Waiting For The Match To Start…

Our bodies are a blank canvas and underwear is the first thing we put on, so why not start the day well and add a splash of colour to your life! @cr7underwear #cr7underwear

A photo posted by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Feb 16, 2016 at 7:57am PST

…have a mishmash of puppies, babies and selfies and not necessarily in that order.

Sunday Recovery Session & Love Is All Around

The team had a recovery session today. The starters stayed indoors with the exception of Toni came out for a bit of a run.

The Daily Drool – Epic Bromance Month: Bernard Duarte and David Luiz

Teeny weeny Bernard (5’6″) and gangly ol’ David (6’2″) make the best size mismatched pair since David De Gea & Juan Mata. I guess they’re the Brazilian equivalent and they sure do love goofing around together.

The Daily Drool – Epic Bromance Month: David Luiz & Zlatan Ibrahimovic

I love how goofy David brings out the giddy in Zlatan, fearsome bastard that he is.

G-Money, Jesé, The Baby and Isco #BeatTheBin

BT Sport posted this video of their #BeatTheBin Challenge.  It features ‘ballers Didier Drogba (looking very natty in his suit), Rio Ferdinand, Robin Van Persie, Robbie Savage, Philipp Lahm, David Luiz along with our own G-Money, Jesé, Varane and Isco trying to kick a soccer ball into a trash bin. Yep, that’s the challenge. Surprisingly not easy if this video is anything to go by.

– Lozil

Confetti, Hideous Clothing & The Remedy

Gareth, his top knot, Drogs & David Luiz are featured in a new BT Sport Europe where they get blue and white confetti dumped on them. Guess Sergio must have seen it (“Shiny!!!!” he cooed with delight) and the color combo inspired him unleash his latest fashion faux pas.

Ballon d’Or Winners: In Case You’ve Lived Under A Rock

See how the lion gazes at his prey…

The Ballon d’Or snooze fest has come and gone and I have a quick recap of all of the winners after the jump.

David Luiz, Making Dreams Come True

Here’s David Luiz doing what David Luiz does best, bringing the joy and tears to all he encounters. This time he showed up Sunday on the Domingo Show on Brazilian tv to surprise one of his little fans, Ricardinho. Ricardinho apparently told the audience, “My biggest dream is to meet [Luiz]… When I grow up I want to be just like you. David Luiz, my biggest dream is to meet you.” And so he did. The actual meeting starts around the 9-minute mark; be prepared for a few sniffles watching it.

-hopechaser