Desailly Quits In Big Ron Row
 

Apr 26 2004

French legend Marcel Desailly's football career is over after an amazing
six letter outburst directed at TV pundit Big 'Ron' Atkinson.

The Chelsea centre back stunned ITV viewers with a tirade against
Atkinson during Tuesday night's live coverage of his side's Champions
League semi-final defeat in Monaco.

With the game slipping away from Chelsea in the second half, Desailly was clearly seen to mouth a derogatory statement about Atkinson.

Although this is a family-oriented website, we have decided to publish
that tirade in full.

Desailly called Atkinson 'Cheap Orange Trash' and a 'Fake Tan Chunky Boy' before laying out Fernando Morientes with a casually misplaced elbow to the head.

Pressure groups were last night up in arms over Desailly's comments.

The South Florida Orange Growers' Association called the outburst 'a
blatant attempt to demonise all things orangey' and a spokesperson for Outspan added that 'This was fruitism of the very worst kind which leaves a nasty taste in the mouth, unlike our consistently juicy and delicious products.'

Atkinson himself was unavailable for comment as he was holed up in a
tanning booth with six kilos of jewellery and a karaoke machine.

But a contrite Desailly issued the following statement: "I made a stupid
remark which I regret.

"It left me no option but to resign. At the moment I can't believe I did
it."

"I was very frustrated during the game because I thought Chelsea could
have won. I regret making the comments and I apologise to anyone I may have offended."

"If you look at my track record as a player, I was one of the first in
the game to give oranges a chance, especially at half time."

Desailly's manager, Claudio Ranieri, confirmed that he had received a
letter of resignation from Marcel.

It is understood that he then turned it into a plane and then a hat and
then a paper chain.

:lol: WHAT

lol

He seriously should retire at the end of the season though.:$

:lol: Greatness

Desailly is off to the middle east after this season.

Been my favourite player for a long time(being a frenchmen).

lol

:|

That was funny because?

Shot in the dark here, because people laughed at it????

you got my hopes up that Desailly had retired :mad:!

I didn't really find it funny, except for the spokesperson for the orange people.

Desially is the man

Used to be the man. He is past it now, he doesn't always get his tackles in, gives people too much room, is too slow, doesn't seem part of the team, and considering he is the captain he should try and shout once in a while. Huth runs the defence when he plays, as does Terry when he plays,Desailly is past it.

:lol: btw

:lol:

<font color=white>I've only just read that and 'Fake Tan Chunky Boy' may be the greatest thing i've heard this year</font>