Now Trending: Over 25,000 Arsenal Fans Sign Petition To Ban Mike Dean From Officiating Their Games

Furious Arsenal supporters are now doing everything necessary to try and keep Mike Dean away from their team in future.

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According to report gathered, one particularly annoyed Gooner has gone online and created a petition aimed at having Dean barred from taking charge of any future Arsenal games.

The annoyed Gooner said:

“It is time that we get an inquiry to his ability to referee Arsenal games.”

For most clubs, such things might raise a brief laugh and then disappear without trace. Not Arsenal. Arsenal knows how to mobilise their online army – and at the time of writing, nearly 25,000 people had signed the petition.

Recall, three indisputable facts about Arsenal supporters are:

1. They despise Chelsea (and particularly Diego Costa).
2. They are not particularly fond of Mike Dean, the referee whose handling of their 2-0 defeat at Chelsea is why No1 is particularly true at the moment.
3. They love nothing more than using their massive online presence to hijack polls/dominate Twitter/launch an Arsenal-related crusade.

Once you combine these three things, no-one should be in any way surprised by the news ‘Arsenal have launched an anti-Mike Dean petition’.

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International Champions Cup: Chelsea 0-1 Fiorentina

Chelsea did not look the usual organized Jose Mourinho team as a disjointed performance allowed Fiorentina to steal a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge in the final International Champions Cup game

Radamel Falcao was handed his first start and failed to impress along with the rest of the team as the defense failed to show any organization or composure and there was no real strategy in attack and everyone was guilty of trying to do too much. Fiorentina made them pay in the 34thminute as Begovic parried Alonso’s shot into the feet of Rodriguez who made no mistake, making it 1-0.

Chelsea are not ending their pre-season on a high but would now turn their attention to West Brom who they open their premier league defense against

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Barcelona Beat Roma 3-0 In Pre-Season Friendly

Barcelona have continued to dominate through their pre-season as they look to retain the treble they picked up so impressively last season. The most recent dominating performance was their 3-0 thrashing of Roma.

Barcelona were always in control of the game and in the 26th minute, got the goal their dominance deserved as Neymar received a pass from Matheiu which he finished into the net with a one-time shot. Messi went from villain to hero after he was lucky to survive a red card for head-butting yanga Mbiwa as he scored his signature curler into the back of the net from the edge of the area in the 41st minute. The second half was quite a boring affair until Rakitic brought it to life and by so doing killed AS Roma’s challenge in the 66th minute firing the ball into the top corner of the net from 25 yards.

Barcelona still have a few weeks before the La liga begins but they seem ready to go

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Inspirational : I Never Thought I’d Be A Professional;RONALDO

Cristiano Ronaldo admits he never saw himself playing football professionally when he started playing the game as a kid.

The Real Madrid and Portugal sensation started playing the game with Andorinha on his home island of Madeira, but admits he didn’t see himself as a star.

“In my family, we all love football. I remember that one day I was playing in the street and my father told me: ‘Why don’t you train at the club when I go to work?’. I said yes, why not? So I started to play,” Ronaldo told Herbalife.

“I went to train every day and I enjoyed being part of the team. My father was always there for me.

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“At first I felt I was different to the other children. I never thought I was going to become a professional or go to Manchester United, Real Madrid or Sporting.

“At that time I just wanted to enjoy it and it wasn’t going through my head that I had talent. At first I didn’t think that.”

However, the former Old Trafford ace admits it took just a few short years of training before he began to visualise a career at the very top.

“After three or four years I started to think: ‘I want to play there’. I got to watch all of the matches and I dreamed of wearing the shirts.”

Ronaldo and Madrid face Tottenham in their latest pre-season outing in the Audi Cup in Munich on Tuesday.

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New Super Eagles coach says he cannot be bribed

Sunday Oliseh said that he would run a honest administration in the Super Eagles and will not accept money from any player or player's agentNew Super Eagles manager Sunday Olisehhas maintained that he will not bribed by players who want to get into the national team.

Nigerian coaches have been accused of collecting bribes while choosing players for their team, but Oliseh said that he would run a honest administration in the Super Eagles and will not accept money from any player or player's agent.

“Like I said earlier on, I will only invite players who merit [being] in the national team by playing regular football in top European and African leagues," Oliseh is quoted to say by Complete Sports.

"I will call players who deserve to play for Nigeria. There will be no place for mediocrity in my team.

"I don’t want to believe that players and their agents bribe coaches to make the national team, but if it is true that it happens like the media has reported, I will say it is most unfortunate.

“I will not condone that. I am even too big to be bribed by any player. If it was so before, that era is gone because only the best will play for the Eagles."

Oliseh will take charge of his first Nigeria game in September when the Super Eagles take on Tanzania in Dar es Salaam in a2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match.

He is set to recall John Obi Mikel for that game.

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