The 'be kind' era did not last long for Mino Raiola or Gary Neville. Raiola told Neville to 'go screw himself' on his birthday and Neville accepted the gift: "The best birthday wish I could have had from this leech!" Raiola's comments to The Times first emerged on Twitter and Neville is still able to put his foot in through the social media platform.
Such instant communication is as essential as it is lamentable in these startling times of informing and scaremongering. At least Raiola has quietened down after his machine gun delivery last month.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer poked the bear by reiterating 'Paul's our player' in Linz last week; the words that made Raiola so angry he posted sentences in block capital letters.
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