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Friday 23 August 1996 18:02 EDT
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n I know I sometimes get myself in trouble because I say what I mean, but it doesn't concern me. I just speak the truth and if people don't like it they can kiss my ass. Ian Wright, the Arsenal striker, on his comments about Bruce Rioch's sacking as Arsenal manager.

n Can anybody tell me why they give referees a watch? It's certainly not to keep the time. I think it was a Mickey Mouse one. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson angry at referee Graham Poll's unwillingness to add more than three minutes of stoppage time at the end of the midweek Premiership match against Everton.

n United will be my last club. I don't want to be a player who leaves a big club to play in the lower divisions. I would prefer to play with my friends in the street. Eric Cantona, the Manchester United captain.

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