A chop on his shoulder

With zillions and zillions of pounds floating around the world of football these days it's not surprising that clubs are taking extra special care with their investments (ie: players), ensuring they get the very best medical treatment when injury strikes. Chelsea, though, like to do things differently - last week their injured striker Pierluigi Casiraghi spent time with Romanian faith healer and former wrestler Ionut Vrinceanu in Bucharest, who attempted to cure his ruptured lateral ligaments by rubbing his knee with veal. "If you write about me I'll visit your office and shoot you," the publicity-shy Vrinceanu warned when the story broke.