NFR: Pennant 'forgot' he owned a Porsche..!

[LBNo11]

Premier League - Stoke star 'forgot he owned Porsche'Wed, 19 Jan 12:49:00 2011

Real Zaragoza had to get in touch with former player Jermaine Pennant to tell the Stoke winger he had left a Porsche abandoned at Zaragoza train station for five months, according to a report in Marca.

..The Spanish paper claims that when Pennant was contacted by Zaragoza about the car, he admitted he did not remember anything about it.

Zaragoza were then forced to open the car and were surprised to find that the keys were on the seat.

The car in question had a customised licence plate with the number 'P33NNT" on it.

Pennant is a big fan of cars and has a sportscar collection.

The former Arsenal and Liverpool star signed for Zaragoza on a free transfer in the summer of 2009 but he struggled to make an impact with the Liga side.

During his spell in Spain he infuriated coach José Aurelio Gay after turning up late for training three times in the space of two weeks.

Last August he signed for Stoke City on a four-month loan deal which was then made permanent in December.

Pennant was once deemed one of the hottest prospects in the game, and played 24 times for the England U21s, but the 28-year-old has never won a full England cap.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/19012011/58/premier-league-stoke-star-forgot-owned-porsche.html

...There must be a song in this story for Saturday..?

[finnster01]

I can't believe what I just read. If there ever was a case for curbing player wages, this is it.

[NorthernWhite]

I knew he was a pr1ck but I didn't give him credit for being able to totally exceed my expectations.

What a complete dick and as you say Finnster, this shows how far footballers wages should be curbed and how far away from reality they are.

[Burt]

Classic.

Certainly a case of more money than brain.

[Lighthouse]

We have all forgotten where we parked the car haven't we? What is sad is think of what good that car and money could do in the normal World.

[ImperialWhite]

Must be the footballers' equivalent of finding a tenner in your back pocket you didn't know you had.

[Burt]

I keep trying to forget I have a Citroen C8 1.9 TDi.

Unsuccesfully.

I think I would have remembered a Porsche.

[AlFayedsChequebook]

 :035:

[Logicalman]

I keep trying to forget I have a Citroen C8 1.9 TDi.

Unsuccesfully.

I think I would have remembered a Porsche.

Why would you want to forget such a wonderful car as the Citroen for?   :hook:

[finnster01]

I keep trying to forget I have a Citroen C8 1.9 TDi.

Unsuccesfully.

I think I would have remembered a Porsche.

Why would you want to forget such a wonderful car as the Citroen for?   :hook:

I wish I forgot the Vauxhall I once owned...  :035:

[MJG]

Must be the footballers' equivalent of finding a tenner in your back pocket you didn't know you had.

Maybe not a tenner but a weeks wages I suspect.

[Mike]

I once left my dog outside the post office, returned home and my wife asked me if I had forgotten anything, then pointed out the lack of said dog.   

[LBNo11]

I keep trying to forget I have a Citroen C8 1.9 TDi.

Unsuccesfully.

I think I would have remembered a Porsche.

Why would you want to forget such a wonderful car as the Citroen for?   :hook:

...ahem, I have had several Citroens, a Familiale, two Pallas's, and two Xantia's, they were all strange cars with individual quirky features, some annoying, but for the ride you get you forgive all the niggles...

[grimmynz]

LB, I had a French girlfriend once, and I quite agree, for the ride you get you forgive all the niggles... :005:

[SuffolkWhite]

I can't believe what I just read. If there ever was a case for curbing player wages, this is it.

Yep , this is sick! with people losing  jobs at the moment. If you have a career for 15 years max and you end up with a Million or two in your coffers then surely a wage cap would be fair to the rest of society. That or we all stop going! Don't get me started!  

[jarv]

This beats my best one. I once forgot I had a (first) date. In the pub with some mates, about 10pm I remembered. The lads never let me forget it. It's one thing to not show up but to forget!!  :039:I said, she probably didn't turn up anyway.