They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore.  He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams.  So by all means enjoy this podcast, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"... For more tales of sport’s most colourful characters, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Wayne Rooney burst onto the scene in 2002, there was only one nagging doubt. Would he have the sordid private life to match his undeniable footballing genius? It didn’t take long for him to deliver. From PVC grannies to spiking his teammates with Viagra, welcome to the wild world of Wazza… For more tales about sport’s most colourful characters, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email:  https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you like to think rugby is a civilised sport played by gentlemen, stop reading now.  From dealing drugs to defecating on dancefloors, the sport is filled with absolute wrong uns. As the World Cup kicks off, meet rugby's rowdiest reprobates… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From human trafficking charges to arson, Mauro Icardi's love life has thrown up some ludicrous drama.  The former PSG striker and his wife Wanda are the stars of football’s most chaotic marriage.  This is their story… For more tales from sport’s most colourful characters, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email:  https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a bloke who won the Ballon d'Or and lit up the World Cup, Michael Owen's life is comically dull.  The England legend has never tasted tea or coffee, and his mum managed his bank account until he was 38.  This is the story of England's weirdo wonderkid… For more tales from sport’s most colourful characters, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email:  https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices