Who the f*** is Freddie Ljungberg?
If you don't know already, you probably won't get a lot from this site, as on the surface it is just a collection of booze-soaked adults and confused/excited children, all having a seriously bad hair day.
If you're still interested, our Freddie's a footballer ("soccer player" to our American friends) currently playing for
Arsenal FC in the
English Premier League.
He's also Swedish.
And he's very good. (He won two Swedish Football awards in November 2002: Midfielder of the year, and "The Golden Football" - the highest accolade a Swedish footballer can receive - thanks to Thomas for bringing this to our attention!)
And he has/has had/may have in the future a distinctive red streak in his hair, which has been heartily embraced by a large section of fearless fans.
His player-profile for the mighty Arsenal can be found
here.
The Freddie Factoid File
You can find out about Freddie's height, weight and inside leg measurement at any one of an ever-growing number of Arsenal sites. Here, however, are some of the more unusual snippets about the real Mr. Ljungberg. Of course, much of what follows is probably utter made-up bilge, but, here it is anyway.
- ALLEGEDLY: This anecdote comes from Sofie: "I were shopping with my friend at H&M....I was standing in the department
with undrewear and I sould just joke with my friend so I said: "Which
underwear do you think guys fing as most sexy?" And after a while I got my
answer but not from my friend but from a guy.He said: "Ehm...I think the red
once are very sexy, you should buy them!" Then I was looking up and I saw
that my friend was staning some metres away from me and she was laughing.
And when I turn around I saw that the person who was standing behind me
was..Freddie Ljungberg! I embarrassed and I just said " Oo, I thought the
you were..." He interrupt and said: " It's OK.. I have to go now..but buy
the red once!" He took me on my shoulder and then he left...and I was so
embarrassed!!"
There you go ladies - opt for the red grundies every time.
- ALLEGEDLY: His nickname is Sid, due to his love of punk music the fact that he looks a bit like Sid Vicious, but with better skin.
- ALLEGEDLY: During the qualifiers for the World Cup, he told of his avoidance of carnal relations on the night before a match, as he "loses the feeling in his feet". Perhaps he should try wearing looser socks. Anyway, he went on to say that watching porn was OK. (You can take the man out of Sweden, but you can't take Sweden out of the man.) Perhaps the England team should take note. Although the thought of Gary Neville and David Beckham watching a grot flick together is not a pretty image. Freddie was probably just doing a bit of advertising for Sweden's greatest export.
- ALLEGEDLY: He has a tattoo on his back. No idea what it is. Caught a brief glimpse during his scrap with Mellberg, and it looked a bit like the Jules Rimet trophy, or possibly a portrait of Pierre Luigi Collina. I've also heard it may be two cats, one on either side. Aaahhhh.
- ALLEGEDLY: Shortly after arriving in England, and being somewhat good looking, the ever-reliable tabloid media journalists published rumours of his homosexuality, and alleged relationship with a singer in a band.
- ALLEGEDLY: He was once pursued by porn starlet Lina Perned. He hid in a wardrobe to avoid her. Like you do.
- ALLEGEDLY: This story was posted on the Arsenal mailing list:
I'm not sure how true this is but it's a good story anyway. My friend Jez was chatting to a Swedish barmaid on sunday when we were out clubbing. Being
a scurrilous West Ham fan he asked if it was true that Fredster was gay. The
barmaid looked very surprised and said that Freddie had recently slept with
her female mate and not to be so silly. Anyway the best of the story is that when they had finished doing the
business Freddy asked the lady if she came (what a gent!) but she said no.
The Fredster looked astounded and said, quote, "Really, most girls faint!"
Quality.
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