Links! And Robin van Persie sings his love for The Ox!

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle...

RVP with a timeless love ballad. [Fitba Thatba]

There might be a Shakira and Gerard Pique sex tape. Filmed by Shakira's former employee. [Kickette]

Jose Mourinho has been compared to that disgraced Italian cruise ship captain. [TFB]

If Carlos Tevez won't even play for Man City, there's no way he's paying their fines. [Guardian]

MLS All-Star Game will be in Philly. But who will the MLSers play? [KCKRS]

AS Roma and the 1942 Scudetto: A gift from Mussolini? [IBWM]

Andrei Arshavin is not a goat. [SB Nation]

Football clubs as periodic tables. [TBG]