Wantaway

It is sadly not on record whether the chap in question described himself routinely as "wantaway", or used the styling canoodle in favour of kiss. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, sports hacks have killed off many more words than footballers in their time, a crime not excused by their half-arsed attempts to replenish the pot by making up witless new ones, like "wantaway" and "boo-boys". ❋ Unknown (2011)

All have experience coaching teams with bloated wage bills, wantaway stars and have never seemed to win anything despite being quite popular. ❋ Unknown (2010)

United hero Cantona had wantaway stars Carlos Tevez and ❋ Unknown (2011)

Rangers had a bid turned down for the wantaway Brazilian earlier in the week but have now reached a consensus with their west London rivals. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger intends to resolve the futures of wantaway captain Cesc Fabregas and contract rebel Samir Nasri "very quickly". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cesc Fabregas set for cut-price Barcelona switch Arsenal look set to reluctantly accept a reduced deal for wantaway captain Cancelling Premier League games would send out terrible message, warns Ecclestone QPR owner hopes the Premier League can give this weekend's opening round of fixtures the go-ahead - for the sake of England's worldwide... ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cesc Fabregas looks set for his first Arsenal pre-season appearance in Saturday's final friendly against Benfica, but it remains to be seen whether the wantaway Spain midfielder will feature in the Champions League play-off against Udinese. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The wantaway Croatian has been carrying what has been officially diagnosed as a minor hamstring complaint but should be fit, along with Jermaine Jenas and Alan Hutton, who have recovered from recent Achilles and knee injuries respectively ❋ Unknown (2011)

Manchester City's wantaway talisman has been linked persistently with Inter but Mancini insists there has been no approach and the Argentinian will return to normal training next week. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala are set to sign wantaway Chelsea midfielder Yury Zhirkov for £13.2 million. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Harry Redknapp insists a bid of £35million would not meet his valuation of wantaway midfielder Croatia international has been the subject of two unsuccessful bids from Chelsea this summer but is reportedly determined to quit White Hart Lane. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The club have named 27 players in their squad for the matches against an Airtricity League XI and Inter Milan - coincidentally the club now being linked with a move for wantaway Carlos Tevez, the man Aguero has been brought in to replace. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Gervinho: Arsenal midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri are replaceable New Arsenal forward Gervinho maintains the club will move on should they not be able to keep hold of wantaway captain Cesc Fabregas and contract rebel Samir Nasri. ❋ Unknown (2011)

City's wantaway talisman has been linked persistently with Inter but Mancini insists there has been no approach and the Argentinian will return to normal training next week. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has revealed he would not hesitate to sign Manchester City's wantaway striker Carlos Tevez. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In an interesting turn of events, if Redknapp persists and chairman Daniel Levy makes the deal happen, it would open up the possibility of Spurs taking City's wantaway striker Carlos Tevez on loan for the rest of the season. ❋ Unknown (2012)