Let's Give Our Thanks to the Little Guys ; Diminutive Talents Have Been the Glimmer of Hope Amid a Climate in Which Money has Tightened Its Grip On European Football [Scot Region]

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FOR ME, 2010 is best represented by the tattoo situated on the right ankle of Barcelona's brilliant Brazilian full-back Dani Alves. It must have nipped a bit to ink the image but there, clear as day, is an impressive cartoon of Tweety Pie bullying a looming Sylvester the Cat in a 'man bites dog' role reversal, if you'll pardon the mixed metaphor.

Alves, just scraping in at a manly 5ft 8in, has always been shop steward for the footballing 'wee man', but the tattoo represents his dream of the ultimate triumph of wit over 'welly'.

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Let's Give Our Thanks to the Little Guys ; Diminutive Talents Have Been the Glimmer of Hope Amid a Climate in Which Money has Tightened Its Grip On European Football [Scot Region]

'I went for the tattoo because the whole idea of the little bird thwarting the big bad cat makes me laugh but it also symbolises something important,' he says. 'The cat wants to catch and eat Tweety and should be able to, taking his size and power at face value. But t...

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