Info about Cordone's earings

"They were soldered in, so he's had to have a pretty decent operation to remove them.

"But it's made him lighter. He was carrying too much gold around with him - he's put on half a yard of pace!

"We explained to the referee at Manchester United that he had permanent ear-rings in, and we said don't expect him to take them out because we'll have to cut his ears off.

It's made him lighter. He was carrying too much gold around with him - he's put on half a yard of pace! "We had a delicate job to do, so he's got his ear-rings out. I think he brought a brand new pair to put in afterwards."

-- Anonymous, August 29, 2000

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They weren't gold, they were silver!! ;-)

-- Anonymous, August 29, 2000

Thats the BBC for you alway getting it wrong!

I took it from the BBC website

-- Anonymous, August 29, 2000

was quite amused by this story , but then thought, they aren't welded to his ears, the ends are just soldered on. ........... "They were soldered in, so he's had to have a pretty decent operation to remove them. ?................... Would you not just cut off the ends with some wire snips?............ I supose we are lucky that he isn't Spanish though, as such an operation would keep him out of action for two months.

-- Anonymous, August 29, 2000