Impossible without you
New last week from football's most consistent fining policy: €2,000: David Villa's fine from Spain's FA for showing a T-shirt with a photo of his family and a message "Impossible without you". €2,000: Lionel Messi's fine in 2011 for showing a T-shirt reading "Happy birthday mami". €2,000: Luis Aragonés's fine in 2005 for calling Thierry Henry a "black shit".
Elsewhere
Last week's other highlights from football's war on racism:
Russia: Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila rejects a move to Zenit St Petersburg after racist threats from fans using the motto: "There's no black in the colours of Zenit." In 2008 Zenit fans lynched a toy black monkey. (April, Russia's FA head: "We have no racist clubs, and none with racist leanings.")
Hungary: Fans at a friendly against Israel chant "Buchenwald" and "filthy Jews" – prompting a government statement: "The Hungarian government deeply condemns the behaviour [and] is determined to counteract any discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity … However it is not in direct contradiction with the law. So there are no grounds for action."
Plus – Bulgaria: Levski Sofia's Basile de Carvalho racially abused by "his own club's fans and stewards", with "one steward trying to attack the player before police intervened", say local media. Levski say the incident was "a misunderstanding … We support Basile. But we are certain that skin colour does not interest our fans."
Other news: equality
Brazil: Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio, on critics of the city's forced eviction of 30,000 favela residents ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics: "Rio is becoming a changed city. A city that is more equal, more integrated, with so many investments in mobility. The favelas are in much better shape."
PR news: pot of gold
£50,000: Value of the new FA grants made available to 16 grassroots clubs over the next two years, sponsored by Budweiser: "a real pot of gold for the clubs involved". £10m: Cut in the FA's funding for the Football Foundation for grassroots football since 2000.
Transfer window latest
Man of the week: Antonio Cassano. Summer 2011 – joins Milan. "This is the final move for me. There is nothing beyond Milan. I have it all now, make no mistake about that, and I will never betray those who have believed in me. Milan is the ultimate. Above Milan there is only the sky." Summer 2012 – joins Inter. "Finally I'm at the team I always supported."
Best comeback: Adriano: sacked by Corinthians in March for missing 67 training sessions, signing for Flamengo. The club say "his approach will be monitored. Of course we'd like him not to drink any alcohol, but he is an adult. We take it one day at a time."
Best philosophy: Fulham's Clint Dempsey – speaking three months before allegedly "going on strike" after they blocked a move to Liverpool: "If [a transfer] is meant to be, it will be. What I do is focus on the teams that I play for and I give my heart to them, work as hard as I can to make the most of my time and make the most of the career I have left."
Plus – biggest victim: Alex Song, leaving for Barcelona due to Arsenal's "disrespect". "Alex loved Arsenal," a source told the Telegraph. "He was dying to sign a new contract. We tried six times to renegotiate it [but] they kept saying it has three years to run. He was one of the worst paid, on about £55,000 a week. He became dissatisfied and upset."
Journalists: idiots
14 August, Arsène Wenger. "There's nothing going on with Song. There's nothing in that. In Spain the newspapers are not really serious. We've had the experience of that."
Denial of the week
Brazil: Palmeiras midfielder João Vitor, fined 20% of his salary for "arriving drunk" at training, but denying wrongdoing. "I'm a man, I admit it when I make mistakes. But I never turned up drunk. I just had a long night of it and the next day I had rum breath. That's all."
President of the week
July: President of Brazilian club Sport Recife, Gustavo Dubeux, says fans should stop tormenting coach Vagner Mancini. "Mancini will not be fired. He is the coach of this club, and he stays coach of this club. Mancini's job is guaranteed." August: Sacks him.
Diplomat of the week
Brazilian congressman Romário – unhappy after national coach Mano Menezes rebuffed his criticism by calling him a "sucker". Romário: "Coaches must be able, courageous, fearless, serious and honest … you do not even come close. You have no ability. You imbecile, you idiot." Plus: "You're gutless, the worst coach of all time. You bring shame to the nation!"
Shot of the week
Brazil - Copa Espírito Santo third round tie, Tupy v Real Noroeste: Tupy midfielder Richard firing a shot at goal which cleared the crossbar, left the stadium and smashed a window in a block of flats. Local media: "Footage shows the bewildered flat owners. Outraged by the affair, they did not return the ball."
Plus: sad news
Ex-Independiente player Matias Defederico says he was "persecuted" by his former manager for dating model Cinthia "Queen of Thongs" Fernández. "I was punished for having a life. I didn't kill anyone." Fernández said in April: "It is sad, but football's a macho world. It's not easy to be with a girl like me."