WWE icon Charlotte Flair suffered a couple of unfortunate wardrobe malfunctions recently, one taking place during Saturday Night’s Main Event, and then another taking place on Friday Night SmackDown.

The 14-time Women’s World Champion will almost certainly go down as one of the most-decorated WWE Superstars of all time. The daughter of “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, her journey to the top was difficult, as it was hard to carve her own way and get out of the shadow of her father. Through hard work and clever posturing, though, she has managed to build her own legacy, one that will last a long time after she retires from the ring.

One way that she managed this was through her long-established rivalry with fellow wrestler Becky Lynch, with whom she shared the ring many times. This relationship was even the subject of an episode of WWE Rivals, a show that celebrates some of the biggest rivalries the organisation has ever seen.

Among her accolades is the honour of being the main event of WrestleMania 35, alongside rival Lynch and former UFC champion Ronda Rousey. This was the first time the huge event in the organisation’s calendar had ever been headlined by women.

Flair was also one of the first women to ever main-event a pay-per-view, taking down Sasha Banks in a Hell in the Cell match that will be remembered by fans for time to come. She took the WWE world by storm, and her legacy will be remembered for not just her incredible wins, but for the sheer volume of her success: she went undefeated in 16 straight pay-per-view matches. This dominance is what earned her the nickname ‘The Queen.’

The latest development in Flair’s career has been her partnership with Alexa Bliss. They became a tag team after a history of rivalry in their own right, and have seen huge success in the partnership. It was with Bliss that Flair recently competed on SmackDown. The two faced B-Fab and Michin.

Charlotte Flair’s Awkward Wardrobe Malfunctions

During the match, Charlotte Flair was rolled up for a pin attempt by B-Fab. Her tights were briefly accidentally pulled, resulting in the wardrobe malfunction mentioned. The same thing happened to her during Saturday Night’s Main event as well, which has led to Flair suggesting that she needs to rethink her choice of wrestling attire.

Despite this, Flair and Bliss managed to secure the win and defeat Michin and B-Fab.

Arsenal are intent on adding a new midfielder to their ranks this summer, and recent reports suggest Bruno Guimaraes is at the top of Mikel Arteta’s wishlist.

The Gunners may have won the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years last season, but they aren’t prepared to sit still and rely on the same squad again next term. Instead, Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta are ready to invest heavily in the transfer market to ensure they take advantage of this window to build a dynasty, as their primary rivals enter a period of transition.

Arteta is understood to be fond of Guimaraes and is pushing for a deal for the Newcastle United man to be completed. However, the Magpies are reportedly demanding around £90million for their talisman, and this could present a major stumbling block in the prospective deal.

Arsenal Shouldn’t Pay £90m for Bruno Guimaraes

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Newcastle sold Sandro Tonali to Tottenham Hotspur for £100million earlier this summer, while Mateus Fernandes also joined the Lilywhites for an astronomical fee, and Manchester City paid £116million for Elliot Anderson. This is the going rate for midfielders, and thus, it’s no surprise that Newcastle want upwards of £90million for their captain.

That said, there is a key difference with Guimaraes which Arsenal simply must consider before splashing this outlandish fee on him. While the aforementioned trio of midfielders are all 26 and under, the Brazilian will turn 29 in November.

Guimaraes is arguably the most talented of the lot, but his age profile should prompt the Gunners to carefully consider how much they’re willing to spend to bring him to North London.

When spending money on a player, how many years of service you’re likely to get from the player in question, in their prime, ought to influence how big you’re willing to go. Arsenal may get two or three seasons of Guimaraes’ best level, but beyond that there are question marks.

The fee for Fernandes may seem steep right now, but the Portuguese is 21, and Spurs could have him at his best for nine seasons. Essentially, given the deal came to £85million in total, the Lilywhites may end up paying around £9million per season for the former West Ham United man at his best.

If Arsenal get three great seasons before Guimaraes starts to decline, then their cost per season will equate to £30million. This outlay could also, in turn, prevent them from doing another piece of business they need to get done.

Of course, if Arsenal win another Premier League title or a Champions League during these three years, and Guimaraes plays a significant role in this triumph, the £90million outlay could be justified. However, it’s certainly food for thought for Arteta and Berta.

A fee in the region of £65million to £70million would feel much more comfortable.

Arsenal Should Sign Ayyoub Bouaddi Instead

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If Newcastle remain stubborn with their £90million valuation of Guimaraes, then Arsenal should pivot to an alternative. The Gunners have been linked with a host of younger midfielders, including the likes of Alex Scott and Manu Kone, but they should ultimately turn towards Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi.

Arsenal have reportedly submitted a £52million offer for Bouaddi, though Lille are understood to be wanting more than £60million for him. His price tag may even have gone up after his World Cup performances and the inflated value of transfers elsewhere. The 18-year-old has made waves in Ligue 1 over the last two seasons and is ready for a step-up to a more challenging league, even at his tender age.

While he may not be ready to make an immediate impact in the Premier League, he can develop at Arsenal over the next few years, with a view to him succeeding someone like Declan Rice in the future. He has superstar potential, with his ability to carry the ball aggressively through the lines and disrupt opposition attacks remarkably impressive given how young he is.

Some may argue that this move would leave Arsenal short on ready-made midfielders to compete on four fronts next season. However, the Gunners delivered a Premier League title last season with their existing cohort in this department, with the likes of Rice, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino and Myles Lewis-Skelly more than capable of holding down the fort across four competitions.

In fact, the stronger argument is that Arsenal don’t need a win-now signing in this position, and should instead be looking at their succession plans for the likes of Rice, Zubimendi and Merino. In three years, all three of these players could be past their best, and signing Guimaraes would do little to solve this issue.

However, Bouaddi, described by Morroco teammate Chemsdine Talbi as a “top-level player”, alongside Lewis-Skelly would set up Arsenal’s double pivot for years to come.

Can you believe it’s well over a decade since former Chelsea ace Eden Hazard kicked Swansea City ball boy Charlie Morgan during his debut season with the west Londoners? Time really does fly, especially when – particularly in Morgan’s case – you are making loads of money.

Hazard – who announced his retirement in October 2023, aged 32, four months after his Real Madrid contract was terminated in June that year – was shown a straight red card by referee Chris Foy following the bizarre incident during a League Cup clash at the Liberty Stadium in January 2013. The Belgian winger caught the young lad while attempting to retrieve the ball.

Only a teenager at the time, Morgan appeared to be in considerable pain as he left the pitch while holding his side. After the incident, Hazard came forward to protest his innocence. The former Lille superstar, whose career in west London was just starting out, insisted that he was trying to kick the ball – and not Charlie. But the cameras in Wales caught it all. Hazard said:

The youngster took to Twitter to confirm that he’d spoken to Hazard and wouldn’t be pressing charges. South Wales Police also stated that no action would be taken against the former Lille star, who was 22 at the time. Charlie, it turned out, was the 17-year-old son of Swansea director Martin Morgan – owner of the Morgans Hotel and worth a reported £65 million, according to The Sun.

In the aftermath of the Hazard incident, Charlie’s social media following went from 600 to a staggering 100,000. Several newspapers, meanwhile, revealed the youngster lived an ‘enviable lifestyle’ involving luxury holidays and flash cars – and that hasn’t changed in the 11 years following the incident. Let’s take a deep dive into the archives to see how his life has panned out after being kicked by Hazard.

Charlie’s Life Post-Hazard

Charlie, thanks to his hard work, initiative and all-round persistence, is now well and truly living – and enjoying – the high life. Three years after his well-documented clash with Hazard, he realised his dream of setting up his own business after spotting a gap in the alcohol market.

Alongside his friend and now Managing Director of the company, Jackson Quinn, the pair created Au Vodka – a vision that stemmed from watching their pals unwrap bottles of their favourite vodka on their 18th, 19th and 20th birthdays. Per the Manchester Evening News, Au Vodka went from a one-time limited run of 2,000 bottles (sold to local bars in Swansea) to manufacturing a remarkable 35,000 bottles daily.

Popular with young adults thanks in part to its eye-catching gold design, Au Vodka comes in ten flavours: Au Original, Black Grape, Blue Raspberry, Fruit Punch, Red Cherry, Green Watermelon, Pineapple Crush, Bubblegum, Pink Lemonade and Cosmic Berries. A limited-edition Double Espresso Coffee Liqueur, meanwhile, was released in December 2021. The popular beverage is a mainstay on Tesco shelves UK-wide, while Sainsbury’s and Asda also sell the product, with Charlie noting their brand entering the aforementioned trio of supermarkets as a ‘big milestone’, per WalesOnline.

The brand has also gone international and can be purchased in 40 countries around the world, including Australia, Spain, the United States and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The addition of Charlie Sloth – a British DJ, producer and TV presenter – was a game-changer for the company. Jordan Major, Head of e-Commerce at Au Vodka, was quoted saying in September 2021, per Brightpearl, that Sloth’s involvement in the company took it to a new level, especially thanks to his wide range of contacts in the music industry.

The Stratospheric Rise of Au Vodka

Crowned the winner of Brightpearl’s Lightning 50 – a league table that showcases the UK’s fastest-growing retail brands – in 2021, Au Vodka’s turnover grew from £800,000 to a mind-blowing £38.5 million, according to Retail Sector. Named the most popular vodka brand on the internet by The Spirits Business, Au Vodka’s founders, Charlie and Jackson, entered The Times’ Young Rich List in 2022, with an estimated fortune of £40 million each.

Au Vodka was also named by The Times as the number one company to watch in 2023, per the MEN’s report, and it has become the best-selling premium vodka in the UK. Per BBC, Au Vodka was valued around the £150 million mark in August 2023 after Jake Paul helped to propel the Swansea-based start-up. That’s right – Paul, who is famed for his online personality and involvement in YouTuber boxing, had a tattoo of their bottle temporarily inked onto his body for £250,000.

Charlie’s Position on The Sunday Times’ Young Rich List

In the year of 2023, both Charlie and Jackson made The Sunday Times’ Rich List – Richest People Under 35 in the UK for the second year running. They sat in joint 27th spot with a personal fortune of £55 million each. To put that into perspective, the Au Vodka duo were even higher on the list than One Direction superstars Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson (£54 million each). They were even above England captain Harry Kane (£51 million).

Morgan and Jackson are now closing in on Harry Potter megastar Emma Watson (£60 million) and Premier League star Raheem Sterling (£61 million). Their worth is growing so exponentially that it might not be too much longer before they’re knocking on the doors of former Welsh footballer Gareth Bale (£70 million) and pop star Dua Lipa (£75 million).

In May 2024, The Sunday Times revealed the richest people under 40 in the UK and Charlie was rubbing shoulders with the likes of Adele, Harry Styles and Sir Lewis Hamilton. Making the list by the skin of his teeth, Charlie – worth an eye-catching £56 million – had fallen below the aforementioned Kane but was still surrounded by a plethora of names, highlighting the inspiration in his story.

Morgan Reveals All About His Story

Reflecting on what has been such a whirlwind journey so far, per Wales Online, Morgan insisted in 2022 that it’s difficult to sit and appreciate his and Jackson’s work when the next big thing for the company is seemingly always on the horizon. That said, he suggested that there was more to come from him and his pal’s start-up, which further highlights the pair’s drive to become the crème de la crème in the vodka sector.

“It’s almost hard to take a moment to reflect when we have the next big project coming up and there is always something new we’re working on. But, looking back on how far we have come, it’s been such an immense journey with plenty of milestones hit and definitely so much more to come.

Going off the increase in Au Vodka’s value over the years and the brand’s global status nowadays, it is safe to say that Charlie is well on his way to dominating the vodka sector. Was being booted by Hazard a sliding door moment for him? Who knows? But it’s certainly been some journey for one of football’s most famous former ball boys.

Charlie and Hazard Met Up on 11-Year Anniversary

A total of 11 years on from the pair clashing on the sidelines, they linked up to endorse his product in 2024. Hazard, widely regarded as one of the greatest left-wingers in Premier League history, took to X (formerly Twitter) to post a picture of the two with grins from ear to ear. He wrote:

Since hanging up his boots following a torrid stint in the Spanish capital, Hazard has spent his new-found downtime as a one-off tour guide for Chelsea, highlighting his tight bond with the capital club, while also featuring in Soccer Aid – a charity football match in aid of UNICEF. Elsewhere, he has been giving Charlie free promotion as part of his decade-long apology.