Dear Rafa,

Thanks for letting me go to the Olympics. You know it means a lot to me. Especially as I haven’t won too much lately and I knew we’d have a good chance to doing the business down in China.

Still, if we win I promise to dedicate my success to you. I really do. You’re a very important person in my life. You really are. I hope to God, I can take another gold to Liverpool.

By the way, how did the meeting with Rick Parry go? Are you friends now? I hope so because I really don’t want another season of bickering going on. You know it’s not good for morale. Besides, Stevie G gets all bossy when you’re under pressure and I can’t take him telling me what to do all the time.

I saw the game against Sunderland on satellite TV. Thank God for Torres is all I can say. And Xabi did a pretty good job too. It’s a shame Stevie G never lets him take the free-kicks.

I’ve been working on my passing down here in China so you’ll be impressed when you see me. I’m sure.

I just wanted to let you know that I was thinking of you.

All the best,
Javier

PS Did Ryan give you the Peking Duck I told him to take back for you?

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