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John Carew has been getting it in the neck from his Stoke City team-mates this week over his new tattoo, which, because of a misplaced ‘é’ accent, means ‘My life, My menstruation’.

Stoke’s John Carew has had a bit of a mare with his new neck tattoo (Action Images)

The former Aston Villa forward’s latest inking, which appears as ‘Ma Vie, Mes Régles’ on the left side of his neck, was apparently supposed to read ‘My life, My rules’.

But, either through the tattooist’s mistake or because Carew can’t spell properly, the most manly of Norwegian giants has been left with a phrase that suggests he has regular periods.

The error is on the word ‘règlès’, which – when written this way – means ‘rules’.


Oops: ‘Ma Vie, Mes Régles’ means ‘My life, My menstruation’ (Action Images)

However, the version daubed on the 6ft 5in hitman appears as ‘régles’ – a direct translation of the word for ‘period’ or ‘menstruation’.



Oops.

Still, at least he didn’t have the word ‘Mini’ tattooed in what must have been a particularly painful place …

Carew’s cock-up isn’t the first high-profile blunder from a foolish Stoke player in recent weeks.

Winger Jermaine Pennant came in for national ridicule for forgetting he owned a Porsche – until he was contacted by police to tell him it had been ticketed for several parking offences after being left outside a Spanish rail station.

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