Friday Backpasses: I can see my house from here

For anyone who watched the Furman-College of Charleston match on FSC tonight (which I am currently watching the replay of), I can tell you that the weather was probably even worse than what you saw. What a nasty, dreary day.

Another Middle Eastern owner in the EPL? [The Sun]
Rob Styles may quit refereeing over Beye's overturned red card [Daily Mail]
Seattle Sounders to hold open tryouts and make it a reality series [MLS Rumors]

Lionel Messi's brother arrested on a gun charge [Mirror]
Wenger does not like Gallas going being pictured with an unlit cigarette. Suddenly Joey Barton's looking slightly better as a youth role model [Soccernet]

And, finally:
Neven Subotic turned down by DFB. The possibility remains that he will turn out for US as a full international [Fan Nation]