The player formerly known as Paul ''Gazza'' Gascoigne has revealed his new name, a change he made to distance himself from his troubled past of alcohol abuse and outrageous behavior. He will now no longer answer to Paul or Gazza, but to G8, a combination of his surname and shirt number.
''G8 is right for us now,'' said Gascoigne. ''It sounds a bit like great, or it does with my Geordie accent.''