Its Called News

14/08/2008 by admin.

A bit of a football related rant today….

Lets have a look at the players:

• Ronaldo - Man Utd - Real Madrid
• Kaka - Barcelona - Chelsea
• Rhonaldinho - Barcelona - Chelsea/Man City
• Eto - Barcelona - Chelsea/Spurs
• Lampard - Chelsea - Inter Milan
• Drogba - Chelsea - Barcelona
• Berbatov - Spurs - Man Utd
• Adebayor - Aresenal to AC Milan

That is a formidable list of players and would probably cost more than the third world debt in transfer fees….but they have one thing in common - none of them have happened.

The agents and papers are as much to blame as the players, after that the clubs join in too!

The agents think they can either get more money by (a) Forcing a move for the player, getting a percentage of signing on fees, wages and bonuses. (b) Getting an increased pay deal for the player from the current club (c) Selling the story to the papers. This goes for the players too.

The papers think they are being oh-so clever by working things out - EG Jose is managing Inter….he used to manage Chelsea….Lampard plays for Chelsea….Jose wants to sign Lampard - QED yes?

Then the clubs get in on it - for example - Berbatov: Nothing has been said about him leaving and Man Utd bring out a statement saying “….Berbatov is an excellent player, but is a Spurs player…..blah, blah, blah!”

This is really getting on my nerves, and this is why I try to emphasise to my son that you shouldn’t belive the rumours in the paper, no matter how big it says EXCLUSIVE!

/rant over

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