Football Gone Mad
The news dominating headlines right now is the purported transfer of Kaka the Brazilian football superstar from AC Milan to Manchester City not United, City!
Since their purchase by the 15 billion dollar, Abu Dubai Corporation, City has been basking in the euphoria of their new found status as the World Richest Club!
They stole Robinho under the noses of the former holders of the title-Chelsea, which was then seen as a major coup now they are gunning for the Mother of All Coups by bidding for the services of Kaka for wait for it, 100 million euros and rumors have it that his wages could be $500,000 a week. Damn! am in the wrong business.
A lot of pundits and soccer analysts have questioned the move, concluding that ultimately it is not a good move for the Citizens for a number of reasons. They are as follows:
1. Thier Attack so far this season has not been the problem in fact they are the second highest scoring side behind Chelsea.
2. The back four of Manchester are leaking goals like a basket and one would have considered buying defenders such Alex or some defensive midfielders as a logical priority.
3. The high wage differential between players could cause major unrest in the dressing room. I know it did in Chelsea's case where in the first season that Ballack and Scevchenko came in they were earning more than Terry and Lampard which prompted everyone,ok almost everyone to ask for a renewed contract. Robben then was quoted as saying that "There were some people that don't anything but earn large amounts of money". Robinho maybe could also be asking himself, "if i had only known how rich this guy was ,i could have asked for more'. sob ,sob.
4. They will get victimized by clubs in future transfer dealings. Many clubs would double or triple prices of players when they hear City is asking for their services.
Well, if one was a Manchester City fan, one could not be bothered. The thought of seeing a great player such as Kaka in blue jersey week in week out is absolutely mouth-watering. Besides there are some reasons the move could work in their favor.
1. All eyes will be definitely be on City now. This move might be a marketing gimmick that has got everyone paying attention to them and "as God come punish Devil" as they say in my country Nigeria, if City were now to do well on the football pitch and become a Champions league Team then the i guess its mission accomplished.
2. Sales of memorabilia would increase as their fans swells which it definitely will . TV revenues would also improve considerably.
In the days of the "Galaticos" the Real Madrid president was quoted as saying that the money generated by the big name players covered up the wages paid them.
All in all, it could out out positive for the citizens.
Some say it is immoral to pay such amount for one player and it is spoiling football. then maybe those that share that view can answer these questions.
Is David Bently or Micheal Carrick worth 17 million pounds or is Wayne Rooney worth more than Christano Ronaldo at 30 million pounds.
In my view if this move of Manchester city is spoiling football then football was spoilt years ago. Remember the days when Manchester United then richest club in the world upsatged Liverpool as the kings of the English game or the Galacticos era then followed by the Roman Revolution at Chelsea.
So, I guess this is Move over -heralding the "Citizen's Renaissance".
Go to http:// chinedubond.blogspot.com. that's my blog
Since their purchase by the 15 billion dollar, Abu Dubai Corporation, City has been basking in the euphoria of their new found status as the World Richest Club!
They stole Robinho under the noses of the former holders of the title-Chelsea, which was then seen as a major coup now they are gunning for the Mother of All Coups by bidding for the services of Kaka for wait for it, 100 million euros and rumors have it that his wages could be $500,000 a week. Damn! am in the wrong business.
A lot of pundits and soccer analysts have questioned the move, concluding that ultimately it is not a good move for the Citizens for a number of reasons. They are as follows:
1. Thier Attack so far this season has not been the problem in fact they are the second highest scoring side behind Chelsea.
2. The back four of Manchester are leaking goals like a basket and one would have considered buying defenders such Alex or some defensive midfielders as a logical priority.
3. The high wage differential between players could cause major unrest in the dressing room. I know it did in Chelsea's case where in the first season that Ballack and Scevchenko came in they were earning more than Terry and Lampard which prompted everyone,ok almost everyone to ask for a renewed contract. Robben then was quoted as saying that "There were some people that don't anything but earn large amounts of money". Robinho maybe could also be asking himself, "if i had only known how rich this guy was ,i could have asked for more'. sob ,sob.
4. They will get victimized by clubs in future transfer dealings. Many clubs would double or triple prices of players when they hear City is asking for their services.
Well, if one was a Manchester City fan, one could not be bothered. The thought of seeing a great player such as Kaka in blue jersey week in week out is absolutely mouth-watering. Besides there are some reasons the move could work in their favor.
1. All eyes will be definitely be on City now. This move might be a marketing gimmick that has got everyone paying attention to them and "as God come punish Devil" as they say in my country Nigeria, if City were now to do well on the football pitch and become a Champions league Team then the i guess its mission accomplished.
2. Sales of memorabilia would increase as their fans swells which it definitely will . TV revenues would also improve considerably.
In the days of the "Galaticos" the Real Madrid president was quoted as saying that the money generated by the big name players covered up the wages paid them.
All in all, it could out out positive for the citizens.
Some say it is immoral to pay such amount for one player and it is spoiling football. then maybe those that share that view can answer these questions.
Is David Bently or Micheal Carrick worth 17 million pounds or is Wayne Rooney worth more than Christano Ronaldo at 30 million pounds.
In my view if this move of Manchester city is spoiling football then football was spoilt years ago. Remember the days when Manchester United then richest club in the world upsatged Liverpool as the kings of the English game or the Galacticos era then followed by the Roman Revolution at Chelsea.
So, I guess this is Move over -heralding the "Citizen's Renaissance".
Go to http:// chinedubond.blogspot.com. that's my blog
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