The Mailbox ponders the prospect of Harry Kane doing the unthinkable. Also: swerving sponsors; Saudi motivation; and the David De Gea farce at Man Utd. Get your views in to theeditorfootball365.com…
So, regarding the matter with De Gea being offered a contract, then United withdrawing their offer blah blah blah, point being is that United & De Gea both need a fresh start and it’s time to go separate ways. United don’t seem to value De Gea as they once did and is understandable in the sense that De Gea hasn’t been at his peak since the end of the 2017/18 season.
I am old enough to remember Trevor Francis as the first £1m player back in c 1978. The first £2m was c 1990 and by virtue of Blackburns money £5m was reached in 94. Today decent players are hitting the hundred mark. If the 1978 to date footballer inflation ratio was attached to more necessary items like a home, car or a pint we would be driving modest £130k cars, living in £3.5m semis and enjoying cheeky pints for about £40. More appalled than angry.
So yes, net spend isn’t that useful of a metric, at least not on its own in isolation. But it’s still probably more useful overall than focusing on gross spend. And it’s definitely still useful in specific cases as described above.Given that Chelsea were bought by venture capitalists I can’t say I’m surprised at the asset stripping. Let’s see if the money gets reinvested or if dividends shoot up?
As a Champ Man reply, Helder Postiga occupies a special little place in my bile duct for doing exactly what Huckerby did against you – always scored. Usually winners or late minute equalisers. The git.Re Eric’s near misses, there are the goals that could have been beautiful and the goals that could have led to something beautiful. For the latter, two stand out. Both games conspicuously missing Roy Keane.
In terms of would-be beautiful goals that hit a post – Pirlo v England, Adriano v Juve, Suarez v Arsenal, that Messi free kick v Atletico and, in fairness, that Jamie Carragher strike in his last ever game.Paul K, London wrote in with a long entry on reasons why players might move to the Saudi league, and ends by concluding “if you think is the only reason especially for the Muslim players then I think you are Islamophobic”.
But yes, thank the heavens for MBS and PIF finally providing footballers with a “viable alternative” to getting ‘sprayed with alcohol and pork’ .
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