So it’s that time when football teams and fans compete for the coveted title of “craziest transfer of the year”.
David Villa, Barcelona’s best paid ballboy ever – so why so sad? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Barcelona fans have had plenty to celebrate over recent seasons including excelling in the “craziest transfer of the year” category – just think of the Catalans handing Samuel Eto’o to Inter along with Bentley boot loads of Euros in exchange for a year of misery with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
No surprise when Barca dumped the Swede and brought in national hero David Villa – but he got grumpy when Messi took all the penalties and free kicks and Villa’s role was reduced to handling throw-ins, but only on the left side of the field. Now Villa has moved on for 50 Euros and some change, and in comes Neymar. Without the option of boosting his goal tally through penalties and free-kicks the Brazilian wonderboy is going to find that scoring 20 goals a season more difficult than finding a Barcelona barber who knows any cut beside the mullet.
Real Madrid are going intergalactic in their pursuit of the streamlined Bale and good on the Welsh wizard for spending some of his hard earned millions on ear work rather than yet another Bentley. His investment in sleeker, metrosexual Beckham looks has turned heads, including those of Real Madrid. Question is would he sell enough shirts to fans to justify the 100 million Euro price tag.
No doubt the sight of Bale and fellow speedster Ronaldo in full flight will scare the hell out of any defenders and when the duo collide at full pace the video clip will break all records on You Tube.
Who knows who will ultimately be named the “craziest transfer of the season”. We can only be sure of one thing – Manchester United are out of the running, because nobody wants to endure the rain and grey skies now that the red nosed gum chewing Scot has left the building. I will always have a fondness for Mr Ferguson, who mortgaged the Crown Jewels to sign Juan Sebastien Veron and etched his name in the “craziest transfer of all time” Hall of Fame
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