Loud Noises Coming From Elsewhere On July Fourth
While it's Independence Day in the United States, the fireworks all seem to be coming from overseas footcer. The biggest explosion was Chelsea offering and English record transfer fee for Steven Gerrard (32 million pounds).
The natural comment here would be to talk about how Chelsea is ruining footcer with these huge transfers but I take a different tact on this. I'm thinking Chelsea is pulling a Manchester United. A lot of people complain that Manchester United is investing in South Korean international Ji-sun Park only to capitalize on the Asian market.
Similarly I'd like to make the claim (even though have "watched" Park at PSV last season I dispute the first mentioned issue people have) that Chelsea want Gerrard to make themselves more popular in the English market. Most people's complaint about the London club (after of course that they buy a team) is that they don't invest in English talent.
Well, there you go, an English international of the highest caliber who could come to London. Though why they're spending so much money on a midfielder when they've got issues trying to sign a striker (mostly because so many teams won't play their game), I'm not sure - if not my claim.
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Similar big explosions are happening at Real Madrid in Spain. Besides Steven Gerrard himself (he's got to be getting a huge ego over all of these big money clubs fighting over him), the La Liga side is looking at 24 different options to sign.
A lot of people complain that Real Madrid isn't going to bring over their best players in their tour of the United States in a couple of weeks. But defending the Galacticos, I'm not sure even they know who their first team is going to be starting the season.
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The biggest shakeup, however, involves very little money in comparison. Nigeria, on the outside looking in as far as World Cup qualification goes, is looking for a new coach.
And since African qualifying starts up again very soon, they're looking for someone to start next week or before.
I'm not sure that they won't be able to achieve this since despite their successes in the world, how many people are going to want to coach in Nigeria? The list of people is going to be pretty short coming from the other direction.
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There is one thing going on in the United States footcer-wise today. In what could be the match of the season, New England travels to a sold out Home Depot Center to play the Galaxy in a July 4 extravaganza.
While Angelpool is on the skids right now, the atmosphere alone is going to have me glued to Fox Soccer Channel. That is when I'm not distracted by the setting off of fireworks elsewhere.
The natural comment here would be to talk about how Chelsea is ruining footcer with these huge transfers but I take a different tact on this. I'm thinking Chelsea is pulling a Manchester United. A lot of people complain that Manchester United is investing in South Korean international Ji-sun Park only to capitalize on the Asian market.
Similarly I'd like to make the claim (even though have "watched" Park at PSV last season I dispute the first mentioned issue people have) that Chelsea want Gerrard to make themselves more popular in the English market. Most people's complaint about the London club (after of course that they buy a team) is that they don't invest in English talent.
Well, there you go, an English international of the highest caliber who could come to London. Though why they're spending so much money on a midfielder when they've got issues trying to sign a striker (mostly because so many teams won't play their game), I'm not sure - if not my claim.
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Similar big explosions are happening at Real Madrid in Spain. Besides Steven Gerrard himself (he's got to be getting a huge ego over all of these big money clubs fighting over him), the La Liga side is looking at 24 different options to sign.
A lot of people complain that Real Madrid isn't going to bring over their best players in their tour of the United States in a couple of weeks. But defending the Galacticos, I'm not sure even they know who their first team is going to be starting the season.
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The biggest shakeup, however, involves very little money in comparison. Nigeria, on the outside looking in as far as World Cup qualification goes, is looking for a new coach.
And since African qualifying starts up again very soon, they're looking for someone to start next week or before.
I'm not sure that they won't be able to achieve this since despite their successes in the world, how many people are going to want to coach in Nigeria? The list of people is going to be pretty short coming from the other direction.
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There is one thing going on in the United States footcer-wise today. In what could be the match of the season, New England travels to a sold out Home Depot Center to play the Galaxy in a July 4 extravaganza.
While Angelpool is on the skids right now, the atmosphere alone is going to have me glued to Fox Soccer Channel. That is when I'm not distracted by the setting off of fireworks elsewhere.
posted by incendiarymind at 6:02 PM
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