The Football.....

[jowwy]

I would imagine a few more of that Belgian side may follow suit.

Jan V is 35
Toby A is 33

New coach will have a "rebuild" on his / her hands

de bruyne is 32 end of this season too

 

[matticus]

I heard a couple of Spanish fans being interviewed in Five Live this morning who were on their way back to the hotel for a few drinks before the match. The interviewer (Rick Edwards) said was that possible. and they just laughed.
Hypocrisy of the hard line Arab hosts?

Sounds more like inconsistent. The word "hypocrisy" is now so over-used it has almost lost all meaning ...

 

[Grant Fondo]

de bruyne is 32 end of this season too

No age! Pepe is 40 in a couple of months, still bounding around like a spring lamb .....

 

[jowwy]

No age! Pepe is 40 in a couple of months, still bounding around like a spring lamb .....

At CB….de bruyne plays CM and does a hell of a lot more running than pepe

 

[MrGrumpy]

At CB….de bruyne plays CM and does a hell of a lot more running than pepe

The best players in the world don’t need to run .

 

[jowwy]

The best players in the world don’t need to run .

Is that why ronaldo doesnt have a team anymore……unless he signs for some dubai oil club

 

[Grant Fondo]

Is that why ronaldo doesnt have a team anymore……unless he signs for some dubai oil club

At least we are saving £16m now he's legged it .... that will buy half the belgium squad lol.

 

[T4tomo]

No age! Pepe is 40 in a couple of months, still bounding around like a spring lamb .....

Carlos Valderrama played his last world cup aged 37, to be fair he wasn't great at the tournament, but he did very well in qualifying

 

[Rusty Nails]

At least we are saving £16m now he's legged it .... that will buy half the belgium squad lol.

The problem is he didn't leg it enough on the pitch, especially to help his team defend.

 

[notmyrealnamebutclose]

unless he signs for some dubai oil club

He's recently bought a v big house back home in portugal, there's some biggish fcs in portugal.
Do the math

 

[Mike_P]

Apparently he's publishing a book on team spirit, it will only be one blank page long.

 

[potsy]

Nice bit of 'giant' killing by Stockport just now, decent game.
3-1 for the league 2 club v Charlton of league 1

 

[jowwy]

He's recently bought a v big house back home in portugal, there's some biggish fcs in portugal.
Do the math

who don't want him and cant afford him...do the math

 

[Alex321]

He's recently bought a v big house back home in portugal, there's some biggish fcs in portugal.
Do the math

What "maths" would that be?

He has made more than enough money to be able to afford said house without ever playing another game.

And it is unlikley any Portuguese club could afford him unless he takes a massive pay cut. His slaary both at United and Juventus before that was in the region of £26,000,000. The highest paid Benfica player is on about €4,000,000. Their entire annual payroll is less in Euros than he was paid in sterling. Porto have a similar total payroll, though one player on €5,770,000. Sporting Lisbon are well below that on both counts. And those are the three biggest clubs in Portugal.

 

[AndyRM]

I wonder, given the kicking his reputation has taken recently, if he'd go back to where it all began with Sporting?

He doesn't need the money and it would be a huge financial boost for the club in terms of shirt sales and general interest in the club.