After a request from a friend to post something about yet another newspaper-selling-novel here i am again :-)
Moutinho is a young soccer player that was formed in Sporting's schools. He is, in my opinion, an average (slightly above to be fairer) midfielder that made one or two good seasons but failed in the last one (as did the whole team actually).
Currently there are talks that he was sold to FCP for 11M Euros partly because of problems with management. On this matter, and without knowing all the facts, i am tempted to side with the player.
First of all soccer is no longer a sport ( and thanks to FUEFA not even a show) - it is a business as any other (take a look at Bozman's case and you'll know it's true). Secondly the owner of the pass is the club and he has the final word, hence it was the club that sold Moutinho. Finally, why not ? Are people really expecting to see a player forever in the same team ?
You might say "He could have went to a foreign club, not a direct competitor" and you could have some very very slight reason ... had it not been for the fact that Sporting refused an offer to sell to Everton in the past (i think there were other offers).
So in the end there is NO Moutinho case !!! This is just rubish journalism material to sell newspapers on a daily base.
Moutinho is a young soccer player that was formed in Sporting's schools. He is, in my opinion, an average (slightly above to be fairer) midfielder that made one or two good seasons but failed in the last one (as did the whole team actually).
Currently there are talks that he was sold to FCP for 11M Euros partly because of problems with management. On this matter, and without knowing all the facts, i am tempted to side with the player.
First of all soccer is no longer a sport ( and thanks to FUEFA not even a show) - it is a business as any other (take a look at Bozman's case and you'll know it's true). Secondly the owner of the pass is the club and he has the final word, hence it was the club that sold Moutinho. Finally, why not ? Are people really expecting to see a player forever in the same team ?
You might say "He could have went to a foreign club, not a direct competitor" and you could have some very very slight reason ... had it not been for the fact that Sporting refused an offer to sell to Everton in the past (i think there were other offers).
So in the end there is NO Moutinho case !!! This is just rubish journalism material to sell newspapers on a daily base.
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Yellow my portuguese friend, as you can read in the following link, JMoutinhos was not formed in the Sporting Schools... (Portimonense)
http://www.record.xl.pt/noticia.aspx?id=84e93a0b-eec8-433d-ae5e-a5c73cf0e933&idCanal=00000024-0000-0000-0000-000000000024
Well for me Moutinho is not the big issue here but the fact we are creating a bad situation. From now on if another player says he wants to leave what excuse we have to hold him? And we should always have the best interests of the cub first not the player's.
And this whole story is very poorly explained. I saw that sad excuse of coach saying that Moutinho would keep his captaincy but then saying that if it was him he would not give it to him. Then he said he prefers to have three captains. It does'nt take a genius to understand that Moutinho's role was going to be very undermined this year. He did right in my opinion.
And what of the signings for this year? How much more money are we going to give Braga!!!!!!!!!!!!? Are we going to pay for all their signings....? To buy 28 year old unknown player for 3 millions from a rival is foolish to say the last. I am disappointed in our club.
Hi Anonymous (i like this name :-) ) i stand corrected, hehehe.
Dear Catarina, i totally understand what you are trying to say - something fishy there.
About the precedent, don't worry because these things already happen (maybe in a more glamorous low-profile way but they do - all over soccer world).
But, as the artist formerly know as Prince would say ... sign oooooof the times :-)
thank fuefa for not having a rule in the poor shame of corruption that soccer worldwide (and Portugal in specific) is becoming.
But hey .. i totally get it : as long as there are vuvuzelas (that nobody in the fu**ing world liked) everything is good.
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