Silly Season
Sunday, 28 June 09, 10:02 AM · Comments(1)
by Joel Abraham
Eto'o to Man City? His dodgy knees and inflated transfer fees aside, this could be a good move for City. I'll stick my neck out and say that Eto'o would be a big hit in the Premier
League.
Does anybody else think David Villa is overrated? He and his Spanish teammates have been less than impressive during the Confederations Cup. Villa scores hatfuls against cupcake teams in La
Liga who happily sit back and let you destroy them. He's undoubtedly a talented player, but he's not a difference maker in the big games. Dani Guiza, on the other hand, would be a good bit of
business. (I began writing this before Guiza vindicated me by scoring twice in the last minute against South Africa.)
The Edin Dzeko rumours look to be over. “I am staying at Wolfsburg,” Dzeko told Sky Sport 24 this morning. “But I am not happy. I would like to join Milan, but I am tied to a contract and the
club have decided not to release me.” I don't usually like to engage with transfer speculation, but hopefully this means Milan will take Adebayor from us. Please. I'm begging you.
How is everybody else coping with the unbearable audio onslaught of the vuvuzelas? I'm watching my TV with the volume right down, and it still sounds like it's been infested with wasps. Fifa
general secretary Jerome Valcke said last year the vuvuzela would not be banned unless it was used as a weapon by fighting fans. Any ideas on how to instigate a mass vuvuzela brawl? Of course,
the other way to shut them up is to do what Guiza did, and just score a couple of last-minute goals. But even that's no guarantee, as halfway through writing that sentence, Mphela scored again.
Mute.
Arsenal set to make £40m Franck Ribery bid, say Goal.com. Any football fan can take one look at that and know that it's been made up on the spot. Come on, if you're going to make up transfer
rumours, at least make it believable. Try "Wenger after £7m Lens striker", or "Arsenal look to snap up African starlet".
Lastly, I'd like to doff my cap to Katlego Mphela, who's brightened up this rainy Sunday afternoon and given me an extra half hour of football. Meaningless match, pointless tournament, but what
a game! Extra points to Mphela for his excellent John Cena "u can't c me" goal celebration. If a player celebrates a goal next season by posing like Randy Orton, then I'll go on record here and
promise them a pint. A cracking free kick by Mphela, but what a terrible wall from Spain. Why can't teams do walls properly these days?
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Villa's not overrated, his record at International and domestic level is brilliant, both against 'cupcake' La Liga teams and the rest. Obvious goals in the Euros - LINK - as well as for Valencia, winners in 05 against Real and Barca etc.
The vuvuzelas are ridiculous, been watching most of the games on mute.