There was much tear-jerking comment on an Argentine radio earlier today about the love Messi feels for Barcelona, and the sadness he feels for his friend and neighbour Luis Suarez who has been told he is surplus to requirements by new coach Ronald Koeman. Appearing on the same programme I felt compelled to introduce a touch of reality on the Messi/FC Barcelona saga. The current story involving Messi and Barcelona is one of egos, politics and greed, a less than edifying example for a world suffering dislocation, deprivation, suffering and …
Football is a noble game –or isn’t it?
So what do you get in football for £240m? You get a group of individuals playing for themselves rather than each other, who disintegrate when resisted by more humble teams with a basic sense of solidarity, and a stadium abandoned by a mercenary fan base who can only too clearly see when they have a got bad deal. That was the sad story of the Real Madrid players on Wednesday night as they tumbled out of the Champions League at the Bernabeu stadium having fallen to the magnificent Lyon musketeers. …