Morality of Football 2
Now although you can't get too ethical in football, surely you can still try to be reasonable with your act. That's what separate us from Chelsea after all.
I despise them when they snatched SWP away for it's obvious that Mourinho did that just to make sure that his most serious opponent didn't get the guy. He didn't need SWP for goodness sake and he knew that we need SWP very much as we have always been too leftsided. He did not give a damn on the player's future career.
Mourinho made use of Roman's money to dominate the transfer market, without caring for others by buying overpriced players. Nowadays everyone waits for Chelsea's move without deciding to sell their good players. That is destroying football and that, regardless of whether is ethical or not, is not wise.
What about Arsenal? Did we not snatch Cesc away from Barca? Well yes we did but by the time we took him away, he was still very much raw material, good one nonetheless. And most importantly, we needed him and played him. He wouldn't be in Barca's first team action has he stayed. And we never used money as a bait. Cesc came to us on his own, believing that he could improve under Wenger's supervision.
I dare not talk about Flamini as I am not really clear about his situation.
Now we got to Walcott. This is really amusing. I still remember sometimes ago that some articles complained about how Premiership clubs are buying from clubs outside the league instead of buying English players from lower division clubs, while the Premiership club are arguing that English talents are often overpriced.
So now, while we can 'unethically' agree with Walcott to bring his transfer into tribunal, the player has stated his preference for us anyway, we decided to do this more properly by offering Southampton 5 million initial fee. That would raise to 12 million based on performance, which is again fair, considering that despite the hype Walcott is still very much a raw potential.
And here's three important questions. Do we need him? Yes we do. Because he can one day be as good as Rooney and when he is priced at 30 million, we can never buy him. Wenger, being such a stingy manager, will never buy someone just to make sure the talent doesn't go elsewhere. He has even let go Mascherano just because PV decided to stay on last season. He hates to destroy a player's future.
Second question: Do Southampton actually want to sell him? Yes they do. Can't you tell? They are just trying to get as much money as they could by playing the waiting game. Surely they played with the wrong opponent as Wenger is not someone who can be lured into buying overpriced player.
Third and probably most important one, will this move benefit the player? Again, yes! He can train with more superior training facilities at Arsenal, alongside superior players and supervised by quality coaches.How can he not improve? He will become a better player even if he may not play for us for his entire career.
And for the sake of everyone else, I think it benefits England too as this player may well be one of the future stars of England.
So what's the moral problem here? The moral problem here is Mourinho who again tries to unsettle the player by getting involved in the whole transfer saga. He did that with Diaby too. Seems like the special one still can't get over the christmas card incident.
I despise them when they snatched SWP away for it's obvious that Mourinho did that just to make sure that his most serious opponent didn't get the guy. He didn't need SWP for goodness sake and he knew that we need SWP very much as we have always been too leftsided. He did not give a damn on the player's future career.
Mourinho made use of Roman's money to dominate the transfer market, without caring for others by buying overpriced players. Nowadays everyone waits for Chelsea's move without deciding to sell their good players. That is destroying football and that, regardless of whether is ethical or not, is not wise.
What about Arsenal? Did we not snatch Cesc away from Barca? Well yes we did but by the time we took him away, he was still very much raw material, good one nonetheless. And most importantly, we needed him and played him. He wouldn't be in Barca's first team action has he stayed. And we never used money as a bait. Cesc came to us on his own, believing that he could improve under Wenger's supervision.
I dare not talk about Flamini as I am not really clear about his situation.
Now we got to Walcott. This is really amusing. I still remember sometimes ago that some articles complained about how Premiership clubs are buying from clubs outside the league instead of buying English players from lower division clubs, while the Premiership club are arguing that English talents are often overpriced.
So now, while we can 'unethically' agree with Walcott to bring his transfer into tribunal, the player has stated his preference for us anyway, we decided to do this more properly by offering Southampton 5 million initial fee. That would raise to 12 million based on performance, which is again fair, considering that despite the hype Walcott is still very much a raw potential.
And here's three important questions. Do we need him? Yes we do. Because he can one day be as good as Rooney and when he is priced at 30 million, we can never buy him. Wenger, being such a stingy manager, will never buy someone just to make sure the talent doesn't go elsewhere. He has even let go Mascherano just because PV decided to stay on last season. He hates to destroy a player's future.
Second question: Do Southampton actually want to sell him? Yes they do. Can't you tell? They are just trying to get as much money as they could by playing the waiting game. Surely they played with the wrong opponent as Wenger is not someone who can be lured into buying overpriced player.
Third and probably most important one, will this move benefit the player? Again, yes! He can train with more superior training facilities at Arsenal, alongside superior players and supervised by quality coaches.How can he not improve? He will become a better player even if he may not play for us for his entire career.
And for the sake of everyone else, I think it benefits England too as this player may well be one of the future stars of England.
So what's the moral problem here? The moral problem here is Mourinho who again tries to unsettle the player by getting involved in the whole transfer saga. He did that with Diaby too. Seems like the special one still can't get over the christmas card incident.
posted by phoenix chix at 11:47 AM
3 Comments:
You make some excellent points in both posts.
For me, the ethical question doesn't arise because now-a-days players are being bought at young ages, it's the nature of the game now. If it was not happening and we started the trend, then that would disturb me, but it's happening and it has happened in the past as well.
There is always a danger of grabbing a player too early or that a player won't be able to handle the spotlight, but that's a whole other issue that might need some looking into.
Anyway, with Arsene Wenger, you have a coach who gives young players chances and allows them to grow. Just look at all the youngsters in the squad, it's pretty amazing.
I think it's a great move for Walcott too; as he's stated that he wants to be with his idol Henry.
How our mood has changed over a few days-- from despair to excitement. I love this game.
Well said Percy, even without us making move, Walcott will leave Soton sooner than later. Gone are the days when clubs count on the talent of the local boys. They scout all over the world for the young talent.
Sigh.. it's cruel for the fans of the lesser clubs but that's how things work. Indeed this season has been anything but predictable for Arsenal fans. What a rollercoaster ride.
I am very happy that Wenger scored a few points over Mourinho with the purchases of Diaby and Walchott. But then again the key is that the players wanted to come to us. You can't fault Chelsea for trying their luck by bidding for both players. I think players are realising that signing for Chelsea and warming their subs bench might not be a good career move after all no matter how much you are been paid.
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