Newsgroup: it.sport.calcio.milan
Titolo: rotfl di steven howard, capo dei servizi sportivi del sun

il sun è il più letto dei giornali inglesi, è una vera spazzatura, ma 
anche uno dei più ricchi, di proprietà di mr sky, rupert murdoch
siccome a ridere da sola non c'è gusto ve lo riporto tutto, ma già le 
prime due righe promettono bene:D anche i commenti dei lettori che si 
sbellicano dalle risate non sono male...
STEVEN HOWARD - Chief sports writer
*WELL, you can't really blame Kaka now can you?*
I mean would you join the same club as Craig Bellamy?
Bellamy's arrival at Manchester City --- suitably pictured yesterday in a 
City shirt with a Thomas Cook logo after making his eighth move --- has 
had a greater knock-on effect than even the most jaded cynics feared.
First, Kaka turns down £500,000-a-week and then Robinho does a runner.
It's been a farce from start to finish.
In fact, going all the way back to the summer when Ronaldinho, who never 
at any time had the slightest intention of joining City, turned down 
their kind inquiries and scooted off to the San Siro.
Since then the great City PR machine has linked them to Messi, Ronaldo, 
Torres, Buffon, Casillas, Villa, Senna, etc, etc.
And how many have they got? Precisely. Which, as we now know, has not 
gone down well with Robinho.
The collapse of the Kaka deal also won't have gone down well with those 
pundits who thought it was all a bit of innocent fun, a one-off that 
wouldn't impinge on the market place.
Really?
Not according to Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness, commenting 
yesterday on a potential Franck Ribery move to AC Milan?
The former German international said: "If Kaka is worth 120million then 
Franck is worth 150m. And that's what we want."
Then we come to the wonga City HAVE splashed.
The small matter of £14m --- probably £6m over the top --- on Bellamy, a 
player whose price has nearly doubled after scoring nine goals in 23 
appearances over two seasons at West Ham.
An astonishing £18m, according to German press, on Nigel de Jong who we 
are told is a "battler".
And £12m --- plus £90,000-a-week wages --- on Wayne Bridge.
The domino effect of City's "price is no object" transfer market splurge 
is huge, further evidenced by Sam Allardyce claiming Roque Santa Cruz is 
now worth £40m to him at Blackburn.
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Even worse are the rumours that Daniel Sturridge could be used as a 
makeweight in the Santa Cruz deal while Michael Johnson, another of 
City's home-grown stars, could also go in any transfer that takes Shay 
Given from Newcastle to Eastlands.
Sturridge a "makeweight"?
This boy is a real player, one who, in normal circumstances, would be a 
vital part of City's future and not used as a bargaining chip.
These then are just some of the ramifications of Kaka's fee, wages and 
conditions becoming public knowledge.
And then we come to the handling of the collapsed transfer.
City executive chairman Garry Cook, looking about as charmless as 
Chelsea's Peter Kenyon, accused Milan of "bottling it".
That they never actually got to sit down with Kaka because "the 
behaviour of AC Milan got in the way" --- Cook contemptuously talking 
about the seven-time European Cup winners as if they were a Blue Square 
Premier side.
That Milan bowed to public demand or, as he said: "The political 
pressure they came under and the public space that they were trying to 
live this negotiation through maybe changed the conditions."
Hopefully the seven-strong City delegation that blew the deal included 
an interpreter --- to translate Cook into English.
The Kaka camp, on the other hand, say they were not particularly 
impressed with the City negotiators.
Hypocrisy
One said: "We thought they were serious but they acted as if it was just 
a game."
Which begs the question: Would City have landed their man had, say, 
someone like Jose Mourinho been their manager?
Cook concluded: "It's a shame Kaka won't be able to join us on our 
journey. But the only journey AC Milan were on was a fiscal one."
What remarkable hypocrisy from a man representing a club whose whole 
'trip' is based on the limitless petro-dollars of owner Sheikh Mansour.
So it's back to the drawing-board for City while the rest of football 
acclaims Kaka's honour in resisting what the Eastlands money men thought 
was an offer he couldn't refuse.
And tough titty for the posse of agents who hoped to get their grubby 
mitts on £30m in commission.
City fans will also need a decompression chamber to cope with the bends 
as they come back up for air.
Or as one internet correspondent quipped: "They must feel like they were 
going to star in a blue movie with Scarlett Johansson only to end up 
playing a minor role in an Iceland TV ad opposite Kerry Katona."
That's a bit harsh on Craig Bellamy! 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2153306.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=Football

 Chelsea's Peter Kenyon...
rotfl
-- 
e se va bene a me,
buona oliva a tutti.
R. PatoSaclà

 I mean would you join the same club as Craig Bellamy?
posso chiedere cosa c'e' di male a giocare con Bellamy ( ho letto piu 
persone - per lo piu inglesi - sottolineare questo fatto )
vabbe' che e' Gallese, ma non credo che Kaka non verrebbe al Tripolitania 
perche' hanno preso Tomasson ( al suo arrivo al Milan poteva valre come un 
Bellamy qualunque )
e' odiato ? per quale motivo ?
 

 e' odiato ? per quale motivo ?
viene considerato uno scarpone, insomma non è uno dalla classe di ruud 
van nisterlroy, di un giggs, di un rooney, drogba
sai, pensano che uno come kakà debba giocare al fianco di giocatori di 
quel livello, gli dai torto?
Carolina72

 quel livello, gli dai torto?
si ma povero belly !!!! :/(  ( che ci ha rotto il cu. in Galles-Italia 
qualche anno fa )
concordo :p 

Gronkio ha scritto:

A parte che nella squadra dove giocava prima ha quasi ammazzato un 
compagno con una mazza da golf per un motivo futile ?
Niente !   ;)

 That's a bit harsh on Craig Bellamy!
In effetti, povero!
- W.

 playing a minor role in an Iceland TV ad opposite Kerry Katona."
Qui non rido... Per dieci minuti non siamo stati anche un po' peggio... 
;)
-- 
Lady of the Rings #22#
"Questa notte che certamente ha molte nuvole e poche stelle, ma tu sei 
una di queste [...] Guardatelo bene: ha un aspetto umano ma è un punto 
esclamativo pervaso da energia venuto dallo spazio. Si chiama Igor 
Cassina, e non ce n'è per nessuno!" (Andrea Fusco, Atene 2004)

 a minor role in an Iceland TV ad opposite Kerry Katona."
Qui non rido... Per dieci minuti non siamo stati anche un po' peggio... 
;)
-- 
Lady of the Rings #22#
Il saggio cerca di raggiungere l’assenza di dolore, non il piacere. 
(Aristotele)