Diego Ribas da Cunha (14 Viewers)
- Thread starter Mark
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Oh-my-God. 
The rest of your points are also crap, but this was just priceless.
The rest of your points are also crap, but this was just priceless.
I knew someone would bring up this point when I wrote it. I just waited for some idiot to do so.... well done
I'll try and explain it for you. Incase you hadn't noticed Nationality plays a big part in the price of a player. It shouldn't, I know, but it does.
Look at the transfers for English players.... Wright-Phillips 24 million, Bent 18 million.... James Milner away to sign for Man City for 30 million. I could go on and on but these guys ain't even worth half of that. It's simply because they are English. It's the same with other 'big footballing nations'. A Brazillian playmaker or a Argentinian winger usually demands a bigger fee due to a variety of reasons. the main one being the hype surrounding such players.
You rarely see big fees for guys who come from smaller nations like Bosnia. I can't believe some people actually believe Dzeko is worth 33 million (40 million Euros)
Anyway this kind of naive admiration for Dzeko is very reminiscent of Diego last season... Forgive me for being a little pessimistic
I knew someone would bring up this point when I wrote it. I just waited for some idiot to do so.... well done
I'll try and explain it for you. Incase you hadn't noticed Nationality plays a big part in the price of a player. It shouldn't, I know, but it does.
Look at the transfers for English players.... Wright-Phillips 24 million, Bent 18 million.... James Milner away to sign for Man City for 30 million. I could go on and on but these guys ain't even worth half of that. It's simply because they are English. It's the same with other 'big footballing nations'. A Brazillian playmaker or a Argentinian winger usually demands a bigger fee due to a variety of reasons. the main one being the hype surrounding such players.
You rarely see big fees for guys who come from smaller nations like Bosnia. I can't believe some people actually believe Dzeko is worth 33 million (40 million Euros)
Anyway this kind of naive admiration for Dzeko is very reminiscent of Diego last season... Forgive me for being a little pessimistic
I'll try and explain it for you. Incase you hadn't noticed Nationality plays a big part in the price of a player. It shouldn't, I know, but it does.
Look at the transfers for English players.... Wright-Phillips 24 million, Bent 18 million.... James Milner away to sign for Man City for 30 million. I could go on and on but these guys ain't even worth half of that. It's simply because they are English. It's the same with other 'big footballing nations'. A Brazillian playmaker or a Argentinian winger usually demands a bigger fee due to a variety of reasons. the main one being the hype surrounding such players.
You rarely see big fees for guys who come from smaller nations like Bosnia. I can't believe some people actually believe Dzeko is worth 33 million (40 million Euros)
Anyway this kind of naive admiration for Dzeko is very reminiscent of Diego last season... Forgive me for being a little pessimistic
However, even with that in place, nationality does play a role, if perhaps less so in recent times. There's a perception that players from proven footballing countries are better or have more chances of succeeding than players from Bosnia or Slovakia.
linda bresonik ?
