The Official Olof Mellberg Thread (3 Viewers)
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Olof’s £50,000 thanks to fans
Olof MellbergAston Villa defender Olof Mellberg paid more than £50,000 to ensure 3,200 fans who travelled to West Ham got specially printed shirts to mark him leaving Villa.
The Swedish international, who played his last game for Villa yesterday before joining Juventus on a free transfer this summer, had 3,200 home and away shirts printed with the message ‘Mellberg – Thanks 4 The Support’ on the back.
Villa fans were handed a free shirt on arrival at Upton Park before the 2-2 draw to end Mellberg’s stay at Villa. Many away fans were already decked out in Sweden colours, or dressed as Vikings in tribute to the long-serving defender, who spent seven seasons at the club.
He said: “This is just the perfect way to say goodbye to the fans and to thank them for all their support in my time at Villa.
“I have loved my time at the club and have had a great relationship with the fans.”
http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/12/olof%E2%80%99s-50000-thanks-to-fans/
What a classy guy, enjoy your stay at Juve
Olof MellbergAston Villa defender Olof Mellberg paid more than £50,000 to ensure 3,200 fans who travelled to West Ham got specially printed shirts to mark him leaving Villa.
The Swedish international, who played his last game for Villa yesterday before joining Juventus on a free transfer this summer, had 3,200 home and away shirts printed with the message ‘Mellberg – Thanks 4 The Support’ on the back.
Villa fans were handed a free shirt on arrival at Upton Park before the 2-2 draw to end Mellberg’s stay at Villa. Many away fans were already decked out in Sweden colours, or dressed as Vikings in tribute to the long-serving defender, who spent seven seasons at the club.
He said: “This is just the perfect way to say goodbye to the fans and to thank them for all their support in my time at Villa.
“I have loved my time at the club and have had a great relationship with the fans.”
http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/05/12/olof%E2%80%99s-50000-thanks-to-fans/
What a classy guy, enjoy your stay at Juve
...the guy is captain of Sweden, one of the better national teams in the world....sure he may not be that high-profile, but he is a quality addition to the squad!
He is actually weirdly enough, judging from the in depth reports of Swedish NT players from a while ago, one of the few footballers I have noticed that arent really football fans, but see it just as an injoyable profession. He was being asked his background on football at the same time as others, and he said he got stuck for Football because it was something he was good at, just a sport, wasnt back then so into the game, nor does he watch much of the sport now. While the others were professing the typical stories of being in love with football and being crazy about it early on and now too.
I believe Fabian Barthez is one other weirdo I heard that doesnt like football at all but sees it as a profession only, he is a rugby fan instead
I believe Fabian Barthez is one other weirdo I heard that doesnt like football at all but sees it as a profession only, he is a rugby fan instead
Welcome and thanks for the info. Glad to see you drop by. So you rate him pretty high, I suppose? Is he good enough to be a starting CB for a team competing for important trophies? Will he be suited to Serie A? How many years has he left in him (have his performances dropped with years?) Is he injury prone? Is there any chance he becomes a Boumsong in Italy? Has any other team been interested for his services during his Villa career? Why didn't any of the big teams in England show interest in him? Please discuss.
