Comments on: Total Loyalty

By: Daycaremusic

Daycaremusic — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:07:14 +0000

I think Kaka saw the limitations of the Milan team after the season ended. If it was simply because of the cash factor, he would’ve left to Man City for that record-breaking offer. What did disappoint me about Kaka was his comment about his desire to finish his career wearing the skippper band around his arm in Milan then commencing to leave. But, I doubt that he had much of options when big money like that swindles from club to club. Ronaldo is just trash. Not as a player of skills but as a player of attitude and mentality. He not only disrespected fans,teammates, and coaches by continuously stating that his “dream” was to play for Madrid but by making public statements of his “content” in Manchester then switching up his statement after the final game in Rome.

By: vinnie

vinnie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:12:35 +0000

is it just me or i see some contradiction here? i understand the move from spartak moscow to united, he’ll learn/improve more in a year with united than his lifetime in spartak. he needs higher level exposure and that’s the highest he can get from any where else.

however, would he had stayed if SAF didn’t increase his wage? was he blackmailing SAF? obviously from the looks of it, his tone in his interview doesn’t sound like it but i never believe 100% what journalists has been feeding us. it is open to interpretation and if i were to judge him, i’d say he’s a down to the earth, hardworking player

now i’m contradicting myself, am i not? nah, i’m just looking at things from different perspectives.

By: wdkf

wdkf — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:23:36 +0000

hes on 70k a week now, after a 20k increase after signing a new 3 year extension.

By: Gaz

Gaz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:55:07 +0000

Agreed.

I always wonder why people say things like, “this article is crap”.

Whenever I think an article is crap I skip over it (I definitely don’t comment on it).

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:56:51 +0000

Joao,

I completely agree with you. Maybe, in the footballing world, loyalty is showing someone you value their efforts and rewarding them likewise. Granted a footballers’ career is short, so maybe because of that, loyalty CAN be giving your best performances, and have them noticed, not ’spit’ on. Although you have to admit, what Vidic did, although money was involved, is still very rare among footballers. What Sir Alex did is very rare among managers as well, not cashing in on someone for tens of millions of pounds, and giving them a pay increase instead. Maybe some will think that is good business and managing, but to me, it’s loyalty. We are only talking about performances though. What would you say about United staying by Rio’s side during his suspension for drug use, or for waiting 2 years about to sign Van Nistelrooy, while he healed from a bad injury and could have found someone else? Loyalty also happens off the pitch, which no one is talking about in this discussion.