stuartmccallsfall 4 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Number 3 is pretty interesting.................. http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/200...ercenaries.html 1. Sven-Goran Eriksson – obviously. 2. Ashley Cole – Cashley came over all indignant and nearly crashed the car when he heard Arsenal were only offering him £55,000 a week. All together now..... aahh. 3. Pierre Van Hooijdonk – comes in this high in the rankings for the wonderful quote when he spurned Celtic's contract offer in 1997. “£7,000 a week would be fine for the homeless,” he philosophised, “but not for me.” Joined Nottingham Forest for £4.5million then went on strike for 11 games when he found out the team was rubbish. 4. Gareth Barry – a family man of integrity, played his heart out for Aston Villa after they effectively vetoed his transfer to Liverpool, then decided, upon being granted permission to fulfil his dream of moving to a Champions League club, to take (rumour has it) £150,000 a week from Manchester City. 5. Winston Bogarde – earned £8.3million in a four-year contract with Chelsea in which he started four games. At least his weekly £40,000 softened the travel costs of commuting from Amsterdam to train with the youth team by the end. “I am the biggest outcast in England,” he wailed. Wonder why that was, Winston? 6. Fabrizio Ravanelli – loved Middlesbrough (“all I have for these fans is love”), loved Marseille (“it is my own little paradise”), loved Derby County (“Maybe I will pay for free? Money is not important to me”), notwithstanding their insistence on paying him £40,000 a week as the club sank towards League One. 7. Carlo Tevez – love that "Welcome to Manchester" sign they've put up in the city centre, with Sheffield United's favourite Argentinian in the blue of City. So unloved at Manchester United they paid him £90,000 a week and only played him 48 times last season, including a Champions League final, he soon found solace in an extra £40k a week. 8. Ronaldo – Massimo Moratti, the Inter president, financed the Brazilian's treatment, counselling and £72,000 weekly wage for nearly three years of injury before he defied everyone's denials by moving to Real Madrid. 9. Luis Figo – faced flying bottles, a knife and, urm, a pig's head from the Barca fans who used to adore him when he returned with Real Madrid on £72k a week (netto). “My conscience is clear,” he said. “I thought uniquely of myself.” Fantastic honesty. 10. Fabio Capello – maybe a little harsh. At least he backs up his £6million annual salary by actually being very good at his job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 34,028 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Dis nicolas anelka no count fcuks sake ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Anelka has to be top of the list. He's had more clubs than Tiger Woods. I would have Benito Carbone up ther as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 941 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Capello before Anelka?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 941 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 And where the fuck is Kenny Miller? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 And where the fuck is Kenny Miller? Beat me to it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Maestro 13,596 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'm trying to understand why Eriksson is a mercenary when he's supposedly been offered more money elsewhere? That list is shite! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardog 11 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The first person I thought of was Anelka and he isn't even on it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Eriksson is only a mercenary coz he keeps gettin sacked!!! Anelka HAS to be in there, how could they forget him? as soon as i seen the thread title i IMMEDIATELY thought of Anelka. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_RFC 41 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 No Michael Owen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamd1986 8 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I instantly thought of Craig Bellendamy, but he isn't on it either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 762 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 This one beats them all: Scolari Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 25,475 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 how can you say anelka is a mercenary cause his clubs flogged him doesnt make him a merc, fact is he played well for all his teams and when a better team came along he jumped at the chance to improve himself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUENIZ 0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Craig Bellamy was first one i thought of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueben_d 40 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 how can you say anelka is a mercenary cause his clubs flogged him doesnt make him a merc, fact is he played well for all his teams and when a better team came along he jumped at the chance to improve himself he engineered the moves along with his brother/agent purely to make more money. The clubs didnt flog him as you put it - he threatened striking and took a hump when they wanted to keep him he's about the worst mercenary there is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Maestro 13,596 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 how can you say anelka is a mercenary cause his clubs flogged him doesnt make him a merc, fact is he played well for all his teams and when a better team came along he jumped at the chance to improve himself he engineered the moves along with his brother/agent purely to make more money. The clubs didnt flog him as you put it - he threatened striking and took a hump when they wanted to keep him he's about the worst mercenary there is Has he ever left a club on good terms? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCLoyal9 53 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 How in the Hell is Anelka not on that?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasileBoliSoup 9 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Craig Bellamy was first one i thought of. I thought the same but the reason he's had so many clubs is because he is a complete bawbag and his teams lose patience with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4boysandabaw 3 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Maurice Johnston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nostragerus 1 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 what about claudio ranieri Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassyno1 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Stand up Mr T Venables Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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