Foreign Stars, what if you were one of them ?
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:55 pm
There you are at the top of your game and you're being mentioned as one of the leading performers in world football.
Apart from obviously wanting to fulfil your career ambitions on the pitch with a club that will help you achieve that aim you've also got to consider your family and lifestyle outside of the club.
No disrespect to Liverpool as a city (I was born and raised there) or the club with it's glorious history BUT unless you've got Liverpool running through your veins why would you choose to live your life alongside the brown waters of the Mersey in a club that for some time now has been treading water when, top table football aside, the night life, culture and sunshine of cities throughout Europe are available to you ?
Maybe if you're born and bred in the UK none of the above matters to you but I'm of the mind that with one or two exceptions when it comes to "foreign stars" until we are able to dominate football as we once did we'll just be a stepping stone for up and coming players from other climes to hone their skills and reputations before they go on to greater things.
As fans regretfully it's something we may have to get used to.
Apart from obviously wanting to fulfil your career ambitions on the pitch with a club that will help you achieve that aim you've also got to consider your family and lifestyle outside of the club.
No disrespect to Liverpool as a city (I was born and raised there) or the club with it's glorious history BUT unless you've got Liverpool running through your veins why would you choose to live your life alongside the brown waters of the Mersey in a club that for some time now has been treading water when, top table football aside, the night life, culture and sunshine of cities throughout Europe are available to you ?
Maybe if you're born and bred in the UK none of the above matters to you but I'm of the mind that with one or two exceptions when it comes to "foreign stars" until we are able to dominate football as we once did we'll just be a stepping stone for up and coming players from other climes to hone their skills and reputations before they go on to greater things.
As fans regretfully it's something we may have to get used to.