England vs Europe - Tapping Up and the Press
soccerlens.com     Jul 24, 2008          

We’ve talked a lot about Real Madrid’s transfer strategy w.r.t Ronaldo and recently of the Tottenham-Manchester United-Liverpool story where the Tottenham chairman has reported United to the Premier League for ‘tapping up’ Berbatov. For the rest of Europe, such comments don’t arouse as much self-righteous indignation as they do in England. In fact, Europe as a whole (apart from England) accepts such comments as part of the ‘game’. Here are some quotes by chairmen / vice presidents of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and AC Milan over the last 2 months or so: Quotes Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, while talking to reporters about Bayern’s summer transfer activity: “We’re not planning anything else for this summer. We contemplated bringing Alexander Hleb to Munich, but only if another player had chosen to leave us. That... [read full story]                    


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sbs.com.au     Jul 23, 2008   3 related          

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earthtimes.org     Jul 23, 2008   16 related          

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thestar.com.my     Jul 23, 2008   101 related          

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