DC United sign Qatari League player
Danny Allsopp, a striker with time in the A-League, Championship, EPL and Qatari Stars League
has joined DC United.
He's 31, and played for al-Rayyan who are 5th on a table of 12. The Qatari Stars League has been
dominated by al-Sadd (Khalfan's team) and al-Gharafah (Juninho and Nashat Akram formerly).
Afonso Alves (Heerenveen to Middlesbrough, £12 million, 2008): A Brazilian goal machine,
apparently, when the striker moved from the Netherlands. An unmitigated flop on Teesside, averaging
a goal every four matches and, seemingly, at least four misses every game. Shipped out to Al-Sadd
in Qatar last September, which was sad.