At age 22, Zinedine Zidane was playing in the Intertoto Cup with Bordeaux. At that same age,
Éric Cantona had just got a move from Auxerre to Marseille. Rivaldo had just moved from
Corinthians to cross-town rivals Palmeiras in São Paulo.
With the money involved in today's game and globalized scouting networks, such players would
already have been with one of the European giants before they had the chance to establish
themselves in their local teams.
I hate that I do!
Right, it's been a while since my last rant so here goes!
Ehup, this week I call to the stand Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Kenny your honour.
After the Blades' clash with Preston in May 2009, Paddy was found to have traces of the banned
substance ephedrine present.
