Beckham and other players were kids in an era where players were earning more and more than their counterparts and often away from home.
Exactly. You just have to read any of the stories about what Cantona was allowed to get away with and you realise how ridiculous it is to say that he only cared about being able to control people.
was within his rights to move a player on who wasn’t fully committed.
Not only “within his rights”, but ultimately right. He sold Beckham and brought in Ronaldo, and after 3 rough (by Sir Alex’s standards) seasons, the club went on to win a further 5 league titles and never finished outside of the top 2.
After dropping him with no apparent explanation given.
Only if Scotland lost to Spain and drew with Georgia.
Especially when 1 of those “best players in the world” misses more matches than you’d expect.
They’d already dropped 5 points in their 1st 2 matches, whilst Scotland had 2 wins. Even if Norway had held on for victory, Scotland would still have been in the driving seat.
Henrik Larsson passed the ball straight to an opponent on his Celtic debut, leading directly to the winning goal. Over the course of that season, he scored 19 goals in 46 appearances.
He went on to score 223 goals in 267 appearances over the following 6 seasons.
Celtic had a lot of similar injuries during his time there, so it isn’t at all surprising.
Casemiro to Manchester United. Even if everything else had gone perfectly for Ten Hag, they needed to sign a holding midfielder who was a couple of years younger and less prone to getting himself sent off.
Also, James McCarthy to Celtic on a four year contract.
If you look at the combined fees for Carroll and Suarez, it doesn’t look too bad.
Absolutely mental price for Carroll on his own, though.
I’m guessing you never saw Nigel De Jong kicking Xabi Alonso square in the chest during the 2010 World Cup final?
That happened after 28 minutes, and the Netherlands ended up coming within 5 minutes of taking the match to penalties. The referee’s failure to show a red card could easily have cost Spain victory.