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I'm amazed how globetrotting some footballers are

Covered End
Covered End Posts: 52,006
in Other Football and Sports
Dimitar Berbatov has joined Greek side PAOK after failing to agree a move to Aston Villa on Deadline Day.

Amazes me. Yesterday he's in Birmingham and today he signs for a Greek club. I couldn't live like that.

Discuss (if you want to).

Comments

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    But you live in Bromley so of course you can't think of moving anywhere else

    But if you lived in Sidcup or Eltham..............................
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    I could... and maybe do

    Plus... comsider the cash
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    edited September 2015
    The experts say (and I believe them) how hard it is for foreign footballers to arrive in a new country and settle down, find schools, get the family settled, etc, so it seems bizarre how a player can juggle clubs in England and Greece. I can't believe Panthessalonikios, with the state of the Greek economy, can offer anywhere near the wages he would have wanted from Villa, though on the bright side nobody pays taxes in Greece :wink:
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Greece borders Bulgaria, maybe not as much of a random choice as it first appears.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    I've done London to Chicago to Paris and back to London in three days before (for work). Was a bit mental and couldn't do it all the time.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    Siv in Urumqi said:

    I could... and maybe do

    Plus... comsider the cash

    He's already got more money than he can ever spend, so I don't think it's that Siv. I think MrLargo is nearer the mark, a quick look at the atlas shows the town of his birth isn't that far away from Thessaloniki, home of PAOK.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    i think Ian Rush has some wise advice on this subject
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,723
    http://southamerican-futbol.blogspot.dk/2010/11/international-journeyman-footballer.html

    A guy named Mark Burke is the only Englishman on the list. Apparently he's played for 10 clubs in 6 different countries.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    I've done London to Chicago to Paris and back to London in three days before (for work). Was a bit mental and couldn't do it all the time.

    Ever heard of Microsoft Office Live Meeting? - and save the planet.
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    The_President said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    I've done London to Chicago to Paris and back to London in three days before (for work). Was a bit mental and couldn't do it all the time.

    Ever heard of Microsoft Office Live Meeting? - and save the planet.
    I wonder if Berbatov is planning on using this so he can stay in Birmingham.
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  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    The_President said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    I've done London to Chicago to Paris and back to London in three days before (for work). Was a bit mental and couldn't do it all the time.

    Ever heard of Microsoft Office Live Meeting? - and save the planet.
    Ever heard of Avios?

  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    edited September 2015
    The_President said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    I've done London to Chicago to Paris and back to London in three days before (for work). Was a bit mental and couldn't do it all the time.

    Ever heard of Microsoft Office Live Meeting? - and save the planet.
    This was about six years ago and whilst the technology was there, it wasn't anywhere near as advanced as it is today.
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    edited September 2015
    The_President said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    I've done London to Chicago to Paris and back to London in three days before (for work). Was a bit mental and couldn't do it all the time.

    Ever heard of Microsoft Office Live Meeting? - and save the planet.
    Stuff your planet I'm a Martian.
  • PhuturePhreak
    PhuturePhreak Posts: 45
    I could definitely do it. If I was a professional footballer I'd definitely be taking a contract in as many countries as possible. Sounds like a major perk of the job.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    Covered End said:

    Dimitar Berbatov has joined Greek side PAOK after failing to agree a move to Aston Villa on Deadline Day.

    Amazes me. Yesterday he's in Birmingham and today he signs for a Greek club. I couldn't live like that.

    Discuss (if you want to).

    Loadsamoney means life is jetset .. limousines, private planes, good agents, gullible/desperate club owners with too much money .. BUT .. I thought Greece was broke and the entire population's living in caves and wearing animal skins .. how can they afford to finance played out, has been footballers ?
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    Henry Irving said:

    But you live in Bromley so of course you can't think of moving anywhere else

    But if you lived in Sidcup or Eltham..............................

    Oi!!!!!

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