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Rivaldo to play in Usbekistan - the new destination for "has been's"?

  • 26-08-2008 10:05AM
    #1
    DubDani
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭


    I just read that Rivaldo will transfer from AEK Athens to Bunjokdor in Usbekistan.

    They appearantly offered him mad money. Is Usbekistan the new Saudi Arabia, where previously good players can earn easy money?

    I reckon he must have earned loads in his carreer. Why can't top players just finish on top of their carreer with some dignity?


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  • #2
    Daemonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭Daemonic


    Rivaldo's dignity died the day he took that dive against Turkey in the 2002 World Cup ;)


  • #3
    delija_sever029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭delija_sever029


    Yeah,same as Eto'o did....


  • #4
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,742 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    Daemonic wrote: »
    Rivaldo's dignity died the day he took that dive against Turkey in the 2002 World Cup ;)
    Ah now, you're not giving the sniper any credit for that shot... Be fair. :p


  • #5
    CHD
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭CHD


    Yes


  • #6
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,968 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    DubDani wrote: »
    I reckon he must have earned loads in his carreer. Why can't top players just finish on top of their carreer with some dignity?

    Would you include top players like Giles, Best and Pele who earned loadsa money playing MLS a few decades ago?

    If so, then this sort of things has been going for years.


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  • #7
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    micmclo wrote: »
    Would you include top players like Giles, Best and Pele who earned loadsa money playing MLS a few decades ago?

    If so, then this sort of things has been going for years.

    Yes but the MLS in those days was a reasonable standard, and also remenber that players back then didn't earn a fraction of what the top players earn these days, so the money would have been a big factor.

    Why in god's name would someone like Rivaldo want to end a distinguished career in Uzbekistan of all places? The standard can't be much better than league of Ireland (maybe worse?) and as a multi-millionaire he's hardly stuck for cash.

    Personally I lost a bit of respect for him anyway after his carry on against Turkey.


  • #8
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,406 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    It's not the cash, but the adulation that the old pros crave. It must be hard to give that up and slip into anonymity. And why not try a year or two in Uzbeckistan? I mean, what has he, or the Uzbeck league got to lose?


  • #9
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    Ah that hattrick against Valencia on the last day of the season back in 2001........................


  • #10
    eZe^
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,046 ✭✭✭eZe^


    What a player... For a winger he really did score a fu*k load of goals, that goal against England really was the perfect finish.


  • #11
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49,324 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Adamcp898 wrote: »
    Ah that hattrick against Valencia on the last day of the season back in 2001........................

    scored a beaut against United in the 3-3 draw at the Nou Camp in 98/99 - some game that was. (loved the Cole goal in that game - ripped the barcelona defense apart)


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  • #12
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    DubDani wrote: »
    They appearantly offered him mad money. Is Usbekistan the new Saudi Arabia, where previously good players can earn easy money?

    Possibility! Their cotton exports are second to none.


  • #13
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,742 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    pickarooney wrote: »
    It's not the cash, but the adulation that the old pros crave. It must be hard to give that up and slip into anonymity. And why not try a year or two in Uzbeckistan? I mean, what has he, or the Uzbeck league got to lose?
    What next? The eircom league?! :pac:


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