English Opinion

New broke today that Manchester City had made a bid to bring AC Milan star Kaka to the Premiership. That in itself is a little ambitious given the fact that Manchester City are just 2 points off the relegation zone at the moment, but it is the proposed fee that has made eyes water everywhere - £90 million… for one player! Furthermore, if Kaka does agree to sign for Manchester City it is thought he would get a massive £500,000 A WEEK. It makes the minimum wage look like a penny in your hand! It has been reported that Kaka will refuse the move because he wants to stay at AC Milan, meaning that he obviously cares about the level of his career and the game more than money, but football has well and truly gone mad!

Kaka is a fantastic player and Manchester City are the richst club in the Premiership but when you look at the economic conditions around at the minute it is no wonder that the story has made huge headlines. The credit crunch is sending families under. They are losing their jobs, losing their homes and losing the will to live in some cases… and yet a football club can offer £90 million for one player? Something really is wrong with that picture. I’m a huge football fan and wouldn’t know what to do on Saturdays if I couldn’t go to Villa Park every time Villa play, but I really don’t agree with the wages players receive and the silly money that is paid for them in the first place. They kick a ball for a living. They don’t save lives or revolutionize the world. They are not superior beings that deserve to live in the lap of luxury. OK, so they have short careers and need to make their money whilst they can but what happened to playing for the lovve of the game and earning a decent living (and not an extortionate one) doing it.

As I said, I am a massive football fan and worship at the alter of Martin O Neill, but the economic situation at the moment should put this all in perspective. Maybe they could put the £90 million towards helping Mancunians by creating jobs instead? I doubt it but it would be nice! Kaka can wait but many families will not.

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