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They'll ALL end up coming back because the lifestyle outside of football in these far-flung corners of the planet is cack.

Why try living it up in back-of-beyond buttfuck China when you can hang out the back of Gerrard's missus at Alderley Edge?

Sneijder might enjoy playing in Turkey, (I stress the might) they are super passionate about football, and he'd have a good chance of being regularly in the CL.

Depends whether culturally he and his family get on. Can understand the need to make as much money as you can, but if you don't enjoy the making of it, whats the point?

Can understand the need to make as much money as you can, but if you don't enjoy the making of it, whats the point?

#firstworldproblems

There are an awful lot of people in that position.

Not earning the same levels, but still doing a job that pays well despite not enjoying the environment.

I'd suffer the vast majority of environments for half a bar a week.

At 28 Sneijder has another 4 years left in him at the highest level. Still can't believe that Utd haven't made a move considering how imbalanced their midfield is.

@TS, firstworld problem maybe, but we all need food, water, shelter, whichever culture we live in, but how do you provide those, as Booby Byrd sang, you got to have a job. And if you're gonna have a job/work for fifty odd years, it'd best be one you enjoy doing, or at the bare minimum, one that you don't hate...

football clubs need to start living within their means.
and Sneijder could possibly be the start of players seeing that if you take the big money and run you'll sooner or later find yourself pushed to the margins and have to do a bogarde, or be sent off to some foreign land, too foreign for you to play football..

I'm looking at you Anelka, Drogba, possibly E'to as well (though there hasn't been any talk of him being unsettled and wanting to return from Anzhi)

The Anzhi players all live in Moscow, so it's not exactly the back-end of nowhere.

Likewise Istanbul.

Gary Neville talks sense about Suarez for the daily mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2261403/Gary-Neville-Luis-Suarez-nasty-little-player-youd-want-team.html

Wow I'd never thought I'd write that sentence. Got to say though since he's left Man U I've been nothing but impressed by his attitude and candor

The Anzhi players all live in Moscow, so it's not exactly the back-end of nowhere.

Likewise Istanbul.

Eto'o will have his pick of the brasses then.

Jaw, I'm assuming Utd want, but can't afford, his wages are astronomical, especially if Inter are paying his taxes as well..

@BBill, have no idea what its like to live in Moscow, and whether players used to the culture/weather in Spain/Italy will settle there..

And Shanghai isn't quite back-of-beyond buttfuck China either.

The wages that Galatasaray are offering are reportedly lower than the decreased offer that Inter made last years. He's holding the cards this time and I don't think Inter can afford to do what Chelsea did with Bogarde.

yep, that's the impression I got as well Jaw... didn't he say something about the window still being open for another 2 weeks

few lfc rumours knocking around, but we seem to linked with anyone (out of the crazy prices bracket) at the moment

Precisely, he said that he's not in a rush to leave Inter.

At 28 Sneijder has another 4 years left in him at the highest level. Still can't believe that Utd haven't made a move considering how imbalanced their midfield is.

That's the problem, Sneijder doesn't necessarily balance a midfield, he's a luxury player and every Inter manager since Mourinho has struggled to get results with him in the side. Just like Riquelme, the old fashioned number 10 may have had his day?

@TS, firstworld problem maybe, but we all need food, water, shelter, whichever culture we live in, but how do you provide those, as Booby Byrd sang, you got to have a job. And if you're gonna have a job/work for fifty odd years, it'd best be one you enjoy doing, or at the bare minimum, one that you don't hate...

#firstworldproblems #askmydadifhelikedhisjob

I don't think that's entirely true. Inters problem go far beyond Sneijder. To me he would be the perfect successor to Scholes.

This.

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Jaw, think Stramaccioni is bringing in the youth movement, obviously having been the youth team coach, this means its cheaper obviously, and Moratti wants to cut the wage bill as well as make the team more italian.

Could be a trickle down of Guardiola's Barca effect, youth team coach promotes youth teamers into the first team, club goes on and wins lots...

Rich man's van Der vaart.

Better than a rich man's Van der Meyde I guess.

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@TS, firstworld problem maybe, but we all need food, water, shelter, whichever culture we live in, but how do you provide those, as Booby Byrd sang, you got to have a job. And if you're gonna have a job/work for fifty odd years, it'd best be one you enjoy doing, or at the bare minimum, one that you don't hate...

#firstworldproblems #askmydadifhelikedhisjob

Fuck that, I want to hear some Booby Byrd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyh-BQiNHnk