患上了星期天恐懼症,所以要趕在星期六寫。 些路迪欲羅致Bunrley前鋒Lafferty ,最後被指五十萬鎊的出價過低被拒。不知道各方面怎樣想,但起碼暫時解決了這宗轉會可能帶來的種種問題。問題當然與其實力無關。因為Lafferty 本身不但是流浪球迷,更要命的是,他是新教徒北愛國腳〈消息傳出,已有不少人在研究為何這個姓氏的人不是天主教徒〉,加盟些路迪有何後果,真是難以預料。連天主教徒前北愛國腳連儂加盟些路迪也要接死亡恐嚇,何況是一個潛在的「叛徒」?也難怪北愛足總會長也要走出來說話: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/01/17/SOCCER_Celtic_Lafferty.html&TEAMHD=soccer If Celtic do have an offer for Lafferty accepted, Irish Football Association president Jim Boyce hopes the striker will not be dissuaded from moving to Parkhead for fear of incurring the wrath of some Northern Ireland fans. In the past, players from the province such as Anton Rogan and Neil Lennon encountered problems with a section of the national side's support at Windsor Park after joining the Hoops. Indeed, Lennon, a Catholic like Rogan, quit international football in 2002 after receiving death threats before a friendly game against Cyprus in Belfast. And while Lafferty comes from the other side of the divide in Ulster, a move to Celtic could turn some of the overwhelmingly Protestant Northern Ireland support against the player. But Boyce is hoping the supporters will not change their attitude to Lafferty if he joins the Glasgow club. He said: "I hold Kyle in the highest regard and he has a great future in the game. "He has made a great contribution in the short time he has been in the Northern Ireland team. "Whatever decision Kyle makes regarding his future I would hope everyone in Northern Ireland respects it. "And I look forward to him playing many more times for Nothern Ireland.2 Lafferty, who has seven caps, revealed that on purely sporting terms, he would have no problem moving to the Bank of Scotland Premier League. He said: "The Scottish league is a good standard and Celtic are a great club. "I knew they were watching me about a month ago but I didn't think they would make a bid. "It would be a great achievement for me to play in the Champions League with them." 雖然說有關宗教、族群、政治理想的紛爭是沒完沒了,但短短半年內,些路迪已羅致了三位前流浪球員。繼堅尼‧米勒、皮士利後,前流浪守門員馬克‧布朗亦由蘇格蘭高地南下格拉斯哥,取代剛被借到諾域治的大衛‧馬素爾。馬素爾離隊,小弟反應矛盾。這小子曾帶給我們那麼多美好的回憶,在未來肯定大有作為,現在離開真的不知道會否有回歸的一天。然而,在Boruc長期態勇的情況下,向外一闖也是馬素爾僅有的出路。作為當今世上除了波圖後備守門員域陀‧拜亞以外我最喜愛的門將,續坐冷板也不是辦法。史特根堅稱長遠來說馬素爾在些路迪還是有前途的。但同時又引入馬克‧布朗,是甚麼意思呢?難道真的一如傳聞所言,Boruc季後將轉投阿仙奴? 還有一個人叫史堤芬‧皮雅臣。他加盟了森林的死敵打比郡。皮雅臣也是可造之材,絕對有條件成為柏度夫的接班人。可惜史特根對他似乎還是沒有太多的信心,這樣的結局未免是太可惜了。 下一個離隊的,會是馬隆尼嗎? |