lapal_fan Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Drogba will be 34 in March! :shock: Just read on his wiki page, which also tells of his fantastic charity work - upmost respect. Gave up his Pepsi deal of £3million to build a hospital in Ivory Coast, among other work. Top guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 yeah by most accounts its the length of the contract rather than the money, i think it'll start a new trend, him anelka and ballack in china before they all realise what a shite corrupt league it is and all start moaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 surely most footballers have to be realistic and see that any club in their right mind (not villa then) will offer them a long term contract, its a huge gamble, they would be lucky to get 1 yr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2012 Drogba is also (in part, though some consider it a pretty large part) considered to have stopped a conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myb Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Drogba is also (in part, though some consider it a pretty large part) considered to have stopped a conflict. Just read his wiki page. Slightly changed my opinion of him! Also didn't realise how late he came into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Yeah, I read that on his wiki. It was the Ivory Coast civil war . I begged for a cease fire so they could play an international game in a run down area, 5 days after his plea, both parties agreed to down weapons. From this I have looked at a few other players' good deeds. Mentions go to (so far): De la Cruz (37) - still playing and won a world title last year! Messi (24) - Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and set up the Messi Foundation which pays for the treatment of kids' growth disorders which he suffered with before he joined Barca. (they paid for treatment as part of the deal). Drogba (33) - Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, paid for a hostpital in Ivory Coast, various other things. Zidane (39) - Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF since 2001, sets up and plays in various charity football matches. Toured across Canada with other professionals to promote local football players. Figo (39) - Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, plays in charity football matches. Is the ambassador for TB and the head of 'Inter Campus' a inter milan charity. Carew (32) - Contributes to organizations like Soccer Against Crime, MOT and Ungdom mot Vold (Youth Against Violence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Have heard from from someone fairly reliable Steven Fletcher is off to Liverpool. They claim for nearly 12 million, which I found to be absurdly high, he does score goals though I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 does score goals but rarely plays in tough games unless a sub as lacks workrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Do we have any more reasonably good British Premiership players that we could flog them at an inflated price? £15m for Albrighton perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 3, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2012 De la Cruz (37) - still playing and won a world title last year! He used to (maybe still does) donate half his wages to wherever he comes from in south america to help the local community, IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 De la Cruz (37) - still playing and won a world title last year! He used to (maybe still does) donate half his wages to wherever he comes from in south america to help the local community, IIRC thats just what he used to tell HMRC ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Do we have any more reasonably good British Premiership players that we could flog them at an inflated price? maybe Collins or Heskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 gilardino has joined genoa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Do we have any more reasonably good British Premiership players that we could flog them at an inflated price? maybe Collins or Heskey Sorry Zatman, you appear to have misread 'reasonably good' as 'utterly useless'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Sorry Zatman, you appear to have misread 'reasonably good' as 'utterly useless' i give you Andy Carroll and JOrdan Henderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 gilardino has joined genoa if given service he guarantees goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Vágner Love heading to Flamengo for €6.2m. Seems a bit cheap, he's not out of contract or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Didn't Vagner Love get into a fight with a fan? Don't think that did his reputation much good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Ooh, that's the first I've heard of it. Gotta look that up, do love a good bit of controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Sorry Zatman, you appear to have misread 'reasonably good' as 'utterly useless' i give you Andy Carroll and JOrdan Henderson I'd really rather you didn't! :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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