Barcelona Twist the Knife
User Rating: / 0
PoorBest 
MLS News
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 07:39
It would be nice if Joan Laporta and the rest of the suits who run Barcelona FC could get their stories straight.

When last we saw this merry band of sportsmen, they were lamenting the fact that it was, sadly, going to be impossible for them to participate in Marcelo Claure's Miami MLS outfit. They somehow never quite got around to explaining exactly what it was they were worried about losing, since they admittedly were offering to put up no money of their own.

With the blood barely dry on the shank they openly jammed into Claure's back—the poor guy had to read about it in the papers and hop on a flight to Spain to hear what the whole world already knew—here they are again.

This time though, it's Philadelphia that's the object of their desire. (I hope that link works, SBJ is funny sometimes.)

In fact, it seems that Laporta paid a visit to Nick the sack and the Philadelphia organizers, and was given a tour of the Chester digs, which isn't particularly remarkable except that it occurred just a few days before they pulled the plug on Miami.

What's even worse, apparently they're talking about actually investing money in the Philadelphia team rather than just lending them some coaches and trainers.

There's no word from Miami on just how Claure feels about this, but like most jilted lovers he was the last to know, and that's never a pleasant experience..

The Don helpfully tells us that Barca "are continuing to look at opportunities around the league."

Opportunities, he could have added, that are not in Miami.

Of course one problem with the Philly bid problem that people have been whispering about the for the last few months, is that their lead investor, wealthy financier Jay Sugarman, ain't quite so wealthy anymore. Everyone is quick to note that Sugarman's Pile O'Cash extends far beyond his holdings in iStar, the company where, as CEO, he's watched the share value go from over 20 bucks to just under under two in the last 12 months.

But at the same time he's probably answering some rather pointed questions from the little woman about why the hell he's sinking all this dough into a soccer team right now, and rightly so.

Meanwhile, it appears that Barcelona didn't lose interest in MLS, just Miami.
By now you've probably heard that serial miscreant Kei Kamara of the Houston Dynamo has been suspended for two games, because of "comments" he made to an official after a preseason match from which he was ejected for another brutal assault on his favorite target, Nick Garcia.

(No word on what it was he said, but it must have been a doozy.)

Of course Kamara has a history of this kind of thing, including almost starting a riot during a friendly little scrimmage the Crew was having with a local Columbus adult open team as a combination leg-stretcher and PR opportunity.

Houston badly needs decent forwards, and Kei is undoubtedly talented, but the unhappy truth is that the guy is a ticking time bomb who either can't or won't grow up and learn some self control. Some guys never do.

You have to wonder if California Klinnsy is having second thoughts about packing Landon Donovan off to LA after the news that Miroslav Klose is going to be out for eight weeks, getting surgery on the ankle he tore up over the weekend.

We don't currently have any salient comments on the subject from LDo himself, but Landon swears he answers questions posted on his personal Web site, so you might give that a try.

Source: Click Here

Comments
RSS
Only registered users can write comments!

3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."