Nice to have a good news (in the end) story. I'd like to think this would get back to the Albion in the hope they might do something to put a (bigger) smile on his face.
They come fra' near Lochgelly
They have nae got a telly
They're dirty & they're smelly
The Cowden family
Da da da da (click click)
Da da da da (click click)
etc
is, in an extremely childish way, one of my favourite football songs I've heard over the years.
I mean, I've no idea what the plans are but he'd be a pretty bad negotiator if he announced that we were intending to splash the cash this summer, wouldn't he?
Sadly as they scraped Champions League football on the last day, I imagine they’re fishing in bigger ponds now. Hopefully failing again in the same way they did with other big signings like Lukaku, Werner and Havertz.
You have to feel a bit sorry for Raphinha. Works his way out of a life of terrible poverty in Brazil thanks to his dazzling football skills and, just like a fairytale, finally gets to sign for the biggest club in the world.
Only to be shunted out to Barcelona a year or so later.
Talk about...
Always puzzles me that those who peddle conspiracy theories and accuse others of following the mainstream herd are so often the ones who seem least able to consider a range of possibilities in any given situation.