Heading off to Man United?
In a move now commonly known as “The Reverse Carlos Tevez”, it looks like Micah Richards might yet navigate himself across the Manchester divide during the January transfer window. With that in mind, here’s a team of maniacs who risked everything to play for a rival club…
Goalkeeper, Pat Jennings - Spurs (1964-1977), Arsenal (1977-1985)
After thirteen very impressive years at White Hart Lane, the consensus was that Pat Jennings was just about ready to hang up his gloves. Instead, he threw caution to the wind, and waltzed over to Arsenal to carry on for another eight years. He then returned to Spurs to play in the reserve team. A hunch suggests that a similar gesture perhaps wouldn’t be afforded to Sol Campbell.
Right Back, Nelson Vivas - Boca Juniors (1994-1997), River Plate (2003)
Most of you probably remember Nelson Vivas as the plucky understudy to Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn at Arsenal. And you’d be right! But he was also the daring Argentine defender who has played for both of the featured teams in the fiercely fought Superclasico, which finds the angry poor people of Boca Juniors throwing their mucky kitchen sinks at the hoity toity poshos from River Plate.
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