This Premier League star has had a cruel run with injuries. But don’t feel too sorry for him, feel sorry for the club that’s paid his wages. The previous season was also injury-hit but the star needed his contract renewed. He knew his injury wouldn’t hold up to much scrutiny from the medical team so he developed an illness which meant he had to stay away from training just about every other day. He trained, got a bit hurt, but then spent the next day at home with his leg in an ice bath, keeping the swelling down. He just about got through the medical, was awarded a new contract and then rather promptly broke down injured again.
We know who it is, but do you? Take a guess below…
Americans join the Prem’s rich tapestry of abhorrent moneymen
Liverpool climbed back into fourth place in the Prem in style last night, but celebrations at Anfield were overshadowed by protesting fans, angry at the way their American owners are handling affairs at the club. They’re guilty of undermining the manager, holding back the cash and dancing around Stetson hats while firing off six shooters into the air, but are they the worst businessmen ever to control the purse strings of a Premier League club?
My vote for worst Premier League owners (and worst football team owners of all time) goes to Bjørn Rune Gjelsten and Kjell Inge Røkke, the Norwegian clowns who took charge of Wimbledon in the late 90s. After putting barmy Norwegian manager Egil Olsen in charge, they stood by and watched the club get relegated, and then killed them off completely by orchestrating a thoroughly unpopular move to Milton Keynes. Destroying the legacy of a club and introducing a dangerous precedent for franchising in football kind of puts Tom Hicks and his Klinsmann tapping in perspective, n’est pas?
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