Ronaldinho issues 'come and get me' plea to Chelsea.
Barcelona have been linked with the player for quite sometime and now Guiza has launched his own ‘come and get me’ plea by revealing his penchant for moving to Camp Nou.
The player [Recoba] issued a come and get me plea to Palermo but it has fallen on deaf ears as Zamparini shows signs of having cold feet over such a move.
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It's football silly-season, and players, agents, and clubs across Europe (and the world) are all angling for 'dream' moves. One of the odder developments in recent years is the ubiquity of the 'come and get me plea.' It seems to almost be standard in the modern game that as a pre-cursor to any move, a player must formally issue said plea. How does this happen? What does a 'come and get me plea' actually involve?
On the one hand, such language conjures up images of lengthy documents being submitted to the 'dream club' of choice, replete with official looking stamps from the player, his agent, and er, his mother, unless the latter two are the same person. Enclosed in the same envelope is surely the by now standard picture of the player in question wearing the shirt/scarf of their 'dream' club, and a signed declaration of 'love' for said club since the age of ten.
On the other hand, the rhetoric of the 'come and get me' plea also brings to mind nightclub flirting, all come-hither eyes, short skirts and cheap alcopops. In fact it is this latter analogy which is the most apt in describing the back and forth flirting of football silly-season. Much as with the opposite sex, there are many nuances to this dynamic.
- "It is vital that Arsenal show their motivation to keep him. There has been a love story between Adebayor and Arsenal and his relationship with Arsene Wenger is based on trust and respect."
Emmanuel Adebayor's agent Stephane Courbis emphasised that his client and his manager are in love. Hence, if we read between the lines, Adebayor must be paid more in lines with his own self evaluation, because, as everybody knows, love works in mysterious ways [this includes Vagner Love].
- "Manchester United is very special. Because of that we know how to surround Cristiano completely with all the affection and all the attention he deserves." So says Carlos Queiroz, Man Utd's assistant manager. Flatter Cristiano and play up to his insecurities! Buy him chocolates! Take him to dinner! No other club knows the way to Cristiano's heart. If he splits with Man Utd., he'll be sad, forlorn and probably heartbroken. Rich, too.
- "The negotiations went very well ...The people at Portsmouth know I will not spend my life at the club. I could add a clause to my contract. If I shine, if a really big club wants me, I already know that everything will go well." Lassana Diarra is at Portsmouth, but it's surely a temporary arrangement, at worst a one-night stand, at best a casual, and purely physical relationship. Chances are that as I write this, Diarra is getting the vodka and Red Bulls in before hitting the dancefloor with a view to wooing a middle aged Thai businessman. Me love you longtime.
Adebayor is in a long-term relationship but increasingly feels that the magic (ie the money) is not what it was. Ronaldo is not in love, but misguided, lost, and perhaps even a little broody. Where will he settle down? Diarra is ... well, work that out for yourselves.
So, football transfers are increasingly love-matches, with extravagant courting, messy divorces, and the odd bastard child. The come and get me plea is an integral part of this. It is that first prolonged eye contact, that first flash of leg, that first approach to 'buy me three Jagerbombs and a kebab afterwards and I'm all yours.' In short, it is an integral part of football's silly-season, a time full of singing birds, pounding hearts, romantic walks along riverbanks, and slappers puking in back alleys.
On the one hand, such language conjures up images of lengthy documents being submitted to the 'dream club' of choice, replete with official looking stamps from the player, his agent, and er, his mother, unless the latter two are the same person. Enclosed in the same envelope is surely the by now standard picture of the player in question wearing the shirt/scarf of their 'dream' club, and a signed declaration of 'love' for said club since the age of ten.
On the other hand, the rhetoric of the 'come and get me' plea also brings to mind nightclub flirting, all come-hither eyes, short skirts and cheap alcopops. In fact it is this latter analogy which is the most apt in describing the back and forth flirting of football silly-season. Much as with the opposite sex, there are many nuances to this dynamic.
- "It is vital that Arsenal show their motivation to keep him. There has been a love story between Adebayor and Arsenal and his relationship with Arsene Wenger is based on trust and respect."
Emmanuel Adebayor's agent Stephane Courbis emphasised that his client and his manager are in love. Hence, if we read between the lines, Adebayor must be paid more in lines with his own self evaluation, because, as everybody knows, love works in mysterious ways [this includes Vagner Love].
- "Manchester United is very special. Because of that we know how to surround Cristiano completely with all the affection and all the attention he deserves." So says Carlos Queiroz, Man Utd's assistant manager. Flatter Cristiano and play up to his insecurities! Buy him chocolates! Take him to dinner! No other club knows the way to Cristiano's heart. If he splits with Man Utd., he'll be sad, forlorn and probably heartbroken. Rich, too.
- "The negotiations went very well ...The people at Portsmouth know I will not spend my life at the club. I could add a clause to my contract. If I shine, if a really big club wants me, I already know that everything will go well." Lassana Diarra is at Portsmouth, but it's surely a temporary arrangement, at worst a one-night stand, at best a casual, and purely physical relationship. Chances are that as I write this, Diarra is getting the vodka and Red Bulls in before hitting the dancefloor with a view to wooing a middle aged Thai businessman. Me love you longtime.
Adebayor is in a long-term relationship but increasingly feels that the magic (ie the money) is not what it was. Ronaldo is not in love, but misguided, lost, and perhaps even a little broody. Where will he settle down? Diarra is ... well, work that out for yourselves.
So, football transfers are increasingly love-matches, with extravagant courting, messy divorces, and the odd bastard child. The come and get me plea is an integral part of this. It is that first prolonged eye contact, that first flash of leg, that first approach to 'buy me three Jagerbombs and a kebab afterwards and I'm all yours.' In short, it is an integral part of football's silly-season, a time full of singing birds, pounding hearts, romantic walks along riverbanks, and slappers puking in back alleys.
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