Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Talent Vs Commitment


I was reading Paul Parker's most recent article on "United Must Keep Tevez" in Yahoo! Eurosport and felt really sorry for Tevez. It seems like Sir Alex is not going to sign him afterall despite him giving his all for United in every match he plays.

Tevez embodies United's spirit like what Paul has mentioned in his article. He scores and creates goals, he is not afraid to get dirty by dropping deep and tries to win the ball back when United loses possession, and he possesses amazing skills that terrorizes defences in the Premiership. Such commitment and enthusiasm are very rare in football these days especially when a player does not get to play regularly.

Frankly speaking, Berbatov and Rooney's recent forms are not justifying their starts ahead of Tevez. The reason I could think of is because Tevez is contractually on-loan and United could not afford to pay for his 30 million pound transfer fee. Sir Alex will not play him as he does not want the team to rely on a player who will be moving off during the summer, and also he needs to keep playing his "permanently-signed" players to justify their huge transfer fees as well.

This is really sad to see, especially when Cristiano Ronaldo has been speculated playing with the idea to join Real Madrid. His recent antics does not impress me especially when he has many times tried to kick out on opponents when being tackled. He is also not taking on opponents like he does in the previous seasons. His actions are rather clear to the general public.

I really hope Sir Alex will let those who wish to leave go and keep the players who play with their heart. Tevez wants to stay and United fans wants him to stay as well.

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