Barca has the Mascha Seal of Approval
Javier Mascherano just completed his long desired move to Barcelona from Liverpool and now he has revealed the lies that Liverpool stated that drove him from the Merseyside.
Or has he?
Mascherano has only said things Liverpool did made him angry, like not fulfilling an unnamed promise and involving his family. But never actually saying what the lies were.
Said the Argentine midfielder, “When they started to involve my family and to say things that didn’t make sense, I obviously suffered. They’d promised me something for a whole year and they never fulfilled their promise. And that didn’t have anything to do with my family or anything else. When you read or hear lies, you obviously get angry.”
Ok, so he was angry about lies, but never tells us what lies. The promises didn’t relate to his family that’s clear but he never says his family didn’t want him to be in Barcelona. He seemed more upset that did not fulfill a promise from a year ago, which he nevers states explicitly, but seems to be about transferring to Barcelona. If you might note, he got his transfer and his strike probably did more to hurt his value than anything, which might explain why he is so mad.
Liverpool received €24 million for Mascherano, but €4 million of that came from Barcelona as a result of his accepting of a reduced salary. So, he got the move he wanted so much but Liverpool took an additional €4 million out of his hide. Essentially, he subsidized his own transfer. Pretty dumb, even for a footballer.
If he had not gone on strike, the transfer probably would go through, he would get his same salary and for a bit more transfer fee he could take a cut from in the end. Ultimately, it made for a tidy bit of business for Liverpool plus a little retribution for Mascherano’s petulance.
Gonna miss ‘em, but f**k that guy.
Tevez may get more s**t, but that man is equally as ugly. And he couldn’t have gone to a nicer club.
Still looking douche-tastic in his Barca scrubs. I guess I’m still a little annoyed at how, after Liverpool giving him a chance to feature, he doesn’t appear to at least grateful for the opportunity. His profile wasn’t too high prior to his Anfield adventures.
@berg – No kidding. Did you ever notice that he bears a resemblance to the Pumpkin King from The Nightmare Before Christmas?
And, somewhat slightly related, non-Dbag comments from Somen Tchoyi of WBA: “I’m here for the team and will play wherever the coach puts me–except in goal…Just tell me what to do and I will do it properly.”
And if he had revealed what the lies were, we’d be reading a post this morning about how he should’ve kept that s**t completely in-house and blah blah blah unprofessional blah blah blah. It’s amazing how everyone who ever leaves Liverpool is automatically a douchebag t**t f**khead meaniepants. Just coincidence, I’m sure.
This kind of seems like the thing to do when you leave a club nowadays though. Notice what Benjani and Petrov had to say earlier in the week re: City.
@Anon: Actually, no, I wouldn’t care. Mascherano revealed himself unprofessional when he went on strike for the City match. I hoped they fined him a f**kton of money.
I think it’s interesting how supporters have no problems when their club casts aside a loyal servant because the player’s no longer good enough for the club. But when the club isn’t good enough for the player and he wants to move on, the knives come out and suddenly the player’s a traitor, unprofessional, has no loyalty etc.
Soooooooo, how abotu that Armenia-Ireland game eh?
(Can a brother get a Euro 2010 Bootroom?)
(Euro 2012. Whatever.)
@ LE: I wouldn’t say the club is always right. I thought Levy was being douchey himself with how he handled the Jol situation. Granted, that’s not a player, but still an individual v the club scenario where I think the club was on the wrong end. It can work both ways.
@LE
I take umbrage with the tantrum of deciding not to play games for which he was selected. That part isn’t cool.
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@Anonsters
No bootroom today. You’ll have to make do with my painful England/Bulgaria liveblog later on today.
@OM: I’m pretty sure no Spurs fan thought we handled that well with Jol. There was pretty universal criticism of that move.
@OM: Plus that was a completely different situation than what LE was describing.
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@JT: Ok. Just didn’t want to get bitched at for threadjacking.
I’m not saying that club’s are infallible. But I think the Jol scenario is the exception that proves the rule. We generally demand loyalty from our players, but are pretty ok when the club doesn’t return it.
@ Anon: Of course. That was my most readily available retort to LE’s response. I still sometimes yell in the middle of the night “COMOLLI!” if I’m having a nightmare.
@Anonsters
You’ll know when your TJ levels are too high. It’s like diabetes/insulin. (Not Really)
OK, just thought of a situation LE is referencing: Raul leaving Real Madrid. If he had put on a hissy on his way to Germany, would the knives have come out or would RM supporters have sympathized with him? Not being a RM supporter, have no clue.
So who else is stoked for Kazakhstan v. Turkey??? Or is everyone holding out for Slovakia vs. Macedonia?
@ JT: Liveblog Yay! Stuck at work so it will be nice to find out what’s going on.
@OM: Raul & Guti were one giant hissy fit. :P
@ Anon: Macedonia, of course. Alex the Great > Mustafa Attaturk.
@OM: I’m not saying they wouldn’t sympathize, but they wouldn’t be sad to see him go. Like when we cast off Tainio and Steed a few years ago. Tainio is a lifelong Spurs fans and they both played hard for the club. It was sad to say goodbye to our old friends, but we were ok with it in the name of progress.
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@JT: Trust me I sympathize with your plight. See Berbatov, Dimitar.
Boobs. I still miss him a little. Sigh.
@ LE: OK, you got me on Steed. Point taken.
@anon: I miss him too. He’d be the perfect lone striker on our present team. Why can’t he see that we’ve changed? It’d finally work between us!
/Sniffle.
It’s like I have The Continental Strain of Battered Wife Syndrome. But then again, I really started following Spurs in a hardcore way when he was around. So. You always remember your first. Etc.
@LE: ZOMG, perfectly said. Co-signed. Hey, it’s Spurs’ therapy hour on a Mascherano post! :D
I know he beats us because he loves us..
BTW, how did an EPL team not scoop up Aiden McGeady?
Well, hello there, pretty Turkish girl in the crowd.
Has Keane looked at least semi competent today?
Woof, Armenia really should’ve taken the 1-0 lead. Had three cracks at goal, one whiffed, two blocked off the line.
@LE: Not really, no. He hasn’t been much involved from what I’ve seen.
That’s not entirely true. He did fall down once.
No, I lied. He was just offside on a ball from McGeady.
@Anonsters
Villa tried to sign McGeady, but whoops.
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@LE
Keane has been rubbish.
So, Keane utterly assf**ked Scotland for six months last year, yet looks like s**t against Armenia. The SPL is pretty good, huh?
Oh JFC! Robbie Keane, 1-on-1 with the goalie, with a sitter just outside the 6-yard box, and he hits the post. JFC, Keano.
@JT: What happened? He wanted more $ than they were willing to give?
jfc?
Andy gray tipped Ireland to win their qualifying group. That’ll show him.
J(esus) F(ucking) C(hrist).
@Anonsters
Not entirely sure, TBH. He’s Spartak Moscow’s problem now…
And then Ireland give away a corner because defender can’t control the ball off his chest, and it rolls out. Ireland’s playing on lollerskates today, it appears.
<–Jewish. JC isn't the first person who comes to mind. Honestly, my first thought was Jean Claude van Damme, but it didn't fit.
I do like Ireland’s socks though.
J(effries) F(an) C(lub)
Speaking of Ireland, will Ireland ever play for Ireland again?
Rofl. Richard Dunne almost OG’d Shay Given on a header.
@Ryan: Ye like the hoops, do ye, boyo?
Richard Dunne has scored for more Premier League teams than any other player.
Yes, Keano brought his s**tty boots, not his shooting boots.
Fahey slips it in after some nice control work in the box by Keano.
Well, ok, maybe not so nice control work by Keano, looking at it a second time.
Bah. My stream went down just as they scored, what happened?
Ball came into Keano in the box, he tried to control it, it bounced away from him, there was a second Irish guy a few feet behind him and more central in the box. That second dude (Dunne? I dunno) flicked a pass to Fahey who was also in the box, about even with the near post. Fahey sidefoots the ball past the GKer. 1-0.
Sweet. Keano at his finest. Thanks pup.
Keane off, Andy Keogh on, with 5 minutes left in regular time.
He didn’t exactly cover himself in glory today. Maybe he’s saving it up for Spurs… sigh.
To be fair, Armenia is one of the finest footballing nations to ever suffer massive genocide.
Turkey is outraged, sir. Outraged at the implication.
Well, Ireland burrly hang on to their 1-0 win. Armenia had their chances and looked dangerous in spots. Luck of the Irish, etc.
As well they should be. Everyone knows there couldn’t have been any such thing, as Turkey was on vacation. Germany recommended the same resort they stayed at in the 30s and 40s.
Where’s Georger to defend Turkey’s honor when you need him? One of my ancient Greek profs. was actually Greek herself. If we ever wanted to get out of work for a day, we’d bring up Turkey. Hoo boy.
Come on Wales
What time does Ingerland play?
England U-21 are playing Portugal U-21 right now.
I meant the real Ingerland.
3:00. But who cares about the ‘real’ England?
@ Anon: You had to bring up Turkey? What about Cyprus? You could have just whispered “Cypriot” and you would have had to do anything for a week.
@Anonsters – My sister had a Spanish teacher who was Cuban and in previous years, in order to get out of doing work, they’d bring up Castro, and he’d go on forever about how horrible he was. It was pretty funny.
This whole conversation is racist. You’re implying that all foreign people are stupid and easily misled.
Which reminds me. We had this black teacher and in order to get out of doing work, we’d just talk about how hilarious slavery was and how the Civil Rights movement was bulls**t. And then we’d all get detention.
@LE – No. I’m implying that what I said actually did happen.