All Time Team, Costa Rica!

Goalkeeper: Luis Conejo
Defense: Luis Marin,Roger Flores,Jervis Drummond Gilberto Martinez
Midfield:Walter Centeno, Rolando Fonseca, Mauricio Solis
Offence: Paolo Wanchope, Hernan Mendford, Alexandre Guimaraes

Coach: Bora Milutinovic

RISING STAR: EZEQUIEL LAVEZZI!

Transfer Musings

As the transfer window draws to a close I have been thinking. Real Madrid payed 30,000,000 euros for Xabi Alonso, who is a very good, if not game changing midfielder. In 2003 a certain Ronaldinho signed for Barcelona for 21,000,000 euros, incredibly expensive at the time. Is it believable now that Joleon Lescott a centerback who is good but not revolutionary was signed by Manchester City for 24,000,000 pounds, more than Barca payed for a legend. Interesting.

MAN UNITED'S DILEMMA!

When Manchester United sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid and failed to hold on to Carlos Tevez, they suffered a huge dilemma. They got a huge profit, but their money can never replace Ronaldo and, to a lesser extent Tevez. Although their replacements Antonio Valencia and Michael Owen are able, decent players, the sheer presence of Ronaldo was priceless. Ronaldo was one of the reasons why people signed for United, and his iconic number 7 jersey was available everywhere, from the 13 buck fake copy I bought in Portugal to the glitzy top of the line shirtzillas available on Eurosport.com. Valencia is quite decent, but his strike rate is undesirable. Owen on the other hand is an England great but can't keep living off his form from 1998. Replacing Tevez with Owen is like replacing a Rolex for a barbie watch from a cereal box, while Ronaldo's replacement with Valencia is like replacing Ronaldo's Buggatti for a Honda Civic. This is meant with all due respect to Valencia and Owen whose talents are undoubtable.