Quote:
|
Originally Posted by azzarish
I've heard people say that Hargreaves sold Canada out. I think that's unfair, he went to Europe to persue his dreams. Let's face it Canada are not going to be world beaters in soccer anytime soon and it's not like basketball (Steve Nash) where he could still be close to home and play the sport he loved, and more importantly win things. Look the amount of trophies he has won with Bayern Munich. What would he have won staying here in Canada? And besides how much were the sporting academies or goverment doing here to promote soccer or pump money in to the game for a team in the future to flourish, not much. He realized he had talent and he wanted to utilize it. The only thing I admit is that a country needs a role model to become interested in a sport, someone like a Gretzky could do wonders for soccer here.
What the English fans are doing to him right now is a kick in the teeth to him deciding to play for England. I don't think it's the fact that he has dual nationality it's the fact that he's in the sqaud when they could have taken another player. A couple of days ago Eriksson sent Hargreaves out to face the press, just like other England players have been doing in the World Cup. Hargreaves came out and said that the English fans don't see him week in and week out so that don't know his capabilities.
|
No one says he had to play in North America, playing for Bayern was not the problem... refusing to play with the national team... featuring many European based players was. It was a mistake for him, and I'm glad people rub his face in it a little.