SlayerDeuS
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Zidane is a shy guy, he's not flamboyent (except when on the football) like a Pele or Beckham. I don't see him playing in America, but Ronaldo or Beckham wouldn't be surprising.
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Will Zidane consider playing in the MLS?
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TheBlueBalla said:Shifty, the sudden Zizou lover
what the hell are you talking about? Can you blame a player like Pele for trying to earn money while both living a stars life in America and advancing the sport? Batigol is a money whore because he wants to make himself a nice nest egg playing in Arabia? I wonder if Del Piero does the same one day how you will feel about it.
And why is he not a money whore for trying to be a bench player in a top European club? Why would he be? As youve said, hes achieved everything he can. Isnt that money whoredom even worse?
Rant over
No, I don't blame them. Football is all about money nowdays. It's more commercial than ever.
I'm just saying I'd be dissapointed if someone I look up such Zizou jumped on the money after all his done throughout his career.
But that's his call no like you said I can't blame him but it'd def change my image of him.
The Del Piero story is a little bit different. There isn't a Juve fan who wouldn't want him to remain at the club (after all he's done) while he can still offer something to us. DP is unique. He's not a mercenary and I would hate him the very second he signed for another club.
yoyo913
Team Captain
Shifty where you drunk when you made this thread?
Did this idea just pop in your head and you decided to make a thread about it?
No its cool brother, thanks for bringing the discussion to air.
I severly doubt Zidane will play in the MLS just because he dosen't seem the type, I'm sorry Shifty but with this thread you bring a sort of arrogance like playing in America is a great privlidge and that it's every great player's job to make the US fans like the sport. It's their choice what sports they like, no international player cares. Pele most definitly wanted to play in the US because he liked the country... I respect him for appreciating the great things about the US but also because it was a fairly easy league in a huge country and he got paid loads of money and was treated like a legend. Zidane however dosen't care about the money and he kinda seems like a snob in some ways, a nationalist, I don't know... I just feel he would never do this.
This thread was very random however.
Did this idea just pop in your head and you decided to make a thread about it?
No its cool brother, thanks for bringing the discussion to air.
I severly doubt Zidane will play in the MLS just because he dosen't seem the type, I'm sorry Shifty but with this thread you bring a sort of arrogance like playing in America is a great privlidge and that it's every great player's job to make the US fans like the sport. It's their choice what sports they like, no international player cares. Pele most definitly wanted to play in the US because he liked the country... I respect him for appreciating the great things about the US but also because it was a fairly easy league in a huge country and he got paid loads of money and was treated like a legend. Zidane however dosen't care about the money and he kinda seems like a snob in some ways, a nationalist, I don't know... I just feel he would never do this.
This thread was very random however.
I don't think this thread is random at all.
It can happen... if the circumstances are right. But I'd suspect he would take a year off or two or something first before he would even consider playing in the MLS. Even then he'd probably own the league. :X
Come on Djorkaeff, bring your homie Zizou to the US.
It can happen... if the circumstances are right. But I'd suspect he would take a year off or two or something first before he would even consider playing in the MLS. Even then he'd probably own the league. :X
Come on Djorkaeff, bring your homie Zizou to the US.
Those handful of players were some of the best players to ever grace the game. Like mentioned earlier, Pele and Beckenbauer playing for the Cosmos in the 70's... the situation has changed a bit since then but the MLS can be very tempting for a player like Zidane.
After a year who knows, Zidane might miss the game and due to his physical limitations, instead of playing top flight football he can come to the MLS and play only half as hard and be treated like a god. (:/) And the media wouldn't be all over his back like in Europe too. He could just kick back and make a lot of money while doin' it.
After a year who knows, Zidane might miss the game and due to his physical limitations, instead of playing top flight football he can come to the MLS and play only half as hard and be treated like a god. (:/) And the media wouldn't be all over his back like in Europe too. He could just kick back and make a lot of money while doin' it.
ShiftyPowers
Make America Great Again
Horatiu said:
The new movie about the New York Cosmos is what made it pop into my head. I really want to see it and I recently read a great article on ESPN.com about the Cosmos of 1977.
And sure Zidane is not a flamboyant kind of guy, he just goes out there and plays, but not everyone who came over to the NASL in the 70's was a flamboyant media whore. Beckenbauer came over after winning the Champions League with Bayern. Carlos Alberto played for the Cosmos too.
I think there are a lot of things attractive about playing in America. For one, Zidane will be able to walk down the street as a relatively anonymous figure; Der Kaiser apparantly LOVED this aspect. Plus, nothing against Madrid or Turin, but New York would be the best city he's played in outside Paris. He's European and rich, so I guarantee the lure of clubs and designer shops is powerful; I don't even like clubs and am not rich, and that's a huge draw.
Plus, the money likely isn't an issue. Sure he can get paid what someone bringing that kind of exposure to the league deserves, but helping to launch the game in America is a major thing. The McBride/Reyna/Keller generation of American players were all heavily influenced by the superstars of the NASL. Apparantly the Cosmos drew HUGE crowds, crowds that have only been matched in the USA by soccer at the 1994 World Cup (um... and the 1999 Women's World Cup Final). To be a part of a new wave like that would be fantastic.
Yes Pele did come over because he was given millions to pay off his massive debts, but I know that he loved the experience and probably would not have ended his career any other way save comming back for one more season at Santos.
ShiftyPowers
Make America Great Again
It sounds awkward to say "do you think he will play in MLS?" Because if you're consistent with NFL, NHL, and NBA, you put a "the" in front. And no one calls Major League Baseball, the MLB. Like, for instance no one says "do you think [insert japanese player] will come over to MLB this year?" It's not really a league you abbreviate in speech. The MLS however, is pronounced in regular speech as the letters, so in a nation used to putting "the" in front of leagues like the NFL, NBA, and NHL, it has worked its way to being acceptable. Or at least that's my boring reasoning.
TheBlueBalla
Starting XI
jumbo said:
yeah but nobody would be going to the us to make the "big bucks". It would be a purely recreational thing.
But remember that when they go to the US or Qatar, or wherever to play out their last days, they are off the big stage and forgotten. I dont think it tarnishes what they have done on the European or South American stages at all to get a few extra years (maybe a few extra bucks in the middle east) in what amounts to a rec league for them, just because they want to experience life out of the limelight for a while
It makes a good extended vacation. Its not like Zidane just woke up today and figured, "well, im retired. Im gonna have some corn flakes, swing by the video store with these DVDs and then see whats cookin in town." Obviously, he's gonna be in the limelight for even longer than most former greats, and it might be a great way to just get away from the 4 billion "what were you thinking?"s hes about to get
So what if Zidane doesn't come? Ronnie and Beckham are on the way. Hell, Maradona should make a comeback. I say open the door to every single great player who decides they want to make some cash after they're past their best and want live low key due to general soccer ignorance in this country.
Oh why wasn't I born a Brazilian in Brazil. :boohoo:
Seriously though I don't see Zidane coming, though I am expecting such "big named players" to make the hop, especially with this new "cap-space" thing that MLS teams now have, the ability to sign a player who doesn't count towards the cap.
Oh why wasn't I born a Brazilian in Brazil. :boohoo:
Seriously though I don't see Zidane coming, though I am expecting such "big named players" to make the hop, especially with this new "cap-space" thing that MLS teams now have, the ability to sign a player who doesn't count towards the cap.
CopeCOwBoy
Reserve Team
It wouldnt really make the sport anymore popular here or in canada if more superstars came to the mls, the sport will get a lot more respect from north americans when the players stop diving and acting so much and the refs crack down on stuff and stop being so inconsistant, when that day comes the sport will be a lot more respected here, but as of now this is the biggest complaint around here.