Dodo Coming To United, Old Brazilian Wizard Not Happy
By: Wayne Farry | June 8th, 2009
News coming today that Corinthians seventeen year old centre-back Dodo (sorry about the picture but I couldn’t find a clear one of the youngster) is on the verge of making a move to United. This move has been mooted for about a month and a half now and it looks to be drawing closer to a reality as the youngster has been quoted as saying he expects to join us in the near future. It is unclear what the fee will be but if the move goes through, it will see the promising defender join up with compatriots Rafael, Fabio, Anderson and Rodrigo Possebon at Old Trafford.
But while I think it’s good news that another promising Brazilian defender is joining us, there’s at least one man who doesn’t share my enthusiasm; Brazilian legend and World Cup winner Carlos Alberto. He apparently thinks FIFA’s current rules on signing young players are ridiculous and has called on them to change things, with perhaps not the best choice of words:
“It is disgraceful United are allowed to rape Brazilian football.
“The big teams have the money and can take our best players. It is a big problem in Brazil.
“The clubs cannot keep good young players because they can make much more money in other countries. They should change the law so, at least until the age of 20 or 21, the best players play in Brazil and get experience before moving to Europe.
“FIFA must do something.”
To be honest, I agree with him to an extent (not about his usage of the word ‘rape’, I’m not offended, it’s just a fatally poor choice of words). Big European clubs can come in and take these wee nippers from under their club’s nose, when the players are still very young. But while the rules are as they are, big European clubs should and will buy these players for a fraction of what they’d pay two or three years of development later. So while the rules aren’t exactly perfect, they appear to be suiting us quite well for now, at least. So unless Carlos Alberto intends on going for FIFA presidency, he seems to be fighting a losing battle.
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While we’re on the subject, we’ve apparently either already signed or are going to sign French U-16 player Paul Pogba. Not surprisingly, he’s being touted as another “next Zidane” type player. He’s the captain of the U-16 national side, plays for Le Havre, and was also being pursured by Arsenal.
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Yeah, I read about that a while ago but there hasn’t been much on it since. The media kept referring to the transfer as Fergie getting one over on the Professor. Sounds like a decent player though.
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Nothing like beating Wenger to a Frenchman. I like it.
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I wouldn’t be so sure, Blatter has expressed similar sentiments in the past. But then he doesn’t actually seem to have any power so I guess we needn’t worry about it.
And damn straight Colin
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‘Twas better in the days of yore, when boys became men when they were 21, and played football after a long week’s toil down the mine. Of course they were all wee nippers born within a woman’s spit from the kick-off spot.
Whilst I am for players not moving before they’re 18, I can’t see how it’s logical to prevent them moving before they’re 21 or 22… Perhaps Brazilian clubs should start trying to pay their starlets more? Sure, Man U, AC Milan, et al. are very rich, but Dodos (or Possebon, Fabio, Rafael, etc.) aren’t going to earn anything on par with the Ronaldos or Kakas, nor even the O’Sheas and Fletchers. Sure, there’s the status of playing “in europe” (perhaps also a security issue), but pay alone isn’t enough to explain why players leave for Europe and not the Middle East or just shadily organised clubs in South America (Corinthians, for instance, haha).
Sure, paying a 17 year-old what would be one of the bigger salaries in their pay structure might be a hard sacrifice, but you can’t have your pie and eat it: either they want the money made from the transfer now or they’re ready to play all or nothing by paying him lots to keep him on for a few more years and then sell him at tenfold the price.
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