Friday, November 9, 2007

The New (Fitness) Regime

The Telegraph and others are reporting that Juande Ramos has let Huddlestone know that he expects peak fitness from his team and that the midfielder's playing time is at risk at his current weight.

The Daily Mail reports that Derby are ready to step in with a 4 million pound offer for their former player. Let's hope that Thud takes the challenge and gets in top shape.

Still more in the Berbatov saga. While his brother is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying the striker is depressed and has outgrown Spurs, the Bulgarian himself says that he is happy at Spurs, but disappointed in the lies the press attributes to his family.

But is Berbatov perhaps angry that the papers are reporting his families lies? It's odd that a number of his family members have reportedly gone to the press about this. Are there hangers on looking for a payday? Are they trying to help him make up his mind to leave rather than conveying his feelings?

One might infer that, when Berbatov claims that he is his own man (Telegraph), he may actually be saying that his family doesn't make football decisions for him. Given that he's 26 years old, that would make a bit of sense.

4 comments:

JBA said...

Spurs fans are hilarious. At least you can guarantee that Huddlestone will be competing with Frank Lampard....at the buffet line.

Jonathan said...

Fat Frankie is past his prime. Give someone else a seat at the table.

Patrick said...

Past his prime? I think not.

Jonathan said...

past his prime at the buffet table