Roy Keane says No to Mido
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By Sam Jenkins
Mido's agent, Mino Raiola, has been working overtime to find the Egyptian target-man a new club after Martin Jol opened the door to his departure from Tottenham.
Sunderland, Birmingham, West Ham & Bolton are among the clubs Raiola has been targeting. Out of the four above mentioned teams, only Birmingham have made it clear that they would be interested.
When asked what Roy Keane's views were on Mido, the Sunderland manager simply replied; "I think he's fairly talented, but talent exceeds what you can do with the ball."
He later went on to add; "A footballer must prove that he is professional twenty-four hours a day and not just when he's playing."
I have to agree with the former Republic of Ireland captain. Mido can be a great footballer. We all know that 'Can Be's' and 'Are Currently Great' are two completely different things.
Whilst injured, he gained weight, looked sluggish and disinterested. Those characteristics shouldn't be a part of a professional footballers make-up. It's a shame that Mido is the way he is.
What isn't a shame, is the reported £4 million we'll be getting from Birmingham, according to the Daily Mail.
What do you think about Mido, should we sell him on? Should he be given another chance at Spurs?
16 comments
was good when he was on loan, but not been the same player since we signed him, no player is bigger than the club and we dont need the attitude that he brings
Lost too much weight last pre seaon in my opinion and became ineffective. Still has a lot to offer but if we can get £4m based on last seasons form then its good business
S Jenkins
Aint trying to be funny but the guy is utter rubbish, was always a stopgap until somebody like Berbatov came in. Then we had all the saga last season then we bought him and he has been as effective as a cheese grater with no holes, lets sell him and a few others to!!!
i think he should stay! i luv mido and everything he brought to the club! so he had an off season, how can you blame him when jol kept using his stupid rotation system. players will loose there confidence if they dont continually play. I think he should stay and fight for his place and get rid of jermaine defoe! jol could play keane, berb & mido in every
Yes ,that stupid rotation system that got us into semis of uefa,5th in the league etc.your right - it was stupid
Go back to www.cfc.co.uk
Still, it seems like only yesterday that he scored two goals on his debut for us, something only a handful of Spurs greats have done. I'd love it if something was sorted out with him.
I remember he didn't miss a header when used as a target man. I think with a change of attitude he will be back even better.
Will be a very happy man if i see him at WHL next season
What, like you Roy? Down some backstreet pub in Manchester til the wee hours getting pi55ed as a newt, professional like that? Or on the pitch taking out players (and their careers) in pre-meditated revenge acts years after they injured you?
Mido is no saint, sure, and we'd like him to go. But cut the BS Roy!!!