It's kind of a pathetic move him going to PSG and one that diminishes his legacy in my eyes. He could show that he was his own man (brand) and choose his own destiny by going his own way, one not motivated by the big dollar or meeting the needs of his brand specialists at Nike.
Imagine if he returned to Argentina? That would have been romantic and would have enshrined his status further. But he's opted for the easy option of going to that shameless circus in Ligue 1.
He doesn't need to win another Champions League or Ballon D'or. It's a morally cheap move with no style or substance.
Where would you rather he go, the shower of mercenaries down the road?
His crocodile tears come one year after he demanded to abandon the Koeman ship. Now his contract has ended, he got his wish. He should be serving time for his tax dodging, not looking to make more money after it.
An unemployed footballer for the last 6 weeks holding a press conference to tell everyone he's off, is weird. Holding it at a club he's not even with, is bizarre. He's 35 and heading for a cushy retirement gig in Paris, score another 30 tap ins a season, win a few more one team league titles but not the European Cup they all crave. Most of his new teammates have many miles on the clock, and other players at other clubs don't.
When we got Barcelona in the European Cup in 2007, he confidently predicted a 3-0 win for them in the first leg. We beat them 2-1 and out they went. He then told his teammates that he would win the European Cup for them. Then they couldn't mark Origi at corners, and out they went to us again. He said he will end his career in Argentina, well away from the top table of the world game. But given all his moodswings down the years at club and international level, even that's not guaranteed.
As regards to astronomical money flying about, it has always been there. City have just blown it on a mid table second rate player, who can only make the bench at international level. He's not even worth half that. But when we were paying out the best part of 2m for new players in the 80's, it was breaking transfer records for the Barnes and the Beardsleys of the game.
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