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The debate over the number of games footballers are being made to play is heating up, with FIFA and the players’ unions heading for a good old-fashioned showdown. Rumblings that soccer stars across Europe are going to be taking full-on industrial action are growing louder by the week. Well, I am not going to get into pros, cons, merits or otherwise of this argument for now but I will say this: if the footballers are looking for support and sympathy, their representatives may need to choose their words more carefully.

Speaking last week, Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Maheta Molango, one of the key men in this battle, had this to say: “I can tell you a situation not even 10 days ago where I went to a dressing room directly affected and I said ‘I’m happy to bark a bit but ultimately it’s down to you. How far would you like to go?’ “Some of them said: ‘I’m not having it, we may as well strike.’ Some said: ‘What’s the point? Yes, I’m a millionaire but I don’t even have time to spend the money’.



” Wow! I don’t know about you, but those words don’t exactly make me burst into tears on their behalf. While it may be true that they don’t have a lot of time to spend their vast riches, that is hardly a nightmare for people who generally quit work when most of us are just getting going. At the end of the day, most of these guys will retire in their early to mid-30s with several million in the bank, fully paid homes and fleet of.

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