Erling Haaland

Chizz said:

jimmymelrose said:

One of these days one of these mega earning footballers with some intelligence will actually do something interesting with all that money.

So far the most interesting has been to found a club in USA or buy into a non league club in England. 

I’m thinking on the lines of political influence or something in social media or AI. 

You mean like Marcus Rashford MBE and Mathieu Flamini (as others have mentioned) who have helped to provide millions of meals to underprivileged children and finding sustainable alternatives to oil-based products, respectively.  Or Didier Drogba who helped build hospitals and medical centres in Ivory Coast through the Didier Drogba Foundation. Or Juan Mata, who founded the Common Goal initiative, where players and coaches donate 1% of their salary to social causes, such as education and grassroots football projects worldwide. Or Cristiano Ronaldo who has funded hospitals, paid for surgery for critically ill children and auctioned off his Golden Boots to fund schools in Gaza.  Or Lionel Messi who, through the Leo Messi Foundation, funds education and healthcare initiatives for children, builds classrooms, supports hospitals and provides scholarships in various countries (And donated €1 million to hospitals in Spain and Argentina during the COVID-19 pandemic).  Or Mo Salah who funded infrastructure development in his hometown of Nagrig, Egypt, including building schools, a hospital and providing clean drinking water.  Or N'Golo Kante who has helped finance schools and projects for underprivileged children in Africa. Or Sadio Mane who built a school, a hospital and funded infrastructure development in his hometown of Bambali, Senegal.  Or Raheem Sterling who created the Raheem Sterling Foundation to support disadvantaged youth in education and employment opportunities. 

That sort of thing?

se9addick said:

jimmymelrose said:

Chizz said:

jimmymelrose said:

One of these days one of these mega earning footballers with some intelligence will actually do something interesting with all that money.

So far the most interesting has been to found a club in USA or buy into a non league club in England. 

I’m thinking on the lines of political influence or something in social media or AI. 

You mean like Marcus Rashford MBE and Mathieu Flamini (as others have mentioned) who have helped to provide millions of meals to underprivileged children and finding sustainable alternatives to oil-based products, respectively.  Or Didier Drogba who helped build hospitals and medical centres in Ivory Coast through the Didier Drogba Foundation. Or Juan Mata, who founded the Common Goal initiative, where players and coaches donate 1% of their salary to social causes, such as education and grassroots football projects worldwide. Or Cristiano Ronaldo who has funded hospitals, paid for surgery for critically ill children and auctioned off his Golden Boots to fund schools in Gaza.  Or Lionel Messi who, through the Leo Messi Foundation, funds education and healthcare initiatives for children, builds classrooms, supports hospitals and provides scholarships in various countries (And donated €1 million to hospitals in Spain and Argentina during the COVID-19 pandemic).  Or Mo Salah who funded infrastructure development in his hometown of Nagrig, Egypt, including building schools, a hospital and providing clean drinking water.  Or N'Golo Kante who has helped finance schools and projects for underprivileged children in Africa. Or Sadio Mane who built a school, a hospital and funded infrastructure development in his hometown of Bambali, Senegal.  Or Raheem Sterling who created the Raheem Sterling Foundation to support disadvantaged youth in education and employment opportunities. 

That sort of thing?

Most of those are charitable projects which, although fantastically admirable, are not what I was getting at.

I didn’t know about Flamini which is more the kind of thing Iwas thinking about. He has managed to turn big money into huge money. I suppose that I was thinking of a kind of Trump or Musk figure but who uses their power for good. If Flamini ran for president of France and then had a major influence to break the power of oil companies- that’s the sort of thing.

So you want former footballers to become world leaders who disrupt oligarchies, cool. 

jimmymelrose said:

Yes. Very cool. Footballers are the only normal people who have the potential power because real power these days comes from money -democracy is a lie.

It’s asking a lot I know. However, some people on here think that we can get promotion this season.  Which is the most unrealistic hope?

Lincsaddick said:

He is a phenomenon and surely if he were ever put up for sale, he would be the most highly priced player ever. 

SoundAsa£ said:

Lincsaddick said:

He is a phenomenon and surely if he were ever put up for sale, he would be the most highly priced player ever. 

Possibly £150,000,000+ I’d say.
May I add, his link up play is also superb…..so not just a prolific goal scorer but a great all round footballer into the bargain.

DennisBooth said:

Most difficult thing in football scoring goals. That is why good goalscorers cost so much.

CAFCsayer said:

SoundAsa£ said:

Lincsaddick said:

He is a phenomenon and surely if he were ever put up for sale, he would be the most highly priced player ever. 

Possibly £150,000,000+ I’d say.
May I add, his link up play is also superb…..so not just a prolific goal scorer but a great all round footballer into the bargain.

He would be 200 plus with any decent amount of time on his contract... Bloke is a goal machine

lardiman said:

Only as good as the team he plays in.

Otherwise Norway would have won the World Cup.

lardiman said:

Only as good as the team he plays in.

Otherwise Norway would have won the World Cup.

ValleyGary said:

What am I reading 🤣

Hes only in the team that’s succeeding cos he’s the best at scoring goals ffs.

Apart from Kane he’s the best CF in the world.