yuv wrote:
how was Barca a good choice for him? he's not better than Petit or Hleb, and the outcome was always going to be the same. It's not an obvious choice or an absolute truth - "when one of the biggest clubs comes calling, you must go". Gotta think what it does to your career. If you're finished after the move (Hleb; and to some extent Petit; and others who could have had a much better career, like Anelka and others) - how was that a good move? and why say "they could always move elsewhere" - look at poor Hleb.
I don't think Song's move was a good idea at all for him. And (though he's surely better equipped than Hleb) I'm not at all sure he's really coming back from this.
I think you take the plunge.
If it works out, the benefits are tremendous - global recognition, establishment as a true superstar, participation in the? greatest rivalry in football history, opportunity to play with the absolutely best players in the world and test your skills against them, etc.
If not, at least you tried and you don't spend the rest of your life thinking: 'what if?'.
It's a risk worth taking.
