frederic38
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in 2001, a belgian club, KSK beveren, decided to import incredible numbers of african players, who came from the same city in ivory coast, and from the same club
they ended up with 10-11 african players as titulars in every match
the black-loving arsenal was involved also
the club was used as a way to sell a big number of players from the ivorian training academy, to earn money when selling them to bigger clubs
a translation of some of the most interestings parts of an interview from 2003 with the man responsible for all this nonsense, jean marc guillou, former french player, who owns a training academy in abidjan, ivory coast:
i think the tallest black guy in the picture is yaya touré, who plays in manchester city now
http://www.afrik.com/article6858.html
typical racilly biased nonsense, the only reason why a white player can be better is because he is older, while the african represents the uncut diamond :icon_rolleyes:
when asked who is responsible for this, guillou answers:
then the interviewer asks how it is possible to have so many players who are not from the european union, since it's suposed to be limited buy the bosman ruling, but nowadays there is no limit for african players because of the cotonou agreements so the question is not important anymore
at the time of the interview, the cotonou agreements were recent, so it was uncertain that it would apply to soccer
but in the end, it applied to soccer, so there is no limit for the number of african players in every european country
guillou mentions that all the players from his training academy are very young, but it's a joke, because they are older than they pretend to be, like every african player
and it's very unfair for the local players, because everyone says "the white player is better, but the black player is younger, so he has to play"
for example gervinho comes from this club, and now plays for arsenal (ofcourse)
i don't know if you heard about him, but he is suposed to be 24 right now :icon_rolleyes:
yeah, of course, 24 :icon_rolleyes:
his ridiculous hairstyle is aimed at hiding the fact that he is bald
i always saw him bald, even when he was suposed to be 20 years old
this is what the whole team looked like in 2005-2006:
similar contracts between european clubs and african training academies exist currently
scandinavia has contracts with african academies, for example the one created by patrick vieira
the same for clubs from the north of france
clubs from the north of italy are associated with training academies in ghana
if the young players fail at soccer, they even have contracts that allow them to study at a local business school,so they stay in the country even if they fail at soccer
they ended up with 10-11 african players as titulars in every match
the black-loving arsenal was involved also
the club was used as a way to sell a big number of players from the ivorian training academy, to earn money when selling them to bigger clubs
a translation of some of the most interestings parts of an interview from 2003 with the man responsible for all this nonsense, jean marc guillou, former french player, who owns a training academy in abidjan, ivory coast:
i think the tallest black guy in the picture is yaya touré, who plays in manchester city now
http://www.afrik.com/article6858.html
typical racilly biased nonsense, the only reason why a white player can be better is because he is older, while the african represents the uncut diamond :icon_rolleyes:
when asked who is responsible for this, guillou answers:
then the interviewer asks how it is possible to have so many players who are not from the european union, since it's suposed to be limited buy the bosman ruling, but nowadays there is no limit for african players because of the cotonou agreements so the question is not important anymore
at the time of the interview, the cotonou agreements were recent, so it was uncertain that it would apply to soccer
but in the end, it applied to soccer, so there is no limit for the number of african players in every european country
guillou mentions that all the players from his training academy are very young, but it's a joke, because they are older than they pretend to be, like every african player
and it's very unfair for the local players, because everyone says "the white player is better, but the black player is younger, so he has to play"
for example gervinho comes from this club, and now plays for arsenal (ofcourse)
i don't know if you heard about him, but he is suposed to be 24 right now :icon_rolleyes:
yeah, of course, 24 :icon_rolleyes:
his ridiculous hairstyle is aimed at hiding the fact that he is bald
i always saw him bald, even when he was suposed to be 20 years old
this is what the whole team looked like in 2005-2006:
similar contracts between european clubs and african training academies exist currently
scandinavia has contracts with african academies, for example the one created by patrick vieira
the same for clubs from the north of france
clubs from the north of italy are associated with training academies in ghana
if the young players fail at soccer, they even have contracts that allow them to study at a local business school,so they stay in the country even if they fail at soccer
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