Joga Bonito? Nah...Money Game

Its no more "Joga Bonito" well known as "The Beautiful Game".

Its sad to see that the true lovers of the game are being disappointed by what the world has to offer at the pinnacle of the game. The World Cup was a waste of time and money for the fans as the flair on the field was only shown by Germany. And the finals was an absolute mockery of the beautiful game and both the teams were culprits.

Moving on to the club scene where you see the so called passion from the players which is probably down to their huge salaries. There is no more stability at clubs due to extravagant spending in pursuit of trophies which they never seem to get hold off. Can you imagine Olympiacos spending in access of $7M on Riera! Isn't that a crazy sum for a club in Greece to spend (the country is bankrupt). Just watch how beautiful Blackpool play as compared to any other team in EPL. And the highest transfer fee that they have payed for any player is a paltry sum of $800,000. Or just go to South America for a pleasant change.

The change in the behaviour of the football professionals and clubs can be put down to UEFA . Their transfer policy came under serious scrutiny after Bosman's case which he won and it came to be known as Bosman/Free Transfer. They have not been strict on the players playing nonsense football causing serious injury concerns for the talented players. Furthermore, they never took care of the very talented players and the rules implemented by them demanded a player which can now be seen in every team all over the world "Anchorman" whose sole duty is to terrorise the players and play anti-football. Just see how many teams have flourished with an anchorman in past 10 years.

UEFA has always emphasised on the home grown rule which is fine. But regarding non- European Union players, they have always been diplomatic.They say every season of imposing a cap on number of non EU players a team can play but till day it has not been implemented. This highlights their hypocrisy. Everyone knows that without the South American flair(the real home of football, no offence to England), football is nothing which can't be described better than Sir Alex's words "115 Brazilian players played for the clubs in the UEFA Champions League in 2009 more than any other players of a single country". This makes the Champions League the most watched football competition in the world at club level churning out billions of euros.

All in all, it can be said that UEFA has always maintained double standards over their policy and its solely down to money. Instead of The Beautiful Game (Joga Bonito), its now a Money Game.