Etxeberria signs a deal to play for free

I wonder what people like Blatter and Platini think of that gesture...glad to hear that for some people it's not all about money.

And how much i admire Exteberria's gesture, i still understand players. They have to make money in a relative short spell.

What i don't like is that people like Blatter and organisations like FIFA seems to be glad with the growing influence money has on the game.
I think Platini understands this better...
 
u know what's really crazy? that, given the deep bond between basque people and athletic de Bilbao, this news doesn't surprise me at all. :))
respect :))
 
Well its hard to leave once your attached to the club and your boss is your friend. Great gesture!
 
awesome gesture that is, could you honestly see the likes of ronaldo and lampard etc doing something like that? highly unlikely

Peter Eyres said:
Legend. Bilbao are one of those clubs that just have a special bond with their players and fans.
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that just might have something to do with the fact theyre a basque club who only have basque players in their entire squad, which again is awesome lol
 
I applaud the guy :applaud:

He's gone one further than Damiano Tommasi a few years ago (then also 31), who asked to only be payed a modest wage €1,500 (£1,013) a month, after returning from a lengthy injury spell. Playing was more important than financial considerations.
 
edible10 said:
awesome gesture that is, could you honestly see the likes of ronaldo and lampard etc doing something like that? highly unlikely



that just might have something to do with the fact theyre a basque club who only have basque players in their entire squad, which again is awesome lol
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the fact they manage to stay in La Liga everyear is great too!

Gonna do a MM in Fifa with either Bilbao or Dortmund.
 
Peter Eyres said:
the fact they manage to stay in La Liga everyear is great too!

Gonna do a MM in Fifa with either Bilbao or Dortmund.
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I've also thought about doing a MM (or previous ML) with Athletic de Bilbao.
Problem is that if doing that one should respect their big principle only playing Basques...i don't know enough Basques...maybe iwill do a league with them.

PS: i also would like tot try Vaduz...
 
yeh I started a ML with Bilbao on PES but I probably needed a list of all the basque players on the game to keep it realistic. Got boring not buying players.

You'd probably just have to buy from Sociedad!
 
Peter Eyres said:
You'd probably just have to buy from Sociedad!
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I hate to spoil the party, but Athletic are not the saints that people make out. Because of their principles, they have a very aggressive youth policy and so clubs around them have been made to suffer, Sociedad in particular.

They all had the same principles years ago, but ever since Athletic started poaching their promising youth players they have had to abandon them and bring in foreigners or worse (ie. Spaniards!).

San Mames is the best ground in La Liga though!
 
That's true Terry...i've read something similar in FourFourTwo where they used to have an item about great derbies-rivalries...that was mentioned in the article about the rivalry between both clubs.
On top of that, Athletic de Bilbao accused Sociedad being traitors of the Basque cause because they have foreigners in their team (and foreigners here in the sense of "people from outside the Basque country").
I have much sympathy for Athletic de Bilbao (but also for Real Sociedad), but i don't always agree with their ultra-nationalistic side...
 
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