Tuesday 23 June 2009

West Ham, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham In Race for Jokéro


Details are emerging of an agreement between West Ham, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City in relation to the potential signing of Brazilian wonderkid, Jokéro. Negotiations have been on going for more than 9 months, with agreements apparently in place for charitable payments to the impoverished street kids of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro as part of the deal.

A spokesman for Ethics In Sport stated: "The four clubs reached an agreement not to get into a bidding war for the player. We felt that it was in everybody's interests to agree a valuation for the player, then to match that with an equal sum for the charity providing for the street children forced into prostitution and crime in the big cities of Brazil."

This departure from "win at all cost" was kept carefully under wraps whilst negotiations with the respective football associations, government agencies, the player's family and the charity were ongoing. In return for the charitable payment, it was agreed that the four clubs would have a "free run" at signing the player.

"It is basically a case of who can offer the best for the boy in terms of first team opportunities, personal development, etcetera. It is hoped that this deal might be a model for the future, with the wealthy Premiership clubs doing their bit to relieve world poverty when recruiting players from Third World or Developing World countries by matching the transfer or signing on fee with a charitable payment," the spokesman added.

The 16 year old Jokéro is a prodigy and is widely tipped to be the new Pele, so the combined fee to Gremio and the charity of £8m is regarded by experts as something of a bargain. "Obviously there is an element of gambling involved when you sign a kid of this age but, no matter how he performs, the money can never be claimed back from the charity. Some fans might feel resentment if their club miss out on this signing but we would hope that they can see the bigger picture. Despite what Mr Shankley said, football is not more important than life and death. It is a shame that Real Madrid did not take that into account when paying those huge sums for Ronaldo and Kaka."

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

what if Julien Faubert came back and had a good game against Wolves, what do you think people would say?

Life of Iron said...

Great idea from the South Americans, and great article thought provoking stuff, when something like this comes along you don't really mind who signs the player, your thoughts are with the less fortunate!

supernumbersix said...

Long overdue but good to see it. Hope it continues.

Anonymous said...

tottenham should just get him now ,ive seen this kid and hes awesome dont see why we should have to give to some little street scrubbers though

Anonymous said...

This is another fanno wind up, innit? Joke-ro or Joker-o, very funny but you missed Arpril Fools Day by about two and a half months. LOL!

Anonymous said...

With that name he's perfect for West Ham

Anonymous said...

Jesus christ Duxbery just sold him on under a third party arrangement

Anonymous said...

The guy on the picture name is Douglas Costa de Souza AKA Douglas Costa

Tipped the next big thing in Brazil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Costa

So this story is made up, a wind up. The reason why the author made it up is a mystery until he answers why?

Why did you make it up Mr. Blogger AKA Mr. Uganoff?

Anonymous said...

Why put one team's name in your header when you can fit four! That's four times the hits! Genius

Giovanni (Brazilian) said...

That's Douglas Costa, the player ManU are supposedly interested in paying £20M in. Gremio are from Rio Grande do Sul, many people from there want to separate themselves from the rest of Brazil, so it wouldn't make any sense for Gremio to donate money to be used in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Lastly Jokero isn't even a Brazilian name :P Too many mistakes on that spoof article, but it would surely be an interesting thing if clubs did that...

Anonymous said...

It's not even an original post but has been lifted word for word from Skyscrapercity.com. I know Newsnow frown heavily on thieving from other posts. But then what would you expect from this blog eh?

Anonymous said...

What, and Douglas is a Brazilian name? Liverpool have a player named Lucas, again not a Brazilian name. Not saying that this story is not fabricated, but seriously, you can't say it's fake just because his name isn't "Brazilian".

Anonymous said...

Had to resort to stealing now then eh?


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=38686210

As well as lying and cheating

supernumbersix said...

HF you cheeky old wag you.

Hammersfan said...

902, I have NO IDEA what you are talking about. This isn't even a valid link!

Anonymous said...

what is wrong with you? you really are one of the strangest, worst bloggers i have ever come across.

i need to figure out how to block you from newsnow.

Anonymous said...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=38686210

It means the link (which works for me) is the original post, but then of course you know that - more lies?

Hammersfan said...

1516 Amazing, the cheeky bugger. Check the times. I posted at just after 4pm, he posted at 8.25 pm. Who copied and pasted whose article do you think? LOL Probably beyond your powers of deduction but I'm sure others realise! The thing is, I think he took it seriously!!!!!!!

Hammersfan said...

1516, I'm waiting for your apology! LOL

Giovanni (Brazilian) said...

829: If you didn't read in my name, I AM Brazilian, so I do know how a Brazilian name is. Lucas is a Brazilian name, Douglas is a Brazilian name, Jokero...well, I wouldn't even be able to pronounce that correctly I'm pretty sure.