Not exact matches
International summer tournaments are always a way for players to
put themselves
in the
shop window, but Fluminense's director of football Rodrigo Caetano told ESPN Brazil: «Fred is under contract with Fluminense, he is very happy
at the club and we are very satisfied with him.»
Ince struggled to retain a foothold
in Liverpool's first team set - up early
in his career and elected to join the Tangerines, impressing a great deal, before a loan move back to the top tier
at Crystal Palace
in January helped
put him
in the
shop window.
Mitroglou has
put himself
in the
shop window this season with his electric performances
in the Champions League that have given the Greek side a great chance
at being able to progress through to the knockout stages of the competition.
At least I hope it was the formation, and not Alexis
putting himself
in shop window whilst Ozil playing for a bigger salary.
Dude ain't got much of an engine, no special skill set and he looks like he's a fan of the odd kebab or 3... He just
put himself
in the
shop window playing
at the Olympics.
Fast forward two years and the wheels have come off a bit but a useful year
at Kasimpasa
in Turkey has given him confidence and
put him back
in the
shop window.
But apart from the
window slamming shut we get all the final day drama with all the usual jargon, last minute dramatic swoops, pictures of helicopters that may or may not contain David Luiz, phones buzzing, alleged sightings
at motorway service stations or petrol stations anywhere, Ronaldo or Messi
shopping at the Westfield
shopping centre, Valencia
in the back of a cab
in Swansea or Liverpool (or
putting his feet up
in Ecuador), everyone with their sources, players spotted
at training grounds, Jack Wilshere driving his car to Bournemouth, last minute intervention by Daniel Levy who suddenly decides he wants Sissoko, and descriptions of transfers or done deals or rumours using words like amazing, dramatic, sensational, shocking, exciting, impressive or incredible.
It would waste (assuming the goal is not satire) too much space to
put research articles
in publications proving the moon is made of cheese (it's got craters, Swiss cheese has holes, by Glen Beck style logic: ergo...) or that the moon landings were faked or that the Earth is flat, or that purified water can do magic, or that you can get jewelry by staring
at it through a
shop window, or that a bacterial flagellum could not have evolved, — you know, common sense stuff like that...