“You shouldn’t make a move because of the money. It’s great to earn so much as a professional football player but money doesn’t mean anything when you’re going about your profession day in and day out. The only thing that counts is sport.”
That’s Michael Ballack trying to tell us that the move to Chelsea is not about the money, but about the sport of football.
I just wish these people would all stop being such hypocrites. If it was about the good of the game, Ballack should take a pay cut and go play in the United States. He would have a bigger impact on the future of the game there, than say, Chelsea.
One good thing- Ballack hopes the transfer could be completed before World Cup so that discussions or speculation about his future would not interfere with Germany’s preparations for the tournament.