"For many years he has been a tick on the body of football,

nibbling his way into its bloodstream, occupying it so thoroughly and rapaciously that he has become the thing itself. Now he stands as a sort of Gazprom-flavoured isotope of the game: a relic of the game?s past that somehow also represents its bleak, bleak future."

Bit overdone perhaps, but yes, basically.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Dec 11, 13:49:07