MIDFIELDER ALLAN HAS joined Abu Dhabi side Al Wahda from Everton on a two-year deal after falling out of favour at Goodison Park.
The 31-year-old, who arrived from Napoli for a fee of roughly £25 million in the summer of 2020 as one of Carlo Ancelotti’s signings, has not played a single minute of football for Frank Lampard’s team this season.
He was deemed surplus to requirements after the arrivals of Idrissa Gana Gueye and Amadou Onana and as a result a deal was struck to allow him to join the UAE Pro League club.
“Al Wahda Football Club has contracted the Brazilian player Allan Marcos in a permanent transfer deal from the English club Everton with a two-season contract as part of the club’s efforts to strengthen the ranks of the first team and meet the requirements of success,” said the club in a statement on Twitter.
Allan made 57 appearances in all competitions for the Toffees, including 28 league appearances last season.
Aussies, known for their sportsmanship, not.
@Minom Pnnomm: will all the bookies pay back the money on bets!!
Don’t know if the fans can handle all this excitement…….
Maybe the ball has asthma….
It’s just not Cricket!
Except it was!
It wouldn’t be the first time an Australian was caught playing with their balls…. In this case it’s safe to say it wasn’t a G’day for the bowler!!!
Most exciting thing to happen in the game for yonks
Such a disappointment for the fans.
Takes away from the game when you’re embarrassed/ashamed instead of proud of your team. Anyways, this too shall pass
I don’t like cricket…. I love it!
Really stupid to cheat the way they did when there are so many camera on them
@Nick Allen: So its ok to cheat away from the cameras?
A bit of moral ambivilance there Nick why am I not surprised?
@Jarlath Murphy:
You know perfectly well what he meant,
A bit early for you to qualify for the days dumbest comment.
@P.J. Nolan: agreed
@Jarlath Murphy:
I should have expected that response from you, if you are going to try and go after me then at least try to do it properly. Please clarify where I said it was okay to cheat.
@P.J. Nolan:
Nicely put
@P.J. Nolan: No I think you already won that accolade!
@P.J. Nolan: No I think you won that accolade!
@Nick Allen: “Really stupid to cheat THAT way”
Is there an alright way to cheat?
@Jarlath Murphy:
So which comment did he make which tops your stupid comment?
@Minom Pnnomm: Well done dont forget to sign back in again and agree with yourself!
@Jarlath Murphy:
I didn’t say it was alright to cheat, I said it was really stupid to cheat that way because he was bound to get caught with all the cameras. If you are going to cheat it would make sense to do it in a way that minimises the chances of getting caught. That doesn’t mean I condone the behaviour it simply points out how dumb it is.
@Nick Allen:
So dumb as in likely to get caught which would imply it would be cleverer to do it in a way that he wouldn’t get caught?
Why not just say it was wrong to cheat?
@Jarlath Murphy: Time to step away from the keyboard. You’re just embarrassing yourself now.
@Jarlath Murphy:
You are obviously struggling with understanding the difference between being ‘dumb’ and having integrity (totally understandable). Of course it is wrong to cheat but I wasn’t commenting on whether cheating is wrong or not, I was commenting on how dumb he was to do it in the manner he did. It’s a bit like how you are highlighting how dumb you are with your comments.
@Ciara Baines: Thanks for your input!
@Nick Allen: And I was merely pointing out how lacking in integrity it would be to suggest that there was a cleverer way to cheat unseen!
@Jarlath Murphy:
You are getting confused. Pointing out what is dumb cheating and what is clever cheating does. It demonstrate a lack of integrity, it just shows an element of critical thinking.
Top tip. I appreciate that you are trying to have a pop at me personally and not my comment, which you are perfectly entitled to do. However, take the hint when other commenters say you have the dumbest comment of the day and time to step away from your keyboard that you may have called this one wrong. Take it in the chin and step away quietly rather than continuing to make a fool of yourself
@Nick Allen: No confusion this end, I don’t value the input of your acolytes so I’ll choose to disregard their guidance but you can thank them from me!
@Jarlath Murphy: well I back her up too. You’re just being stupid now.
@Ardmore02: Goodlad! Nearly a full house Adam/Frank will be along shortly to agree with you!
@Jarlath Murphy:
You write an awful lot of rubbish. Next time you want to accuse me of something trying thinking before writing a comment. It will lessen how stupid you make yourself look.
@Nick Allen: Ahh bless, whats wrong, having a bad day?
@Jarlath Murphy:
What makes you think that? I, and others point out your stupidity and the best you can come up with is that I am having a bad day. Really can’t see how you made that leap but I suppose that when you can’t argue your case and make a stupid statement there is very little left you left to say. As I said, you are probably best just taking it in the chin. Better luck next time, just put a little more thinking into your comments first
@Jarlath Murphy:
will someone take away this mans shovel…
@Jarlath Murphy: We all know what Nick meant. You just took a holier than thou attitude to it for some reason. We all agree that cheating is wrong. We can also all agree that ball-tampering in full view of the cameras is a stupid way of doing it.
https://www.todayfm.com/Gift-Cricket-Yes-We-Can-From-The-Archives
Coming from generations of bushrangers….
F**k cricket.
@Mark Mc Donnell: How?
Muppets. They shud bring back public flogging
Steve Smith is as likeable as a piece of Sandpaper!