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Adding Insult to Injury

Started by The Gaffer · 10 months ago

ESPNsoccernet is reporting that a significant amount of money–believed to be in the region of $3,000-$4,000 US–was stolen right out of wallets from the Manchester City dressing room at some point during the afternoon today. City occupied the visitors’ c ... Continue reading »

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TT
1 year ago

Then again, what were City’s players and staff doing with that much money?? They were the visiting team and probably were heading back to Manchester directly after the match; I’m not sure why they were carrying any considerable amount of money in the first place.

The card school on the bus home of course! You must have heard all the idiot stories about footballers & their cash!

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TheScout
1 year ago

3-4 K isn't that much (if that's the total sum stolen from everyone) considering what these fellows make in a week and depending how many players were robbed it's not that much per person. It's just the scale of things. Losing 40 or 60 bucks to the average person is like these fellows losing a couple hundred.

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Michael
1 year ago

You're right, let's not pretend these players really will suffer without this money, it's just the sheer fact that someone was able to gain access to the visitors' dressing room that is such a joke.

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wanderer_abroad
1 year ago

Well you know, players have to have that spare 3k around incase they see a nice car or something. Perhpas a new diamond watch...

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TheScout
1 year ago

Michael,

I agree with your point. The fact the dressing was not locked is the real heart of the matter. I hope it was just a "smash-and-grab" job and I hope none of the players homes will be hit in some sort of follow-up operation.

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