Clifton Wolf
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Retire the shirt
**** off
Retire the shirt
Why's it detrimental? They'll be in a private international school (same as UK) and living in a luxury compound amongst friends and colleagues. Private jet back home to Portugal or UK at will and it never rains.
Surely if he's leaving them anywhere it's in Portugal amongst familyI agree with Discowolf but someone should start a thread in the political section to discuss those awful Saudi things and not spoil this thread.
It would be lovely if Ruben could leave his family in Wolverhampton and visit frequently. Why not? Clearly they have settled nicely and there's a bond with the community. Kinda like people working overseas, or on oil-rigs for months at a time.
Absolutely heartbreaking
Wonderful postJust watched the video with the wife,she was blubbering and I must admit i had a big lump in the throat.
The sad part for me about Ruben leaving is not just the footballing talent we are loosing,but the character and principles he uphoalds.
The way he has endlessly given 100% on and off the pitch will never be forgotten.
It’s a sad day for us fans but these things happen in football and nobody is bigger than the club.
Time to move on now,not to forget but build the next chapter in our great history.
Thank you Ruben and good luck.
i wouldn’t go as far to retiring the shirt however i would be very very careful who i give it to going forward, the same way United are with 7.Living 200 miles from Mol I see very few Wolves games live.
But I was at Hull City, keeping quiet among the Hull fans.
Barry Douglas passed it about three yards to this lad everyone was excited about...
It'll take a very, very special player to inherit the no. 8 shirt
Assuming that his wife and kids live with him in Saudi and not Portugal - he could easily fly there every weekend - there will be high quality international schools and ex-pat kids for company. Most ex-pats live in pretty much closed communities. They will hardly suffer....I wouldn’t say taking your kids to live in Saudi Arabia - I assume they’re going with him - was putting their future, or perhaps more accurately their present, first, but he may have calculated they’ll be leaving SA (after a couple of years?) before they’re of an age for it to be detrimental.
You beat me to it. My thoughts exactly.i wouldn’t go as far to retiring the shirt however i would be very very careful who i give it to going forward, the same way United are with 7.
you have to earn that number more than ever from now on
£600k/week reportedly. Tax free!What is he being pad? I read it’s c10x his current wage … c£500k per week?
Three years for optimism and dreams to die.....Just watched it again this morning to the same affect. I was gutted when Jota left but this hits different. Seeing him cry like that tells you all you need to know about him. What a player, what great man, we have been blessed!
Thank you Ruben you legend.
Your goals, your passion will be remembered.
And I thought it was that damned hayfever .....!I’ve watched it 4 times this morning already,it’s a great way to clean ya eyes.
I count myself lucky that I enjoyed every minute (well almost!) of my working life, because I loved my work. In the great scheme of things it was decently paid but nothing special. I could have earned a lot more in a related but different field, but I'm glad I didn't switch. Money isn't everything -- you need enough but you don't need masses, otherwise you spend your life worrying about losing it/ how to invest it. I've met quite a few miserable rich people in my time.
What a wonderfully considered post. TY.Something that has to be taken into account, with regard to the money.
In the past couple of years, Ruben has seen close-up just how precarious it all is: Raul's career was pretty much ended by a freak collision with a freak defender, Neto was flying high until doing his kneecap and might never be the same again, Jonny had two ACLs, Sasa broke after half an hour, Chiquinho ACL... and that's just in a small amount of time at one club. Players aren't bionic, and luck doesn't favour the brave.
It's all very well people outside the game postulating about "in his prime" and missed opportunities and lack of ambition and following the cash... well, too bloody right, it's his body and his family's future, and if he wants to secure it whilst he can, all power to him. Everything can change in a split second. Even then, I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision, and if Barca had been in any way professional instead of the footballing equivalent of back alley meth addicts then he probably would have gone there, but I'm actually glad he's chosen this route.
Leaves as a legend, and with nothing but love and gratitude from us. I hope he and his Neveses have a wonderful life.
That's how you say goodbye to something that means something. Class.
It’s a shame that whatever has gone on would make him feel like he shouldn’t/can’t make a statement.. but now it wouldn’t feel right, Ruben was King after all.Watching the video again this morning and makes it all the more strange we haven’t heard one thing from moutinho since he left. Find it odd.
He appears to have a blank sheet and reasonable funds if all the players touted to leave do go.JL might be able to get the midfield working without Neves, as we saw when he was suspended, but the team has lost much more than just a player.
JL has a hell of a job on his hands rebuilding not just the team, but the team's spirit, soul and connection with the fans.
Because it's dirty sportswashing from a murderous and terrible state? I thought this was well known now.I just cannot understand all these pundits having a go at him and saying all Saudi transfers should be banned ?? they are only trying to do what the Premier league did 20+ years ago.. So why so many dummies being spit out of Prams.. A threat to PL dominance maybe.. The PL destroyed the English game and the pyramid System with fake money from unethical broadcasters and Foreign owners. The Saudis already have the money
Mate I’ve liked your comment because I do believe it’s true. I’m at the stage in life now where nothing shocks me anymore but feel powerless to make changes to things. Our Govt collude with murderous states for oil, arms deals etc and we as citizens benefit (admittedly not as much as rich folk) so we’re all complicit in a way. Basically saying I’ve given up trusting Govts and will make little gestures here and there to show my disapproval of things but even I’m a hypocrite cos I want cheaper petrol, clothes et which generally comes from sweat shops and bloody awful regimes.Because it's dirty sportswashing from a murderous and terrible state? I thought this was well known now.