Consider this. Juggling between the training sessions, office decisions and improvisations as Manager has been tricky. Add further zing as you try to bargain with other clubs, some spoilt giants and most others small and greedy, to help aspiring talents realise their dreams. After all you get depth for the club to be a potential scare for all treasured silverwares. Another season is kicks off.
Now regard this. More pensive and ardent. You are an ingredient of the spiciest of the rumours around- a clear sign of your talent and fame. Your personal manager is hassled and you, anxious. You are waiting for that one hypnotic call. And bang! There it is. Jersey presented, media attacking and a dream job to start tomorrow at training ground.
And then mull over this. Already a famed prodigy in the circuit for a couple of years now. Fan expectations have risen and your anxiety levels are mounting. Your last season was over-shadowed by a rather out-of-the-box midfielder and you seem low on self esteem. Getting enough time and space in the middle is all that you want. However, the club has just signed another sensation.
Three diverse genres of pressures. What will it better when they clash? Or say, unite?
The current signing of Berbatov by Sir Alex has made my thoughts venerable to a few rather pessimistic considerations. And as I try to categorize them, I am in awe figuring out where my heart lies. Rooney, Berbatov or Manchester United as a club. Or possibly all of them.
Firstly, as the club now has three truly top-notch strikers, will this signing mark demise of Rooney’s efficacy? Especially when the latter two are in their superior form. Quite a position that should either motivate a special performance and gelling with others for greater advantage to the side or one that shall bring in anxiety, self questioning and dodgiest of all, a rivalry within the club. And that can be healthy some or miserably nasty for others.
Secondly, if one of them were to be a second fiddle to the others, wouldn't it be unmerited? Football has had its moments where players have suffered such awful faith, ultimately resulting into departures of players. More so with giants like Madrid and United.
Thirdly, with deadly combination of Ronaldo-Rooney-Berbatov-Tevez aren’t too many egos with same ambition clashing? And adjustments drizzle away once ego becomes the question.
The worries are noticeably untimely and rushed into. But they could well be one of the headlines in near future. Who knows?
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