Nope, Diaby's story is sad. **** the money for a minute, I was not even thinking about that. Diaby did have talent and he produced some stunning performances which displayed that talent, but he was a guy who received a horrifc tackle and has not recovered since. And also even after that I remember him being on the end of two more shocking tackles on his ankle, one from Essien and one from some Bolton hack. He was never allowed to improve his flaws because of the injuries, but the talent was there.Diaby has played 16 matches in the last four year with the salary of 60K per week, he earned almost ONE MILLION POUNS for every match he played. Out of those matches in two of them he was excellent, in other four he was OK and in other ten games he was dismal.
Sad is when a guy trained every day in some lower league, playing every week, trying to break through and retiring at 30 with no profession and a family to feed. That is sad. Diaby is a multimillionaire. This is not sad, this is a farce.
The start of the 2012/13 seasom showed everyone how good Diaby could have been. He played a few games in a row and bossed Liverpool at Anfield and then matched Yaya Toure and the City midfield away to the Champions. Yes, he did have his moments where he would be sloppy on the ball, but like I said before he never got the chance to iron out those flaws. Managers like Wenger and Laurent Blanc rated his talents highly for a reason. So yes it is ****ing sad that he never got to fulfill his potential and become the player he would have dreamed of becoming when he started playing football as a kid, because no matter how much money he has, nothing will make up for that. Of course, there are sadder stories out there in football, but that does not mean that we can't even have little sympathy for Diaby.
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