Why AEK Athens And Ilie Iordache Are Better Than Cristiano Ronaldo
By: Chris Paraskevas | June 17th, 2009Another pathetic attempt to snare traffic in the AEK blog I know, though I was only seconds ago punished by the football Gods (who clearly favour CR7/CR9/CRNikePet) at the moment by causing me to accidentally hit the “Home” Tab as I was just about to finish this entry, thus erasing it – not the first time such a tragedy has be-fallen yours truly and other blogger warriors on The Offside.
In any case, it’s time to justify the headline. New AEK Athens signing Ilie Iordache is better than Cristiano Ronaldo by virtue of the fact that:
- He now plays for AEK Athens
- He is Romanian and according to football generalizations 101, is somewhat talented
- Is not Cristiano Ronaldo
The Romanian international joins after having signed a three year deal alongside Costas Manolas, the nephew of not-so-happy Technical Director Stelios Manolas, with the move seeming to be more about repairing the relationship with the latter rather than squad building.
In any case, Iordache’s capture can hardly hurt a rather predictable midfield, while there have been continued links with defensive midfielder Grigorios Makos from Panionios, though Rafik Djebbour’s east-ward move hasn’t been updated; yours truly would be slightly disappointed if they Algerian were to leave however, being clearly talented but perhaps needing more patience in Athens…
The latest link has been with Ajax right-back and Romania international (It’s as if AEK have only just discovered the country existed) George Ogararu, who spent last season on-loan at Steaua Bucharest. There’s a video of the player being interviewed by Ajax below and he shows some decent touches and endeavour in it and most importantly given our recent failings, seems capable of taking penalties. Enjoy…
Category: AEK Athens Team News
Tags: AEK Athens, AEK Athens Team News, Ajax, Cristiano Ronaldo, George Ogararu, Grigorios Makos, Ilie Iordache, Rafik Djebbour, Romania, Steaua BucharestSubscribe
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Great post. Keep up the good work (i.e. bashing CR7).
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Anything Ajax Amsterdam will have you heckled by Melbourne Knight’s fans.
Why AEK is superior to CR9? Because Ronaldo secretly admires the Apollo statue and dreams of one day having his own erected somewhere in Ancient Greece….
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