The entire affair really can be filed away under "Not in the slightest bit interesting".Originally Posted by Burney
Saudis / Turks.
The entire affair really can be filed away under "Not in the slightest bit interesting".
Saudis / Turks.
A former colleague of mine went to work in Riyadh.
Why would any sane person do that?
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
On an old friend from school has just moved there, he has to live in a compound. *******s to that
I talked to a chap who lived out there and he said that for drink they had to get by on regular visits to the British Embassy and making their own wine from kits of grape extract.
Nothing's worth that.
bóllocks to living anywhere like that imo...I talked to a chap who lived out there and he said that for drink they had to get by on regular visits to the British Embassy and making their own wine from kits of grape extract.
Nothing's worth that.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
All that trouble for Heineken.bóllocks to living anywhere like that imo...
You'd like to think there are more photos where they peel back the Heineken to reveal a decent beer was actually inside.All that trouble for Heineken.
Bucketloads of tax-free cash, usually. It's literally the only reason any sane westerner would be seen dead there. And no woman in her right mind would ever go there.
I'd pretty much need retiring money to go anywhere near the filthy place. And even then, I wouldn't be sure.
Horrible climate but otherwise a great place. Hang around some of the more, shall we say, seasoned members of the British press corps. and plenty of decent drink was always to be had. Exceptional hound stock there too.
And all dollies love doing the whole Laura-Ashley-of-Arabia thing, especially if one was foolish enough to use the lure of all that free money to get them there in the first place
You're just genetically pre-disposed to avoid adventure, I reckon.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
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