Messi in a Messy Situation

Lionel Messi has been ordered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to return to Barcelona and will not be allowed to play for Agentina in the Olympics. There are also two Werder Bremen players, Diego and Rafinha who will not be able to play for Brazil and must return to their club.

So this brings up the whole issue over who has rights in these matters. From this ruling is sure sounds like your true employer, your club does as they are the one paying you and it is in their interest to keep you from getting hurt while competing in these "Non-International" events. I would have to say that I agree that with all the money they spend to get players like Messi, they should have the right to refuse.

Now if Messi really wants to play and it's been a dream of his, the only option he would have is ask to be sold before the transfer window closes and negotiate a deal with your new team to play. If he can't do that then he's shit out of luck and will just have to suck it up and deal with it.
The forever existing debate of Club vs Country is back once more and in this case, Club wins. There are several other players that are being blocked from play including Kaka from AC Milan and Robinho from Real Madrid. Real claims that Robinho has a groin injury and should be release. There are also rumors that he may be in the middle of a trade with Chelsea and that's the real drive bhind this. So we will see.

Could formal Arsenal star end up playing in the MLS? Freddie Ljungberg was just released from West Ham. The 31 year old former Arsenal player is considering retiring or maybe coming to either the US or Asia to finish off his career. I think it would be great to see him over in the MLS. Even though Freddie has been injury prone for the past 4 years, he might actually have a could of good years left in his play and could do well in the US.

Come on Freddie - KC Wizards or LA Galaxy, either one works for me.

Could Manchester City be on the market? Former Prime Mister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra may be forced to sell the club as he is under corruption allegations back home. Although he claims that he will not sell the club, he could be forced to if he runs out of money. He has over £1 Billion frozen at the moment and this could cause issues with investing in the club. We will see where this one goes.

In the other Football - American Football nes, looks like Brett Favre is leaving Green Bay and heading to Tampa Bay. At least that is the latest info coming out of the NFL right now. Favre came back to Green Bay to compete for a starting spot on the Packers, but that all changed. The Packers have made some un true allegations of Farve and have really hurt the relationship thay once had. So Farve says there's no chance of him sticking around. I wish him luck where ever he ends up and hope that he gets himseld a Superbowl Championship.