Calviola

It has long been known that Josep Guadiola “Calviola” and Zinedine Zidane, also bald, have been on the Qatar FA’s payroll for quite some time under that oh so murky title of “World Cup Ambassadors”

This week’s news that the artist formerly known as Diego Maradona agreed to manage a club in the U.A.E. has returned the spotlight to this stratum of the footballing world. Back when Calviola plied his trade for a club in Qatar along with Batistuta, Effenberg, Ronald de Boer and assorted over the hill footballers nobody paid them any mind. I guess they figured what I figured, namely that they want to squeeze a couple more petrodollars out of their waning careers. Amen to that and hallelujah.

We live in a different world these days. Since Ad-Man Sep and his cronies sold the World Cup to Qatar any movement in that section of FIFA causes many a ripple. This brings us back to Maradona. He’s clearly doing this for the money. Reports say he and his crew will get thrown 5 Million USD. I’m not privy to this information, but I assume all living expenses will be taken care of. I certainly wouldn’t turn down that deal. Hell, if I found out a friend turned down such a deal, I would have him water boarded.

Maradona is getting a lot of heat in Argentina and abroad for taking the Sheikh’s money. Why aren’t Calviola and Zidane getting the same heat? They’ve surely banked more than 5 Million USD in their under the Sheikh’s tutelage. The answer to this question is that Calviola and Zidane aren’t degenerates and Diego, well, let’s just let that thought linger.

I’m convinced that the powers that be at the Qatar FA are going to keep throwing money all over the world as 2022 gets closer. That shouldn’t surprise any of us rubes. I’m frankly surprised it took Maradona this long to get in on the action. The real question is how long it will take for Maradona to get embroiled in a scandal of biblical proportions down there. Qatar isn’t exactly known for enforcing lax drug and alcohol consumption laws.


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