The dehumanisation in football sometimes is crazy, i can't understand it myself. The guy took a risky career move, especially at his age, which went to absolute shit, then he lost a kid. His whole life was ruined in the space of about a year. No amount of money is going to bring back your child is it. Couldn't give a toss anymore about him being shit, it doesnt actually affect me in any way. At least his attitude has always been spot on. It would be perfectly understandable if he was depressed, in fact the guy must have been fucking miserable, yet he still carried on, seemed to be very popular at the club, always seemed somewhat of a mentor, and was always fighting for his team mates on the pitch.
Watching Soldado was always incredibly frustrating, but not because of the chances he missed. Nine times out of ten, its was because he would make great runs, or just have good movement, and then he'd turn around and see dembele pass the ball sideways, or Paulinho pass it backwards. He's got a very good footballing brain, had we got him 5 years earlier things might have turned out very differently. He'll probably go and bang in spain now, and knock us out of the europa league at some point. Hashtag Spursy.