Not my picture but I thought it was very poignant either way:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/barneybear/013.jpg
It shows just how far his gentlemanly reach really was.
Alonso > Gerrard and that proves how crazy it is that Gerrard is making "world class" lists (Alonso might go either way). Gerrard can't even work in a midfield where someone plays the same way he does for fucks sake - how is that world class?
I love this club to death but if I were a professional footballer I'd be no where near (or trying to get as far away as possible from) this club either.
And he will be buying it under a company's name I am sure, not his own personal name. He could handle tarnishing his own name by all rights, but he wouldn't dare ruin one of his own company's names - bad business.
Would be awesome if we could keep him, I think he'd do well in the Championship (as he's a class above without a doubt). But like a lot of the other genuinely good players at our club he will be getting as far from this mess as possible and I don't blame him (or anyone) for doing so.
Berbatov gets a lot of schtick for looking "lazy" when on the pitch but to give him his due: he's total class and part of "being the best" is making it look easy - the mark of a great of the game.