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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Sheffield United Away Tickets
« on: February 19, 2023, 11:13:39 AM »
It has been picked for live international broadcast (at 3pm), so will be on Bein Sports etc.
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Certainly the greatest in my lifetime.
I saw him make his debut against us at Old Trafford in 1963 as a seventeen year old. I was seventeen years old myself and marvelled that this frail looking lad managed to survive a battering from Graham Williams, and started the move which led to Uniteds goal and a 1-0 win.
At the end of the game Bobby Charlton went over to him and led the crowds applause.
There was nothing in that game except bravery, to suggest that George would become the player that he did. I believe that I saw every game that George played against Albion throughout his career. He was a magician, a genius who people travelled to see. I even went to Molineaux twice to see him take them apart.
One of my favourite games was in 1968, when we beat United 6-3 in front of 45,000 at the Hawthorns.
The King got a hat-trick and United's team included Stiles, Charlton, Crerand, Law , Kidd and Best. All of those there would proclaim M.O.M George Best
The earlier Chinese offer of £150m slightly puzzled me. Surely if this was Lai he would have come back and paid that amount up front and not agreed to a £25+m increase on the price? If he did then he is an even worse businessman than we thought, which takes some doing.
Could this have been a Fosun offer?
Easy to tell someone else how to spend their money Isn’t it ?
I don't know, it was pretty clear he was building the club to sell for his own gain to most fans I thought.
I did think he would take some care over who he sold it to when he was done but when he rejected offers from lower bidder's who intended to invest in favour of an anonymous frontman from China who offered the most money my belief was crushed.