[luvdagame]

quote from ridge mahoney's soccer america article:
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A few months before the World Cup, Sanneh's teammates at Nuremberg gave him the business.

''One day a couple of guys were laughing and I said, 'What's up?''' he recalled. ''They said, 'If I was 30 years old and had your speed, I'd be pretty disappointed with my career.' I said, 'What?' They told me, 'There are world-class guys who are billionaires who aren't as fast with a lot less skill.'''
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i think his late start in a non-footballing country might be an acceptable excuse. in any case his performance in the world cup blew away lot of higher paid right backs.

[dcc134]

To go from making $500 a game for the rampage 6 or 7 years ago to making 900,000 euros a year in the BL isn't exactly a disappointment in my book.

[luvdagame]

point.

[Mississippi Flash]

Originally posted by luvdagame

i think his late start in a non-footballing country might be an acceptable excuse. in any case his performance in the world cup blew away lot of higher paid right backs.

Could you tell me a bit more about his history? Was he a successful college player?

[accion]

what "billionaires" have sanneh-like skills? he was great in the WC but besides that never been to impressive with the ball. and what sanneh teamates, nuremberg teamates know anyone like this?

[kasai]

IMHO, Sanneh was our MVP in WC2002. Watching him move to forward in the Germany game reminded me how versitile Sanneh is. I would love to see him stay with the national team for another run because his experience will be a key in our next run.

[CrewDust]

Players with Tony's abilty have made billions of LIRA.

[dawgpound2]

We've all made billions of lira.

[kenosha]

Originally posted by Mississippi Flash


Could you tell me a bit more about his history? Was he a successful college player?

He played for University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, which has a long history of decent soccer. (Bob Gansler coached there for several years.) Sanneh was a very good player in college and was often used as an attacking player. However, many of the alumni players would argue that Manny Lagos was the key player at UWM during Sanneh's time. Nonetheless, he was a very good collegiate player.

[Metrogo]

And he's not even that fast.