Posts Tagged Gabriel Obertan

November 18th, 2009

Manchester United Makes You Work For That Cash Money

By Ryan Corazza

Hey, so you know how people like to complain about rich, young people getting treated too well and coddled and such, before they earn their keep?

WELL GUESS WHAT? This doesn’t always happen. Take the case of Manchester United’s Gabriel Obertan. You see, Obertan — who is 20 years old — came over from France to the English Premier League this summer on a £3 million deal. But he had a bit of a back injury for a while, so instead of just chilling and collecting his scrill, they put his butt to work.

From the Sun:

When the French winger arrived in England, he did so as a £3million wonderkid, raking in around £20,000 a week.

Yet United coaches were at pains to make sure playing for one of the world’s biggest clubs didn’t go to his head.

While Obertan was recovering from a back injury, he was given a variety of light duties which included watering hanging baskets, pruning the rose bushes - and even washing staff cars at the Carrington training ground.

Well how about that. Oh, and if anyone from the Bulls wants to send over Taj Gibson or James Johnson to  clean my room, feel free. These clothes just aren’t going to pick up themselves.

HT: Unprofessional Foul/DS

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