FC Barcelona Players Not Injured, On Time Out

News that Barcelona players are sidelined due to indiscipline rather than injury preceded their Champions League against Schalke 04, but we just got to it today. And, yes, it’s still totally relevant. Barcelona’s president of economics commission (???), Sala Martin, spoke out on behalf of all Barca-haters that some players currently sidelined aren’t actually injured, but on some sort of time-out.

“Look at these gentlemen who aren’t working, who aren’t doing anything, who haven’t played for quite a few weeks. Well, they were sidelined by the club some weeks ago,” president of the club’s economic commission Xavier Sala Martin told Catalunya Radio.
“Although we are disguising things by saying there are injuries and all that, these gentlemen have been sidelined and they are trying to isolate them from the rest of the squad.”

So Ronaldinho and Deco are actually partying it up somewhere in Ibiza? How in the world do we get our boss to throw us in the penalty box and keep paying us? Sounds like a brilliant ploy by Barcelona’s players to siphon some mula. See, soccer players aren’t all crack heads.

Barca official says camouflaging player indiscipline [Reuters UK]
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