Originally Posted by
Olé Olé
There are serious issues upstairs by this guy. I reckon narcissism is the tip of the iceberg.
It is 13 years since he played for us and 11 years since he played a full season for a club. And he's making delusional comments like he did in that interview.
It's a hilarious read. The following two passages are utterly hilarious- almost satirical:
He is thinking back to happier times; one game, in particular, when it was Ireland who was glowing.
“We played against Barcelona in pre-season and I was the best player on the pitch by a country mile. Messi was playing. He went on one of his mad runs and I just thought, ‘I have to tackle him’. I did this massive hook tackle on him. It was an amazing tackle.
“There were four or five times when I read his passes and intercepted them. I went round him. I gave him the eyes and went a different way. It was cool, really cool, to be out there with him. On occasions like that, you’re more alert, you try harder. You run quicker, you see more. I’m built for that.”
Yet, on the other hand, Ireland cannot quite believe that the young Bruno Fernandes had posters of him. He can never get used to star players recognising him, even though he has mixed in football circles for two decades, and he sounds even more perplexed when he remembers the friendly against Milan when Andrea Pirlo asked him to swap shirts.
“I was like, ‘Whaaaat? Pirlo wants my shirt?’. After the game, Daniel Sturridge turned to me, ‘Oh, but I asked him for it ages ago’. I said, ‘Take it’ and handed it over. It didn’t matter. All I could think was, ‘Does Pirlo know who I am? Does he watch football and realise I’m a good player?’.”