Difference in Attitudes - British vs. 'Foreign' Footballers

Snookie · March 1, 2007

British v foreign footballers

Ten years ago Tottenham Hotspur had two

goal-keepers, Ian Walker and Espen Baardsen.

Walker in those days said his greatest ambition

was "to be marooned on a desert island with

an endless supply of lager, women and Sky TV."

Sadly, Ian recently checked into Tony Adams'

Sporting Chance Clinic suffering from

depression, after a spell in Las Vegas.

He visited on a property investment trip but

instead met and shacked up with an exotic

dancer, without telling his wife and children.

While at Spurs, American-born Norwegian

Baardsen took an Open University degree in social

sciences and economics. He retired aged 25,

saying he had lost his passion for the game

and spent a year travelling the world. Baardsen

now works for London based asset management

firm Eclectica as an analyst, after training

at a Hedge Fund. He says his preferred reading

is Milton Friedman and Immanuel Kant.

charlie clown · March 1, 2007

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