Village team punished for Messi bid

[Miko]

The president of a French village team has been suspended by the French Football Federation (FFF) after he launched a transfer bid for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

Cedric Enjolras, president of FC Borne, has been hit with a six-month ban, three of which are suspended, after he attempted to lodge the joke bid with the Catalan giants.

Borne, a village of 400 people, play in the second division of the Haute-Loire league and their transfer offer was blocked by the player registration office of the FFF.

"To submit bids among small clubs, you need to fill out forms on the internet," Enjolras is reported as saying by the Guardian. "I decided to register a bid so I typed the name Lionel Messi, his date of birth and his parent club into the system. Then the league transmitted the request to the federation.

"They were shocked by it and refused to send it to their Spanish counterparts. I have been suspended for six months, of which three are suspended. It was just a joke, to amuse friends."

The FFF failed to see the funny side of the audacious bid and described the club's behaviour as unacceptable.

"One cannot accept such behaviour," said Yves Begon of the player registration office. "It is perhaps a joke but we are here to judge the facts."

Made me chuckle

 

[Lee]

 

[a0161613]

Brilliant

 

[Dave]

Wow! A 6 month suspension for that!?

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

I feel bad for the guy.

 

[The Crock]

That's great!

 

[Hyorinmaru]

I have no idea what that means outsidethe part where he got banned.

Anyone care to explain the rest?

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

I have no idea what that means outsidethe part where he got banned.

Anyone care to explain the rest?

Basically a piss small club put a bid in for the best player in the world and the owner of the small club was suspended for time wasting by his nation’s governing body.

 

[Hyorinmaru]

lulz

 

[Miko]

And that is what you get for making a joke in France

 

[The Crock]

Frenchman all tend to have "Little Man Syndrome," and they can't quite cope with the fact that their nation's soccer team is in shambles. They're what, 18th now? 1 above the USA. /tangent

But honestly, the guy doesn't deserve this punishment. Not at all.

 

[Lee]

Wow! A 6 month suspension for that!?

Lennon would be fucked for that!

 

[Dave]

They would hang Lennon for that probably. Doesn't help that he is Irish either.

This is just a lot of nonsense though. A fine would have been acceptable because I am sure that there is some cost to the organisation for processing the transfer request. Out with that though, there is absolutely no grounds for such a lengthy suspension from the game. When you take into account that there is likely no rule against such a audacious bid, they really don't have a leg to stand on. It is there job to process any and all requests, I would assume.

This is ridiculous and if I were in the gentleman's position, I would be taking them to the nearest court room I could find.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Lennon would more than likely go on a murder spree in the middle of Glasgow if this happened to him.