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When Fantasy Football Becomes Too Real
For readers familiar with playing fantasy football games, there must certainly be an element of deja vu when you start to read the sports reports in recent times.Fans of Football Manager, Championship Manager, and even the FIFA series, will all be transfixed by the frenzy and madness in the transfer market, mostly involving European elite clubs.It was put simply, a fantasy to see those huge transfer fees coming to life.In 2001, the world watched as the impossible happened - Juventus' French midfield orchestrator Zinedine Zidane crossing over to Real Madrid in what was then a world record fee of 46 million pounds.In fact, the current four biggest transfers belonged to Real, who forked out incredible amounts to secure the services of Portuguese legend Luis Figo in 2000, Brazilian maestro Kaka in ... Read More
