Have you ever seen a Makem in Iran?
Posted on July 30th, 2009 | 12 Comments |
I imagine the search keys ‘Sirous Mahjoob’, ‘Toon takeover’ and the F5 key have been seriously hammered today. And yet we seem to be no further forward on whether this is legit.
The current opinion is the The Sun picked the story up from the Iranian media and ran with it and since other papers and sites have piggy-backed off it. The story isn’t given much credence because for a start, there is no extensive knowledge of this guy despite furious trawling of the internet. Also, the rumour contains the suggestion that they’d want KK back which sounds a bit far-fetched.
What counters those doubts though, is the fact that something must be happening if we’re looking to sell players. Also, the club have recently come out and made clear statements to deny various rumours and they haven’t reacted on this. Whether it’s too far-fetched remains to be seen. So maybe all a coincidence?
To be fair, I’m divided on my feelings if this is a Makem hoax. On the one hand I’ll be spitting feathers that fans are being made to look a bit foolish by getting carried away and the little dignity we have is something we need to cling to dearly. Yet on the other you’ve got to have a begrudging amount of respect for it to have happened not once but twice. The year 2009 could turn out to be one of the greats if you’re afflicted with an affection for the red and whites.
It’s all doing my head in BBM. I simply don’t know what to believe now.
I think I must be in a parallel universe.