Milos Krasić Pays 10,000 Euros To Be on Time for Juventus Training

By: Daryl | August 26th, 2010
   

krasic 27It’s easy to imagine that all professional footballers are overpaid, lazy and selfish. But Milos Krasic is none of those things, because Milos Krasić will willingly fork out €10,000 of his own money to make sure he doesn’t miss a training session. The man must love shuttle runs.

The Croatian Serbian midfielder recently signed for Juventus from CSKA Moscow in a reported €15m deal, but then found traveling from Moscow to Juventus a little like the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. When Krasić arrived in Belgrade to get his documentation, the Italian embassy was closed for renovation. By the time this bureaucratic nightmare was resolved, Krasić had missed the only flight to Turin that would have landed in time for him to make it to training. I can think of plenty of footballers who would have given up, found the best hotel in town and then just flown out the next day. But not Krasić.

The new Juventus man paid €10,000 for a private jet, which got him to Turin and then to the training ground on time. Environmentalists might not be too impressed, but Juventus fans definitely were. (I think the fact that Krasić shares Pavel Nedved’s haircut might help his cause too).

To pay ten grand out of your own pocket, in order to make sure you’re on time for squat thrusts alongside Amauri, Iaquinta and co., well that’s dedication. So when Krasić pulls on his #27 Juventus jersey to face Bari in the first week of the Serie A 2010/11 season, I’ll be giving him a small round of applause for dedication.


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  • guy lafleur is my dad

    Agreed that he like every other player can afford to spend this money but talk about making a good first impression to the tifosi.

    Krasic must have been one of those smooth dudes back in high school when he would go meet the parents of a new girlfriend. The parents would love him so much, they almost wouldnt mind all the filthy shit he would do to their little princess in the backseat.

  • paul

    refreshiing to think all footballers are not money mongers who dont seem to have any true sense of commitment to their employers

  • guest room gus

    I know, I know.... I always call Ben Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon a bunch of german wankers and no one seems to mind.

    German, jews... same thing really.

  • MK27 is my new favorite Juve player.

  • TewDollars

    Great story and I'm not even an Old Lady fan. John Candy would be proud.

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