FORMER Liverpool FC centre-back Sami Hyypia has today said that English Football has lost it’s passion, according to The Daily Mail.
Hyypia, who is now manager of German club Bayer Leverkusen was talking ahead of his club’s Champions League tie with old rivals Manchester United on Tuesday evening:
“I saw a good game the week before last,” said Hyypia.
“The Liverpool against United one. The tempo was there, it was really the English game. But I saw a few games before that and I was thinking, ‘What’s happening?’
“Maybe the game has developed in a wrong direction that way, that when a player goes somewhere and cost £37million and he’s earning £200,000 a week he is happy just to get the money. Maybe the focus of playing football is the second most important thing.
“Somehow the passion was missing. I saw a few games and wondered if they were trying hard enough. That is what I noticed.
“That was always the trademark of the English game. The tempo was high and there were tackles. But that Liverpool-United game was good.”
Hyypia, who has gone on to become Leverkusen manager after his playing days at the club finished, will be managing for the fist time in the UEFA Champions League come Tuesday evening.
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