Originally Posted by
prendrelemick
Alex Fergusson is worried that Manchester United aren't going to win the championship. So he gathers all his talent scouts and tells them to go out and find the best player in the world. "I don't care where he's from or who he is, I want the best footballer in the world, money no object."
So the scouts set out across Continents and over Oceans to the four corners of the World. A week goes by, no news. Two weeks, still no news. Then at the end of the third week the phone rings, "Boss, boss I've found him" said a crackley voice, "the best footballer in the world" Where? said Alex. "In a war zone in Afghanistan," said the scout, " a fifteen year old lad called Rashid." "Sign him, give him whatever he wants and bring him over." said Alex.
Its the last game of the season, Man U are playing Arsenal for the championship. Young Rashid beats four defenders and scores the winning goal, completeing his hatrick. He is carried from the field amidst cheering fans on the shoulders of Giggsey and Alex Fergusson himself.
Later he phones his parents to tell them of his great day. "Dad, dad I scored the winning goal and got a hatrick I'm the hero of Manchester." "Thats nice son," said his father. "We've had a terrible day, your mother was taken ill, we couldn't get a doctor, and the hospitals are full, your brother was shot at on the way to market, and your sister's school has been burned to the ground. You know son, sometimes I wish you'd never brought us to Manchester!