In some quarters it is referred to as South America’s ‘talent doughnut’.
The best players play in the domestic leagues when they are young. The best players play in the domestic leagues when they are old.
In the middle, there’s a great big hole, the tastiest bit of filling hollowed out by the allure of Champions League football, or the riches on offer in less prestigious but better-funded leagues in North America or Asia.
Carlos Tevez is the perfect example. He won the Copa Libertadores with his beloved Boca Juniors as a teenager before jetting off to the Old Continent, winning five domestic league titles, a Champions League, a slew of other silver pots and getting in a fair few rounds of golf.
He then went back to Boca briefly before slipping off to China for a lucrative but rather disappointing season in the Super League.
You can say what you want about how he’s conducted himself at some points along the way, but you can’t deny Carlitos has maximised his potential, both in terms of trophies won and money earned.
Now, finally, he’s back playing for love, back at Boca and trying for one last glorious season – and one more Libertadores win – to round off his career in style
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