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Is this guy a Hall of Famer?

Is this guy a Hall of Famer?
25 Oct
2015
Not in Hall of Fame
We here at Notinhalloffame.com admit that we are a North American based website and are not always aware of the Halls of Fame that go on in Great Britain or in the sport of soccer, or Football as it is called everywhere else.  Saying that, the addition of Sun Juhai into the English Football Hall of Fame has gotten our attention.

Jihai is 38 year old defender who currently plays in the Chinese league but he played in the past for Crystal Palace and more notably Manchester City in the Premier League.  He was the first Chinese player to score a goal in the Premiership and while he did have a good career, it is not exactly one that seems warranted.  English politicians have even weighed in saying just as much as an MP of British Parliament, Clive Efford who had this to say:

“I don’t think [Sun’s] record justifies his selection for the hall of fame. I think it’s a grubby little fix and I think this sort of thing has gone on around football for far too long, where money has dictated what’s happened and not what goes on on the football field.”

He isn’t wrong in that Sun Juhai does not measure up to the others in the Hall, and a spokesman for the museum did not exactly refute the claims of Efford where he stated that Sun’s “ambassadorial role in enhancing the profile and popularity of English football to a Chinese audience and to coincide with the state visit to the UK by President Xi Jinping”.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement is it?

We suppose that with the continued corruption associated with FIFA and the sport in general, is it really that hard to believe that a Soccer Hall of Fame has ulterior motives but the more we continue with this website the more we see this sort of thing…

Though nothing this blatant!





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