The Liverpool manager sent scouts out around the
>>> world looking for a new striker as Michael Owen went to Newcastle.
>>>
>>> One of the scouts informs him of a young Iraqi striker who he
>>> thinks
>>>will turn out to be a true superstar.
>>> The Liverpool manager flies to Baghdad to watch him and is
>>> suitably
>>>impressed and arranges for him to come over to Anfield.
>>> Two weeks later Liverpool are 4-0 down to Chelsea with only 20
>>> minutes
>>>left.
>>> The manager gives the young Iraqi striker the nod and on the field
>>> he
>>>goes.
>>> The lad is a sensation, scores 5 in 20 minutes and wins the game
>>> for
>>> Liverpool.
>>> The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted and
>>>
the
>>>media love the new star.
>>> When the lad comes off the pitch, he phones his mum to tell her
>>> about
>>>his first day in English football.
>>> "Hello mum, guess what?" he says. "I played for 20 minutes today,
>>> we!
>>> were 4-0 down but I scored 5 and we won.Everybody loves me, the
>>> fans,
>>>the media, they all love me".
>>> "Wonderful," says his mum. "Let me tell you about my day. Your
>>> father
>>>got shot in the street, your sister and I were ambushed and beaten and
>>>your
>>>brother has joined a gang of looters while you were having a great time!"
>>> With this news, the young lad is very upset.
>>> "What can I say mum, except I'm so sorry".
>>> "Sorry!" exclaims his mum. "It's your fault we all moved to
>>> Liverpool
>>>in the first
place!"