A Romanian Mid Fielder sold for 500kg of Pork:

By Nic
@academic2 (7000)
Uganda
December 19, 2009 10:17am CST
Very interesting news here. Romanian midfielder lon Radu was sold by Second Division Jiul Petrosani to Valcea in 1998 for 500kg of pork worth about 1,750 pound sterling. In an age where Christiano Ronaldo goes for $80,000,000 500kg of pork sounds a poor burgain. Read more interesting soccer history here: http://sportales.com/soccer/a-romanian-mid-fielder-sold-off-to-valcea-fc-for-500-kg-of-pork/
2 responses
@balanica (86)
• Romania
21 Dec 09
Shame for this situation but is real. It is not first time for Romania. I smile now but when I think to this sportsman, his filing about this. Big problem in this situation is Romanian position in Europe.
• United States
19 Dec 09
Now that's weird! I guess we can trade people for food now, who knew?