Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady’s move from Celtic to Spartak Moscow has really baffled me. McGeady claims he made the move to Russia to escape the constant death threats he received while playing in Scotland after he declared for the Republic of Ireland rather than Scotland at International Level.
However in moving to Russia he will be at more risk than he ever would be in Scotland as the Russian fans are notoriously volatile. McGeady will travel with his Spartak team-mates to Grozny where they will play local side Terek, with an armed Military Escort to the stadium because of the volatile security situation in war torn Chechnya. Now when did he ever have to do that in Scotland?
Terek fans are renowned for throwing stones at opposing teams buses as they arrive to their stadium, so McGeady may have fled Scotland for Russia for refuge from the Scottish fans but it is nothing to what he will encounter in Russia.
Since moving to Russia McGeady has been put up in a luxury hotel and also Chauffeur driven around Moscow as he gets to know the City. But when he does eventually get his own wheels he may want to watch out for the corrupt Traffic Cops who are known to ask for as much as £1,000 as a bribe to let them off a ticket for anything drivers do wrong on the roads.
I can’t for the love of money see the logic in Mcgeady’s move from Scotland to war torn Russia maybe it is the money.
