Dindane Doesn’t Deserve Your Disdain – Pt 2

May 13th, 2010 | by: Elliott | View Comments

So, we first aired the sad story of aging target forward Dindane, who agreed to a loan to Portsmouth but soon got caught in a trap – his French club said that if he played more than X games, then Portsmouth had to pay four million pounds. Thus, Dindane got caught in a lose-lose situation – play well, then play games, then screw over Pompey. And what happened? He went on a scoring streak. And then what?

Well, Pompey decided to play Dindane in Premiership games and the FA Cup finals. The French club finally came around and realized that a goalscoring Dindane would fetch a handsome full transfer after the World Cup. Hooray! They only requested half of the bonus, which Pompey of course disputes.

The most important part is that the born again Dindane is playing well for Pompey, has garnered interest from Champions League bound Panathinaikos, and earned a World Cup provisional roster spot with the Ivory Coast.

Now, whether Dindane can earn playing time alongside the in-form Drogba and Kalou is another matter, but at least he is back to banging in goals, playing regular footy, and has an optimistic club situation. While Portsmouth has announced it will axe 5 regulars after the FA Cup due to administration and relegation, Dindane already set sails long before the disaster mushroomed into a supersized mushroom shaped disaster.

And thus you can be happy for him. You can also read about Portsmouth fan eccentricities in this really cool BBC piece – apparently Irish Pubs in Perth, Australia and cycling in France are very vogue among the Pompey faithful. Sweet.