Downing: I need Champions League

• omgukilledkenny

  27 Jul 08, 12:15

  

  Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing admits that he needs to playing Champions League football sooner rather than later.

  The 24-year-old England international insists he is happy at Boro but concedes that if his hometown club cannot offer football on Europe’s biggest stage then he may have to consider his future.

  Downing signed a new five-year contract with Middlesbrough in February to end speculation over his immediate future.

  “At the moment I'm focused on doing my best for Middlesbrough,” Downing told the Middlesbrough Gazette.

  "My mates are big Boro fans and they obviously want me to be at Middlesbrough for all my career, and if we become a top team, a Champions League team, then there would be no question about going.

  "But if we don't eventually make that step, then one day I might have to make that decision. It's an important couple of years for me.

  "It might be good one day to do that, maybe move on and try something different, I think every player likes to try something new in their career and I'm no different."

• limpper

  27 Jul 08, 12:24

  what makes you think boro will make it into the CL one day? maybe during my grandson days can ba.

• kramnave

  27 Jul 08, 12:32

  what makes him think he is champions league quality ?

• zocoss

  27 Jul 08, 13:16

  Well joining Pool is certainly one way to get into the CL... I thought ah Ben was very interested on him right?

• gunner77

  27 Jul 08, 13:26

  Originally posted by kramnave:

  what makes him think he is champions league quality ?

  
  truely agree with u.

• kramnave

  27 Jul 08, 13:38

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  Well joining Pool is certainly one way to get into the CL... I thought ah Ben was very interested on him right?

  Join Fenerbahce, Panathinaikos, Lyon, Sparta also can

• gigabyte14

  27 Jul 08, 13:47

  Originally posted by kramnave:

  what makes him think he is champions league quality ?

  
  ouch

• Saltiga

  27 Jul 08, 18:26

  just sub to SkyTV for the best coverage for it

• zocoss

  27 Jul 08, 22:37

  Originally posted by Saltiga:

  just sub to SkyTV for the best coverage for it

  
  Speaking about sub to Tv... I think most of us won't be able to watch Champions League football anymore right starting this season... It will no longer be shown on Starhub, Looks like they have join hands with Singtel and now either we pay more or don't watch altogether...

• citymax

  28 Jul 08, 10:24

  paying more for cls...sianz..$$$ not enough lah

• limpper

  1 Aug 08, 14:30

  singtel and starhub donno the kind of "hardships" we fans go through just to support the club we like or support football. they like this split up EPL and CL. how are we suppose to watch both? they enjoying their war, but we suffer from "post-war" effects. -.- how am i suppose to watch mr torres & mr keane parnthership next season at the CL? i can only watch EPL. -.-

• reyes

  1 Aug 08, 16:46

  i think he is just dumb.

  if he want to play in UCL, he should not sign a new deal with boro.

  maybe with 2 years left in his current contract, he could ask for a transfer to dumb club like spurs, newcastle with cash to spend but often make the wrong buy than good one.

   

   

• youyayu

  1 Aug 08, 17:46

  open big eye say blind words