Carles Puyol: Not Done Yet

August 2nd, 2010 | by: chris | View Comments

Most of the cats who stepped away from the international game in wake of World Cup 2010 were lacking in one key ingredient: effectiveness. There are, of course, exceptions, such as Gio van Bronckhorst, who pulled a half-Zizou and stepped away from the game entirely in the final.

The list of retirees we now know does not include the highest-profile possibility from the champions, Carles Puyol. His perm is giving it at least another two years at the top.

Carles:

“After turning the matter over in my mind a lot, I have decided to continue for two more years with the national team, after talking to my team-mates, the coach, Fernando Hierro and friends I opted to take this decision.”

This is presumably good news for everyone in Spain who aren’t centerbacks in the pecking order just behind Carles – the best possible news for La Furia Roja’s eight-deep team of hairdressers in charge of maintaining his head shrubbery, seven of whom will surely be out of work whenever he does hang up his international boots.