We get plenty of people from Europe come to our office on secondment, they are all in their early twenties and come for a year or two. It's a regular thing in our company - about half end up staying - but it all starts short term, for people in the northern hemisphere NZ is an exotic mystical place that visiting is a once in a life time opportunity.
You hop on an Air NZ flight from anywhere north of the equator and people are gushing with their expectations for a visit to our shores.
Who says that this kid isn't actually sick of struggling to break into the main team and thinks comes to the other side of the world, get some first team experience, a highlight real, make some dosh, and also get to go somewhere a bit different?
Maybe he's just a crazy LOTR fan?
You hop on an Air NZ flight from anywhere north of the equator and people are gushing with their expectations for a visit to our shores.
Who says that this kid isn't actually sick of struggling to break into the main team and thinks comes to the other side of the world, get some first team experience, a highlight real, make some dosh, and also get to go somewhere a bit different?
Maybe he's just a crazy LOTR fan?
Yes and then you visit Porirua and reality kicks in...
We have a few folk come over too but unlike football I don't think they see their career lasting 15 years max, so it's ok to take a couple of years out with working abroad.
Usually young players who look for a move try and stay at the best level they can or to try and gain regular football by going on loan.
I think it's a good signing but it's still an odd one. Still Rojas has proved that being in the A league was no barrier.