In his Jan. 17 letter, "Accusations by soccer midfielder," Francesco Formiconi states that he does not know why people like Shunsuke Nakamura are given "so much space in the news."
Might I suggest that the reason is that Nakamura is a gifted football player who was awarded a prize as top footballer in Scotland during his first year there? His goals against Manchester United, as well as his status as a member of the Japan national squad making his name abroad, might also be linked to such exposure. I would have thought this to be self-explanatory.
The focus of this individual's letter, however, is not to ponder on the page space given to Nakamura but to voice displeasure at him having the temerity to mention racism even though his home country has put an absurd fingerprinting system in place.
Are we to deduce that because his government has implemented a racist policy on most foreign visitors entering the country, Nakamura is not qualified to mention racism because of his nationality? Methinks that the writer is simply hurting over Nakamura's criticism of Italian players. Furthermore, based on the histrionics I have seen in Italian football compared with football in Scotland, I would say that Nakamura's remarks were spot on.
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