Kenny Dalglish the Liverpool manager flies to Kabul to watch a young Afghani play football.
He is suitably impressed and arranges for the player to come over.
Two weeks later Liverpool are 2-0 down to Chelsea with only 20 minutes
left. Dalglish gives the young Afghani striker the nod, and on he goes.
The lad is a sensation. He scores 3 goals in 20 minutes and wins the game for
Liverpool . The fans are delighted, the players and Kenny are delighted
and the media love the new star.
When the player comes off the pitch he phones his mum to tell her about
his first day in English football.
'Hello mum, guess what?' he says 'I played for 20 minutes today, we were
2 - 0 down but I scored 3, they call it a hat-trick, and we won.
Everybody loves me, the fans, the press, they all love me.'
'Just wonderful,' says his mum, 'Let me tell you about my day …
Your father got shot in the street, your sister and I were ambushed
and assaulted, she would have been raped but for a passing police vehicle.
Your brother has joined a local gang of looters and set fire to some buildings
and all while you tell me that you were having a great time!!'
The young lad is very upset. 'What can I say mum, but I'm really sorry.'
'Sorry?!!! Sorry?!!!' says his mum,
'It's your bloody fault we came to Liverpool in the first place!'