So Gamba Osaka’s ace striker Leandro Montera da Silva joins Al Sadd of Qatar for a rumoured 1,000,000,000 (10 oku – did I get the right number of zeroes there!!?)… one billion yen, basically! Pathetic how, just like in the Premier League, money drags players around and spoils the game… of course, if you’re a Gamba fan, it probably hurts even more…..Leandro’s replacement was made quick work of by Gamba Osaka, as Pedro Junior (just 22 years old) came on board within hours of Leandro hitting the airport! The former Albirex forward is not (yet) a patch on Leandro, but Nishino has worked wonders with Brazilians coming from “smaller” clubs…. just look at Araujo, Magno Alves and Bare, before Leandro. Gamba took them, molded them into matchwinners and lost them to the cash rich Arabs. It’s actually a nice little earner for Gamba Osaka – Nishino deserves a bonus!!On the other hand, football fans the world over need to be treated with a little more respect before money destroys the game completely! Time for a salary cap? More stringent contract controls? No moving during the season? etc. Think about it – let me know!While we’re at it, and just to rub salt into the wounds, here’s what newspapers were writing just one week ago: “Gamba Osaka have told Al Sadd that Leandro is not for sale after team official Hiroyasu Yamamoto revealed Wednesday the J-League club have received interest from the Qatari side. “We received a written enquiry(about Leandro yesterday asking if we would let him go. I said we wouldn’t and turned them down,” said Yamamoto.