The answer to Melbourne Heart's crowd crisis

This might be seen as a big call within the football community but in my opinion the player that Melbourne Heart should be looking to sign to increase crowd numbers is not David Beckham but Angelos Charisteas.  Angelos according to a Greek friend is the most famous person in Greece. If you do not remember Angelos  he scored the famous header that won Greece the European cup in 2004. Even with no Greek background that moment he scored that header will remain with me forever, as Im sure it also will for the 150,000 or so Greek Australians living in Melbourne.

Charisteas is currently a free agent uncontracted to any club, and with the big name arrivals of Del Piero and Heskey in the off-season plus the massive Greek population in Melbourne this would have to be an attractive offer for Angelos. With alot of Greek clubs struggling to pay their players there is also the point of job security on offer. The Heart do have three to four strikers already on the books but there is always room for someone of Charisteas's quality. Call me crazy but I honestly believe that Angelos would bring an extra 5-10 thousand people to home games maybe more, and just maybe he might pinch a few fans from crosstown rivals Victory.

Relive that magical goal below by clicking on the You Tube link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPw69FzmA7Q

Daniel Coote.