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Somethings get better with age. But this does not apply to footballers, as William Gallas displayed on Saturday.
Now playing in Australia with Perth Glory, the former Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur defender had a moment to forget as he produced a comical bit of defending against the Western Sydney Wanderers.
With Zach Hamilton bearing down on him, Gallas turned to clear the ball upfield, but swung and missed in ridiculous fashion allowing the forward to run in and send the Wanderers on their way to a 2-0 victory.
Some people questioned whether Tottenham should have allowed Gallas to leave on a free transfer in the summer, but the French defender displayed an argument for the prosecution in this latest defeat for Perth.
The Australian side have not won a single game in the six he has appeared in and his mistake set Perth on their way to their third straight defeat.
While Spurs have not been perfect defensively and received some heavy beatings at the hands of Manchester City and Liverpool, there is little to suggest that keeping Gallas would have made things any better. Not on this evidence anyway.
