Footballer's 'commitment'

Kanes

Kanes

Kanes

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Am I the only one who see's it this way:

With all the transfer fiasco's going on, all the clubs saying who goes where and the players and agents yapping. Am i the only one who thinks msot footballers couldn't give a stuff about what club they pay for, aslong as they get the highest wages.

All this 'i'll stay here till my career is over' nonsense is just a plea for "so it'll take a fatter pay cheque to get me away" rather than an honest statement.

Let's theoretically say Roman wants to spend a whole billion on a winning side. Do you think your players would stay loyal to your club or go play for his side? I'd say they'd pick money over the club.

I don't blame them, when you're a footballer you've got what? 10 years of top club football? want to retire at 30 and live comfortably for the rest of your life? Why stay where you get £20k a week when you can get £50k somewhere else. Do you care if you just warm the bench? would it bother you there would be no media or fans to criticise your performance since you don't even play? I'd say footballers view the game as a job, and a hard one at that, you only have your boss to perform infront of, they've got fans, media, managers, chairmen to pick apart at them for the slightest mistake. I'd guess they don't have the passion and enthusiasm some fans seem to.
 
For the majority I would agree it is the case that players would leave for more money (in some cases a substantial raise in money would be needed). However there are some who I believe truely love playing for the clubs they are/were at such as Di Canio, Zola & Freund ;) for example & time will tell with young Rooney.

It is however understandable as most people when offered more money for the same job will go for the ££. It is a shame that this is true for the footballing world now.
 
Club loyalty is imho something that the huge financial incentives has taken out of the game .There are exceptions to the rule,but they are just that .......exceptions
Blackburn have shown in the past that it is possible to buy success,but what longterm good its done them is debatable
 
is it not like that in every business? Football is a business but with a lot more money.

if you worked for company A and company B offered you twice your salary doing the same job, would you go?

I think you would
 
There is a certain amount of layalty with some players but there are other factors to cinsider.

As an example our best player has just left to go to Reading, he is loyal, and would like nothing more than to be able to stay, but he knows we can offer him a better contract but nothing approaching what he has been offered by Reading, his wages have trippled so he is on a mimimum of 12 grand a week as he was on around 3 with us. He has a wife and a young kid, he is 29 and only has another 2 or 3 years left in him where he could get that sort of money, to ensure secruity for his family when his carrear ends in a few years.

The only time when loyalty shows is when a player has earnt enough money to be comfortable with his family for the rest of their lifes, then their loyalty shows, or not.

Football is a strange sport because players have short carrears and want to try to set themselfs up for life, and there are a few that do and then will carry on playing down the leagues because they love the game. The only time loyalty really comes into it is if a player is a fan of a particular club. Marcus stewart has earnt more money thatn he will ever needs and all he wants now is to play for the club he as always supported since being a little kid, but has never had the cance of playing for them, he would gladly play for a grand a week, and considering he is on around 35k p/w at the moment that is a hefty paycut.

But unless you are a fan of a club, it is hard to get attatched to a club in that sort of way, and treat it different from any normal job, meaning if you are offered a lot more money than you are on then you take it.
 
yup at the end of the day its their job and they want a good wage. Cantona was a funny one as he started having his name put on things and advertising being offered him and he quit and now plays beech football.

There are only a few people who will actually want to stay at the club no matter what IMO
 
Originally posted by Silent-Lucidity
"There are only a few people who will actually want to stay at the club no matter what IMO"

Matt Le Tissier was a prime example, best I can think of.
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:cool: You better believe it :D

A lot of players nowadays are just after money, and who can blame them? Being a footballer ends at around 35 years old so they can't be blamed for trying to get as much money as they can.

There are of course players that remain ever loyal to their club like Matt Le Tiss. Henry, Zola, Fowler (before being pushed out)......
 
Wilcox was pushed out at Blackburn too. Leeds bought him after he'd spent all his career at Blackburn and they told him they didn't want him any more.

Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard.

Don't think we'll ever see any of them willing to leave their current clubs for another.
 
Originally posted by Gilly
Wilcox was pushed out at Blackburn too. Leeds bought him after he'd spent all his career at Blackburn and they told him they didn't want him any more.

Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard.

Don't think we'll ever see any of them willing to leave their current clubs for another.
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Giggs...............Scholes
Id like to think the will still be there when its time to hang up their boots
 
Originally posted by atpbx
Giggs...............Scholes
Id like to think the will still be there when its time to hang up their boots
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I could go with Scholes, but not Giggs.

I would, however, have said Beckham and look where that took us!
 
Originally posted by atpbx
Giggs...............Scholes
Id like to think the will still be there when its time to hang up their boots
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The thing with players like them are that they are already on massive money and winning things nearly every season. Therefore, I am not sure whether I count them when I consider loyal players. If they were on 'just' £20k a week :rolleyes: and were offered higher elsewhere, but rejected the offers, then I would consider them. Although there is David Beckham............the most loyal Man United player in a long time. Look what he got for his loyalty.

However, Matt Le Tiss - not as well paid as those players - 1 club throughout his career.

Zola - was willing to take a pay cut to carry on at Chelsea.
 
Originally posted by Gilly
I could go with Scholes, but not Giggs.

I would, however, have said Beckham and look where that took us!
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Me too,but you did us the phrase 'willing to leave' in a previous post,and i'm still not convinced that Beckham left willingly
The same will prob be true of the rest of the Man U homegrown,when their times come
 
Originally posted by Dtab
Me too,but you did us the phrase 'willing to leave' in a previous post,and i'm still not convinced that Beckham left willingly
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I don't think he was particularly disheartened to get out of manchester. He's moved East anyway which is always a good thing to do ;)
 
sure blackburn bought sucess, but they were relegated either the following season or the one after.

The way to build a successful side is to buy additions to a home grown squad that is passionate about the club that they play for.
 
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