Ferguson’s Hairdryer
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I’ve always thought that this was one of the most classless thing that any player can do, regardless of the player. It’s a disgusting tactic to try and force through a transfer but also over the past 15 or so years it has also been the one area where you see the biggest disparity in how the media and pundits portray the players that do it.
Eg I can imagine that most football journalist and pundits won’t be attacking Kane as unprofessional and disrespectful for doing this, yet if it was Pogba you can bet the narrative would be very different and very negative. Even if we go for a player to whom most pundits are personality neutral towards eg DDG neither viewed as a good or bad personality by the pundits, if he pulled something like this off 4 or so years ago the media and pundits would quickly turn on him.
Eg I can imagine that most football journalist and pundits won’t be attacking Kane as unprofessional and disrespectful for doing this, yet if it was Pogba you can bet the narrative would be very different and very negative. Even if we go for a player to whom most pundits are personality neutral towards eg DDG neither viewed as a good or bad personality by the pundits, if he pulled something like this off 4 or so years ago the media and pundits would quickly turn on him.