This makes no sense. He has a contract until the day that it ends. Until then, he must play. There are very few circumstances that would excuse not playing, and being upset because your company wants to move you on (which you can still say yes or no to) is not one of them.
In this scenario, every company would have put their employee on gardening leave. Werner was. After the way they've pushed him out, Barcelona have some nerve expecting him to play.
Not at all. Barcelona could have handled it better but if you have a contract, you have to play. There’s no nuance here, even if we all feel for the way Arthur has been treated.
They can't force him, obviously. If he has to play, but doesn't, what do you think will happen?
Eh? That’s not my point at all. My point is Arthur is not right to refuse to fulfill his contractual obligationsㅋ
Oh. "if you have a contract, you have to play. There’s no nuance here" is a pretty extreme stance to take, in that case.
Well, presumably it’s breach of contract ? Not understanding your issue here
Legally, as in they could sue him for it? Maybe, maybe not, but it is for sure nuanced. Although I understood you more to be speaking morally, seeing as you were responding to someone saying that Barcelona shouldn't be surprised after how they treated him.
fair enough, I will agree there is nuance in the moral and emotional sides of it.
The first one, he was used for a shady accounting to circumvent FFP.
In that case then, good on him. I don’t him blame for not wanting to play.
He should have just told the board to eat it and cover the loss out of their pockets, not his fault they need the money so desperately...
Did Bale refuse to play? I thought Zidane didn't want him.
Refused to leave, rather than to play. Also more RMs fault as didn't give free transfer, yet.
He's a Juventus player now, can't imagine it'll go too well if he got injured while playing for Barcelona
He’s a Juventus player in September.
Forgot about Braithwaite. Did he play much?
They've already agreed on the deal. Juventus won't be happy if Arthur shows up injured.
Pedro agreed to join Roma and still played for Chelsea. It happens all the time where players agree a deal with another club but still play for the club they’re at until their contract agreement expires.
They can fine him all they want, they forced him out in the first place. Who would have thought forcing a player out would make them unwilling to play for the club?
It's not a normal year so that point doesn't stand. The situation would still be the same if he was moving in July and he was refusing to play in May/June.
You think? It's almost like the board did it so they wouldn't have to cover the loss personally... Question is why he didn't just refuse, had a contract with Barca and can just refuse to go.
How do you force someone to sign for another team? He could have just said no.
