fastwalker
Full Member
- Joined
- May 6, 2019
- Messages
- 408
This is clearly a Paul Pogba inspired thread.
Players wanting to leave football clubs is not new. In the modern game a footballers contract is literally not worth the paper it is written on. When a player wants a move and the club is unwilling to 'play ball' the player simply complains of a phantom injury like Phillipe Coutinho, goes on strike like Thibaut Courtois or as in the case of Paul Pogba, announces that maybe it is time for a 'new challenge'.
But what should a club do when faced with a player who wants away? Should the club sell the player and try and get the best price, like Southampton did with Van Dijk? Or should it supplicate itself and try an convince the player to stay, as reports suggest that United are doing with Pogba?
Is it ever sensible to have a player around a club that you are trying to rebuild who you know is not committed and doesn't really want to be there? Should a club ever pander to the whims of a player, no matter how talented that player is? If they do, what sign does it send to the dressing room or to prospective players that are thinking about coming to that club?
Players wanting to leave football clubs is not new. In the modern game a footballers contract is literally not worth the paper it is written on. When a player wants a move and the club is unwilling to 'play ball' the player simply complains of a phantom injury like Phillipe Coutinho, goes on strike like Thibaut Courtois or as in the case of Paul Pogba, announces that maybe it is time for a 'new challenge'.
But what should a club do when faced with a player who wants away? Should the club sell the player and try and get the best price, like Southampton did with Van Dijk? Or should it supplicate itself and try an convince the player to stay, as reports suggest that United are doing with Pogba?
Is it ever sensible to have a player around a club that you are trying to rebuild who you know is not committed and doesn't really want to be there? Should a club ever pander to the whims of a player, no matter how talented that player is? If they do, what sign does it send to the dressing room or to prospective players that are thinking about coming to that club?