I'm just happy he stayed. He clearly loves and supports Liverpool, and stayed with us despite having plenty of opportunities to go to better clubs (which means a lot considering his personal ambitions to win trophies). I know that he recieved threats, but we don't know if that's the major reason why he stayed. Personally I don't think he feared for his life, but I think the threats made him realise that he didn't want to one day come back to Liverpool and find that his own city hated him. In any case, anyone who claims to know the truth here is a liar. We don't know what went on inside his head.
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I can't reply to everyone, but I'm saying it's hard to differentiate between contentment and loyalty. Agger could've gone to Barcelona if he wanted, at a point when we were a crappy team and he wasn't even a regular starter. He stayed, and even tattooed Y.N.W.A on his knuckles. Isn't that a huge display of loyalty? Personally, I think he just lacked ambition and was very content staying in Liverpool, enjoying life without having to face a new challenge/pressure. And I think Scholes felt the same about Man Utd, he never felt the call or the need for a new challenge.
My original point was just that Scholes (and Giggs) gets way too much praise overall for being loyal, when they never had their loyalty (properly) tested compared to many other footballers. Google "top 10 most loyal players" and you'll find them on all lists which I don't agree with. Totti is to me the epitome of loyalty, staying with his club despite knowing that he can go to other clubs and win more.
I guess I just want to problematize how football fans think of "Loyalty". I don't think it's that praiseworthy to stay with the club you love if you're the best club. I also think in most cases "loyalty" is meaningless, there's always a good, and not always that praiseworthy reason, for players being loyal. The loyalty I praise is when players abandon their personal ambitions to help their club, like I've previously mentioned with Totti.