So which players put in just enough effort to avoid being sold or let go?
Also don't just say players you don't like because some players don't even put effort in. While others put effort in but lack talent.
Players who "quiet quit" at football
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Also don't just say players you don't like because some players don't even put effort in. While others put effort in but lack talent.
Paul Pogba 
Pretty sure the official Man Utd website has a squad listing, you don’t need to get it here.
Gareth Bale is one. (NT excluded)
Not really, they wanted to get rid but just couldn't.
I recall he actually wanted to leave one summer as there was an offer for him but Madrid didn’t allow him to.
That's what quiet quitting is about, doing the bare minimum which he did.
Most 2nd choice goalkeepers - Carlo Cudicini being the most high profile ones I can remember.
Fabianski stayed way to long at Arsenal, same with the other one I can't spell without googling (cba to google).
Fabianski stayed way to long at Arsenal, same with the other one I can't spell without googling (cba to google).
But he really didn't, going off by your op he didn't avoid being sold off , they just couldn't find a buyer for him.
Yeah, that was before him giving up on club football , after that he seemed to do everything in his power to piss off Madrid.
Bale didn’t even do the bare minimum. He just decided to play a different sport!
James Rodriguez
Aubamayang at Arsenal
Di Maria at United
Dele Alli
Aubamayang at Arsenal
Di Maria at United
Dele Alli
Would a guy like Scholes count given his aversion to doing media work or anything connected with the club apart from playing (while he was under contract with us obviously- he has become a rentaquote since he started getting paid for it)?
His main job was playing football, that's all we needed from him. Deffo doesn't fit this category. We didn't give him a contract for his media prowess or marketability.
Bogarde at Chelsea surely? Followed the terms of his contract to the letter, knowing he wasn't going to play and that Chelsea wouldn't be able to sell him.
Good example
Edinson Cavani.
Assou-Ekoto at Spurs. I remember he was quite open about how football was just a job for him. He spent a considerable time at Spurs being an average fullback who got plenty of gametime.
Hard to tell with 2nd choice keepers. A lot of ex-players say the good ones have an important role training with and supporting the 1st choice, being a positive influence in the dressing room, and being prepared in case called upon. Definitely a nice gig though.
For some reason i thought quiet quitting was doing less than the bare minumum...guess you learn something everyday.
It's corporate jargon that basically shames people for not going above and beyond without being paid more.
@Trequarista10 I know it's an important role, but I'm sure most know they're signing on to be backup - picking up millions in the process, no doubt Heaton is a good character around the dressing room (from reports) but at £42,000 a week, you'd expect more than smiles, same as Grant before him, at £30,000 a week to be a (rumoured) leak.
For reference, we were paying Grant the same as Stoke City, the highest he had ever earned, and Heaton peaked at Villa making £57,000 a week - it's fair to say United pay their semi retired back ups very well, so why wouldn't they quiet quit?
Anyway, my answer still stands, 2nd choice goalies...and Phil Jones.
Yeah that would make sense re those capitalist buggers.
Geez, on those salaries, we're definitely paying our 3rd choice keepers (and other backups) a crap load of money!
Anyone mentioned Drinkwater?
Donny van de Beek. Show up for work, get disappointed by team sheet, go home sleep repeat.
Ozil certainly and going back a way Tomas Brolin at Leeds.
Yeah, good shout.
Jack Rodwell
Eden Hazard at RM. Thought feck it, I’m rich enough. And spent his salary on burgers and chips.
On the downside, they're just getting sprayed with shots in training
Grant - our ex keeper. Perhaps through no fault of his own, but that definitely seemed the case
The one that springs to mind for Chelsea in the Roman era is Paulo Ferreira. I still can't believe he was here for 9 years until his retirement in 2013.
Probably a few of the loan army? Piazon or even Batshuayi.
Barkley is too thick to do anything apart from breathe. He didn't knowingly quiet quit.
Winning multiple champions leagues must help in getting away with it though
Mariano
Collects nice wages and enjoys life in Madrid, rarely plays and doesn't care either, shows no passion whatsoever, but follows his contract to a T, and is against leaving every summer, as one would expect.
The only downside for him would be not getting any half-decent offers in 7 months, due to a lack of playtime in the last couple of years.
Collects nice wages and enjoys life in Madrid, rarely plays and doesn't care either, shows no passion whatsoever, but follows his contract to a T, and is against leaving every summer, as one would expect.
The only downside for him would be not getting any half-decent offers in 7 months, due to a lack of playtime in the last couple of years.
Ronaldo was a very poor trainer. I guess he counts. I just dislike the label 'quiet quit', I thought it originally meant people who just stopped showing up at work. I was really confused that people consider doing what they're paid to do 'quiet quitting'. It's nonsense.
This is probably the most blatant one ever. I think he still plays somewhere which is crazy.
Potentially those who left the Top 5 leagues (while they could have stayed) could count too. e.g., Oscar, Hulk
Anyone who joined a chinese or a saudi Arabian club during their peak.