The incident in the summer of Christiano Ronaldo literally telling Manchester United that he wants to go to Real Madrid has shown that the days of club loyalty are long gone. Gone are the days when players like Giggs and Scholes spent all their lives in one club and players like the baby faced assasin did not mind warming the bench than play for a rival. Today the only thing that talks is the money the club is ready to offer a player or playing time. Tevez is ready to leave as reports suggest cause he does not want to warm the benches anymore.
Gone are the days when players would commit their long term futures to the club and thus be identified with the club. Today a club offers a player more money and there he goes and even starts abusing his former club (I think a certain RVN would strike a cord ).
The same club/manager who shaped his career and made him a player he is,make him worth the money he is demanding, is conveniently forgotten as he moves away to a new club. The only loyalty that the players have is towards money.
So a question begs to be answered today: Is the vigour of club rivalries anything today, when you can find the same player playing for a rival club tomorrow?
How can a player forget the club which has made him the player he is . But can a player alone be blamed for this? In this materialistic world is there a scope of being loyal to a club.
I don't think so. When a players career is only a few years and it is in these years that he has to earn the money to carry him through his life is the player not right to think of his own well being and future. When a player is regular international he certainly does not like being the super sub for a club. Why? Simple out of sight, out of mind, HE could well loose his place in the international squad.
Let's not forget some of these players don't have any command of English to become commentators, nor do they have a degree to sustain them after their playing days and how many successful players become successful coaches? So what they do after their days are over. A few intelligent ones learn to live life in a better way, others... well go to the dumpster.
So let me ask this again. Is there any meaning of club loyalty today?
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