Scored the winner for Beşiktaş today with a great run and finishhttps://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk/status/1706047948310688136?t=zjRyW5oNC7LtKHKfYS_qAw&s=19
Get where he is coming from but surely it’s on the player himself (or his agent) to go seeking clarity there. It was obvious to absolutely everybody that he would not be getting a new deal, and while I can see his point, it’s a bit disappointing he feels that way when you consider the final year of his contract was just given to him by the club to make up for his time out injured. I’m sure he’d have been talking to some clubs from January onwards as well, fully knowing his situation.
I'd have thought if I was in his shoes - having not performed to a consistent standard for several years*, including being unable to be good enough to command a spot on the bench at times, plus making no apparent effort to seek first team football on loan or for a fee (or mutually cancelling contract) - that I'd probably have used all that spare time to ask the manager and the club about my future rather than sit on his hands and then complain about it months later. Communication is two way - it's hard to have huge sympathy here. *mostly not his fault, but had obviously clear spells where he looked extremely demotivated and played for himself when he came on - pot shots and dribbling down blind alleys instead of playing for the teamImagine that for Klopp (or generally, for any managers) that you don't want to rock the boat by bringing up a negative to these diva players - in this case 'you know how you haven't asked for a contract and we haven't offered you one? well that means your contract end date will be your end date' - and instead just assume they are doing what they want (quietly seeing out their contract) without any awkward confrontation
And to be honest, the only contract he should have been speaking of in that interview, was the one the club gave him when he was injured. Imagine having a dig now, after what they did for him back then.
yes, quite!Klopp is about as open and ‘fatherly’ a manager a player could get. So if even he's not rushing to communicate, maybe take the hint.Why would he have needed it said anyway? It’d be mad if the club even considered for a second offering him a new contract. I guess it shows the arrogance of these players that he’d have thought it a possibility. And to be honest, the only contract he should have been speaking of in that interview, was the one the club gave him when he was injured. Imagine having a dig now, after what they did for him back then.
Get in Alex https://twitter.com/BassTunedToRed/status/1731369808120156436
What's his level these days, promoted club / upper championship?