Never been any different. Players always want to move to bigger clubs. Big clubs have always bullied smaller clubs and unsettled their best players, we've done it ourselves and had it done to us by Chelsea. It's just that now the big fish like Chelsea have been eclipsed by Chinese clubs.
You make a good point about the attitude of players downing tools etc. I heard on a program that they can not drop Payet from the squad because if they do he will run crying to the PFA and that ******** Taylor, who will jump to his defence even though he has refused to play.
nobody bats an eyelid when a club decides they are done with a player, the opposite shouldn't surprise anybody
Very true, however that does not mean the player has a right to refuse to play.
true, is there any evidence either player has done so though?
Well i thought Bilic has said that Payet told him he does not want to play for them anymore.
Noyeah, but he has still be playing hasn't he?
If you ever get the chance read about Johnny Crossan and his transfer saga in Northern Ireland in the late 50's. Crossan was the golden boy of NI football and a lot of English clubs wanted him, but after some disagreement with his club about a transfer to Sunderland he join an other Irish team. Most players were amateurs and there was a lot of funny deals done back then. His original club reported themselves to the NI FA for trying to arrange one of these deals with him and they got fined and he was banned for life. The ban was partially lifted and he was allowed to play in europe, after about 5 years the ban was totally lifted and he did join Sunderland.
He was a good player as well.
I was sure he came on against City in the 5-0, my mistake
Billic said he doesn't want to play not he won't, he also said payet told him that before the city game.You're right. He did - but that was BEFORE this stuff came out; perhaps it was the final straw for him actually......OR....perhaps Bilic brought this up t deflect attention from that performance (when they crumbled after starting decently)
Billic said he doesn't want to play not he won't, he also said payet told him that before the city game.