Not typical to do a Payet
The fashion is to play the only grown-up in the village over this latest round of player disloyalty. fans are dopes, contracts are worthless, clubs are just as bad as striking players. and, of course, that old chestnut — any working stiff would do the same and down tools to get a better job. But it’s not true.
This is not about whether an employee leaves, but the manner in which he leaves. fans understand better offers and bigger opportunities. nobody begrudged Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale their moves to Real Madrid; Thierry henry is still a hero at arsenal, no matter how determined he was to get to Barcelona. strikes and disrespect, however, are different.
Dimitri Payet’s behaviour goes beyond the usual rounds of transfer negotiation. There are hundreds of moves taking place in this window, but they are conducted professionally and within accepted parameters.
The player is aware this is part of football’s business. he stays in the team until an agreement is reached. There is consideration for all parties. it isn’t the lawless free- for- all intimated.
as for the attitudes of clubs to players, yes, there can be ruthlessness. Contracts can be cancelled, individuals uprooted and sold. Yet when that happens, there is always a compensatory price to pay. Wages and bonuses must be settled; the clubs have responsibilities, clearly detailed. a signing-on fee, for instance, is paid in instalments over the length of a contract.
But if a player leaves before the end that must be paid up in full. Why do you think Payet hasn’t requested a transfer? To do so would negate any money owed. This way, if West ham can simply be bounced into doing a deal with Marseille, Payet will still be due his payments — because it is their decision to sell, not his to go.
so do not be fooled into thinking this is just the way of the world; or that every office clerk would be as selfish. People switch jobs frequently; they serve agreed notice periods, they honour contracts and keep promises, they avoid bitterness and rancour where possible. and so do footballers, most of the time.
Payet is an exception. The latest development is that he has offered to take a pay cut to facilitate his move to Marseille. West ham should offer to match it, just to see what happens. IT SHOWS how out of nick Eoin Morgan has been that his 28 in the first one-day international with India was considered a return to form for England’s captain. His average for the 12 months going into this series was 29.82. In the two preparation matches with India A, he scored three runs and lasted seven balls. Morgan was admired as a captain, but even that side of his game has been damaged by his refusal to tour Bangladesh. He needs to find form, and to inspire better performances than England delivered in Pune. Otherwise, his time is up. RaDaMel falCao is the subject of a significant offer from China. of course he is. falcao’s club Monaco are top of ligue 1 and in the last 16 of the Champions league — with every chance of making the quarter-finals if Manchester City’s defence doesn’t shape up — so he finally looks like getting some late return on a career that was blighted by injury in January 2014. Despite this, it will be no surprise if he is just shipped out again to the highest bidder.
falcao’s economic rights were surrendered early in his professional life and he has rarely seemed in command since. NOTTINGHAM FOREST, strong contenders for basket-case club of the year, have drawn up a shortlist of successors to Philippe Montanier, which is believed to include Oscar Garcia, currently second in the Austrian league with Red Bull Salzburg. As Red Bull own a network of clubs, including one that is second to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and another in New York, Garcia may feel he has more interesting options than being the ninth victim of Forest owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi. The ego of these owners knows no bounds, though. There is talk the Football Association will consider retrospective bans for divers, a mere six years after it was introduced in Scotland. No flies on them, eh?