Modern day football is a lot more than loyalty to one club. As the brand of football develops around the globe, the game is becoming increasingly commercialized. One aspect of such a growth is the uncontrollable influx of money into the sport. Every professional; manager or player is now available for hire and some have gone as far as to be labelled “mercenaries”.
The days of mutual agreement, mouth’s word and pre-contract agreement are now well in the past and anything that does not stand in court, is well within the law to be exercised. The latest example of such a player transfer comes with the report of Jack Rodwell.
The talented midfielder was signed by Sunderland back in the summer of 2014. He failed to help his club from getting relegated last year but Jack was the one player in the squad who did not have a 40 percent pay cut inserted into his contract following relegation from England’s top league.
In fact, the man from Southport continues to earn a massive £70,000 a week and has another 18 months left on his current contract. The former Manchester City and Everton player seems to play hardball with his club now after reports came out claiming that he is no longer interested in playing for the Black Cats.
Speaking last Friday, Sunderland manager Chris Coleman was quoted saying: “Jack doesn’t want to play for Sunderland. He has told me that, he has told us that. I saw the article. If Jack wants to be somewhere else and he plays every game, I would be happy for him, he is 26. The proof is in the pudding. We have to wait and see. He told me he doesn’t want to play at Sunderland, doesn’t want to be here. That’s that. It won’t help me, us, tomorrow, I concentrate on the players we have got and have a crack.”
“The proof is in the pudding. We have to wait and see. He told me he doesn’t want to play at Sunderland, doesn’t want to be here. That’s that. It won’t help me, us, tomorrow, I concentrate on the players we have got and have a crack.”
It seems Rodwell is on his way for trials at Vitesse Arnhem and Sunderland will be hoping that the Dutch club does take him in so that they can free up his bill wage from their roster thereby making room for new players in the squad, something Coleman desperately needs to help the Black Cats stay up in the Championships.
