It is hard not to feel sorry for players who were making headlines consistently at some point in their careers with exceptional skills, but who now aren’t wanted anymore at their clubs.
Gareth Bale and Mesut Ozil are perfect examples, though now aged, were once imperative to their clubs; Real Madrid and Arsenal respectively but now not wanted or relevant to their clubs.
Considering how much these guys earn, and not only an Ozil or a Bale thing, but for players who earn huge and are unwanted, who is affected more? Maybe the Club, as they keep paying for services not being rendered, maybe the player too, as their value keeps dwindling as regards not playing, but earning.
In the past two summer transfers there have been rumours linking them to various clubs, whether they’ll be transferred out or not and you can check transfer special on Netbet Nigeria to see the odds on these players moving on.
When these contracts were signed, the players were considered valuable assets to the clubs, but as their cases or circumstances changed, they went from key assets to peripheral players, and ended up hardly playing football.
With this, the blame cannot be entirely laid at the foot of the players, like with Mesut Ozil’s case, a player who has won the World Cup, La Liga, as well as three FA Cups, he’s not quite a youngster anymore, and has come to a stage when his career should be tilting towards retirement, and where the drive isn’t as it was at a point. The same could be said for Gareth Bale, who has won all what’s to be won with Real Madrid, so it’s no coincidence that the players can get comfortable and run out their contracts and get the huge money.
It’s one disadvantage that’s attached with long term contracts, but then nothing can be done about it as an agreement has to be struck to till the player runs out his contract, especially when clauses aren’t attached, and clubs can only escape that in a smooth dialogue with the player to terminate the deal.
For these two players, Bale and Ozil, they have nothing to lose in anyway, and it’s the clubs that rather suffer a loss, even with the position that the relationship with these players is too icy to reach a dialogue to end the contract, so the clubs continue to lose while the players enjoy.