blues-clues wrote:Why would Rose have signed a 5 yr contract last yr for £65k a week if he thought that was his last deal? Must have known there would be better offers about. Made his own bed really. Complaining less than a year into his contract is a pretty poor effort on his behalf
Because, as Bellamy said the other day and others have stated, sometimes it's also about getting a bigger fee for a player you know may be off, or even a player trying to help lessen the pain for the selling club at least.
See: Suarez signing a 5 year contract with Liverpool December 2013 and sold summer 2014.
Top level footballers have to be ambitious to be successful. This is why, and a bit of a paradox for some fans, I think.
If a bigger club or better opportunity comes about -- and managers have done this as well -- sometimes you look to move on. It's about supply and demand and this is a scarce market at this level for talent at top clubs.