No doubts, there are requests which everyone as a human being sometimes find too appealing to resist, no matter how professional or principled one may be. For soccer stars, it's their earnest desire to reach the peak of the game and play at a very high altitude or atmosphere. They want to rub shoulders with the big guys in the game, and to have the opportunity to compete with the best for top prizes.
They will love the media to sing their names every now and then, the chants from the fans and even the attention that comes with it. All these and so many other perceived advantages that comes with these kind of requests most often makes players want to influence their transfer or conduct themselves in a manner that suggests that they are interested in the rumoured offer. These saga most times bring about lots of distraction to both the players involved and may even go as far as distracting the team also.
We've all witnessed scenarios were stuffs like this have brought a rift even between the manager and the player, as the Gaffer may become uncomfortable with the player picking interest in such rumoured offers. The effect is that those coaches may be forced to bench those players to avoid distractions permeating the nook and crannies of the team. We've seen it happen to Philippe Coutinho during his days at Anfield when Barcelona picked interest in signing him. He became lackadaisical towards his services for Liverpool and forced his way to Camp Nou.
Well, I wouldn't blame him that much, I mean, playing for a team like that could be seen as the peak of a player's dream. It was too enticing for the Brazilian to resist. Liverpool and fans really wanted him to stay, but for the Brazilian, he was ready to take his career to the next level, and playing for a team like Barcelona was a dream come through for him. Of recent, Real Madrid have also developed interest in Eden Hazard and the Belgian Captain has already made few remarks in relation to how nice it will be for him to play in Madrid. A saga that brought a little fracas between him and the current Chelsea coach Sarri.
Possible Factors That Influences Players
Status of The Interested Club
No matter how we may wanna argue this, the club a player plays for goes a long way in rating the player's status. Most players sometimes find offers or rumoured offers from these big clubs irresistible because of the perceived status or profile of these Clubs. When a team like Barcelona or Real Madrid come knocking on your door, it could be a sign that you're about to increase your personality or player status in the game, and so could hardly give them a cold shoulder. Playing for them will sure increase your value, so what's the big deal.
The Pay
Yah, this is one of the factors that can fuel a player's interest towards another club. I mean, we've seen various players pitch their tent with Chinese clubs not because they wanna up their status and contest for world prizes, they just want a club with a Jumbo pay and that's what matters to them. So at times when these clubs that are willing to increase a player's remuneration comes knocking, they is a likelihood that the targeted player may pick interest. You can see PSG buying the likes of Mbappe from Monaco, Bayern Buying the likes of Lewandoski from Dortmund. These clubs have the status and are also ready to spill the cash.
Winning Of Trophies
This is perhaps one of the major factors that can swing a player's mind towards considering an offer from these big clubs. I think that's one of the major factors that influenced Coutinho's move to Barcelona. He wanted to win trophies and of course, the Catalan club is the best place to be. Sometimes, what sports analysts use as a parameter for measuring a player's success during his career is the number of Trophies he or she was able to win during his active days.
Individual Prizes
In fact, it's no more news that any player that would stand a chance of winning the Ballon d'Or prize should play for either Real Madrid or Barcelona. For the past decades, these two clubs have been producing the FIFA Best Players of the year. That's what makes them tick. Now these contention over the years have served as an appealing bait for future young players that may have interest in grabbing the star prize. It's already making the rounds that if Eden Hazard must stand a chance of being the World Best player, he needs to sign up for Madrid. These teams have a style of player that can help a player reach that milestone, thus serving as an influential factor when they are interested in a player.
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