Alternatively, what if a provision was made that “Any player withdrawing early with no evidence of injury is immediately not considered for the next round of international games?”
(Aka the World Cup in this instance)
So many variables in this:
- How much can we afford to pay?
- How much are we willing to offer?
- Are we smart enough to realise that we can’t put all our bets on him being fit for only 40% of games?
- Would he accept a lesser role and lesser wage?
- Would he want to be closer to home?
- Will he dislocate his finger when signing the contract?
Agreed, we all know it’s bollocks.
But I’m playing it in my head as “Arsenal are shit scared to be knocked out of a second tournament in as manage games”. 😉