FORMER IRELAND MIDFIELDER Jason McAteer believes the days of footballers showing loyalty to clubs will soon be no more.
McAteer’s old club Liverpool are currently fighting tooth and nail to hold onto their talisman Luis Suarez and have so far turned down two bids from Arsenal for the wantaway Uruguayan.
However,
string embroidery in an interview with The Guardian, the player claims he was told last season that he would be allowed to leave if the Reds failed to qualify for the Champions League and it is believed that he intends to hand in a transfer request next week if a move is blocked.
Speaking at the launch of Carlsberg’s Ultimate Football Pub in Dublin yesterday, McAteer, who spent four seasons at Liverpool during the 90s, gave his thoughts one of the most protracted transfer sagas in recent years.
“It is disappointing,” said McAteer. “He has been banned for 18 games and was protected by the club over the Evra incident
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“I just think players like (Jamie) Carragher, (Steve) Gerrard and that generation will be the end of it. I’d like to think I was an extremely loyal person in business and in friends but I think it’s dying out in football.”
While Real Madrid are also believed to be monitoring the Suarez situation, the Gunners are the only club to have made their interest official. McAteer can’t see Liverpool selling their prized asset to a Premier League rival, however.
We’ll have to wait and see but I don’t see him selling him to Arsenal. I think it would be a nightmare for him
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“The Premier League is wide open this season with three top teams bringing in new managers. Liverpool certainly should be up there battling with Arsenal and Tottenham for fourth place. That’s why I don’t think they will sell to Arsenal.”
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