Nedum Onouha joins Mark Ogden on “The Football Reporters” podcast to explain the challenges faced by players like Raheem Sterling who are no longer wanted at their clubs, an experience he endured at the end of his Manchester City career.
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lets be real he could have gone to other clubs he is still getting paid is not that of a big of a deal
Bottom line is: Chelsea doesn’t want him and that’s fine,transfer for Sterling didn’t worked out and that’s fine to! But come on not allowed to train and use the facilities? Is he vandalizing the place up?😂
Insensitive and disrespectful that a long-term English international is being treated the way Sterling is being treated
It seems that all the clubs that pay over 150k a week seem to be regretting it. 300k a week is around 15m a year, 75m over 5 years. How is that workable on ffp for only a single player? Oh yes, sell a hotel.
Cry me a river, you’re getting paid 100K a week 😂😂😂
This is not for the up and coming young players we're humans not robots they make u and break you 😮 sad no one's a 100% all thim in anything its all about money or if your well like this is very bad..
With the money he's on. He will be fine
Always walk away as soon as you feel you are not needed
People treating him like he didn’t have a good career. Who would turn down 300k a week?
Hi Raheem, FA here, how's it going, feeling sad?, aw, sorry to hear, having to train at night?, oh dear, upsetting video game time, that's not good, 325,000 pound weekly salary still being paid?, not so bad then, opportunities abroad>, oh didn't want to move, we'll check in with you next week, nty nt
It's very sad when players are mistreated by their clubs and managers. Chelsea and maresco are for profit.
Even Gareth Bale during the last two years of his stint in Real Madrid didn't want to leave, despite knowing he wasn't really going to have a part in Zidane's team. He was earning over 20mil euros. Why would he leave that amount of money on the table to play elsewhere and be paid significantly less?
He’s still getting his 350k a week as wouldn’t shed a tear 😢
silly entitled players. refused to move clubs because of money knowing you are not worth that level. PFA needs to stay out of this because time people say enough. you are not good enough, you should leave. if you decide to stay because of money, then its on you
Nedum and Mark discuss being "forced out by your club", majority of the comments say "Yeah but…". 😆😆😆
I remember how Pepe was treated at Arsenal and I suspect something fishy was happening to him.
Onuoha is normally very thoughtful, so I was disappointed to hear this very one-sided commentary. There are good reasons why players are made to train away from the main squad. Coaches prepare sessions for 23-25 players, roughly the squad sizes that clubs have to present to UEFA. More players are usually superfluous and would just be hanging around. A player who does not get game time will spend more time on fitness and conditioning than on tactics and team play. Then there is the poison that disaffected players spread through changing rooms. Coaches already have enough problems keeping everyone happy. Of the squad of 23-25 players, less than half will start the big matches and a quarter won't even be involved as subs. The point that Onuoha can make is that other players will watch how Sterling is treated and think that could be them in a few years, tainting their current relationship with the manager and club.
Sterling still has all the options. He can earn £15m a year for about 10 hours training a week. He can do his training courses, should he want to go into coaching. He can spend days with his kids. Alternatively, he could take a pay cut and continue playing. Perhaps Sterling's frustration is that his performance as a player has declined so sharply that no Premiership club would be interested and the chance of an England return is negligible.
The fact is, this was always gonna happen with Sterling. He forced an exit out of Liverpool, chasing more money. Then to Man City. Chelsea’s fault for giving him those wages 350 K a week 😊
Chelsea are teaching him a lesson. Well done 👏 Footballers have a short career so go play football so what if you are on half or a third of your wages at another club, just leave and go? He didn’t do that in the summer.
Arsenal didn’t want to keep him after the loan was up last season. He should’ve been already signed look I need to go and leave even play doesn’t matter about the money. It’s a World Cup year.
Greedy footballers taught a lesson. Bad advise from his agent again.
Maresca's point was very relevant. Silly to talk like the players are suffering. They get paid £325k/week to do nothing. Clearly the players are not struggling mentally otherwise they would be willing to take a pay cut to move elsewhere. £50k/week playing regularly or £325k/week not playing at all; £50k/week is still money you can easily retire on if your "mental health" was really suffering
I’d happily train at 8pm at night on my own for £350,000 a week… have a day off mate!
If players like Isak, etc. force an exit by sitting out practices, then maybe clubs can do the reverse. It's not right but it's what has been deemed acceptable.
Sometimes we forget that these players are human beings with emotions and families. This was very eye opening
Questions. If the club wants you out, why don't they buy out your contract? Also, is there a specific psr related reason why they have so many players on such long contracts?
Good interview
"as a player do you have to take a pay cut" surely this cuts both ways the club pay the wage if they want you to train at a certain time you do as you are told. this whole interview smacks of players wanting there cake and eating it.
I do feel sorry for him 300 grand a week and training at 8 o’clock 🤷🏾♂️
If a manager has a group of 30 or so players he wants to work with if your outside that group I can’t see what you can do as a player.
If a player doesn’t want to be there then move on. If the player stays just for the money then that’s their choice. Having a negative player in amongst the younger players will have a negative impact on the team
A media network actually asking a player who's been through the situation in question to describe their actual experience instead of just letting four loud white guys call 'modern' athletes 'disgraceful' and 'entitled' for an hour. Novel idea.
He's exactly right. Clubs have all the narrative leverage. They frame to story with the press, paint the players in unfavorable light (tainting their reputation with future employers), and fans are fully conditioned to believe the club over the player every time. Loyalty has always been a one-way street. Players are expected to be eternally grateful and submissive for the "privilege" of playing football, while clubs and fans can abuse and discard those same players whenever they want with zero remorse or repercussions.
Nedum was very poorly treated by the manager of Manchester City if the said manager had been pep I truly believe it would of been a lot different 🩵🩵🩵🩵
Players and the pfa needs to put clauses into the player contract protecting them from bullying and harassment. Their job is to train with other professionals and train at certain times and places.
But for sterling, even when you consider say family wise, he was happy to go on loan to arsenal- another london based club.
You could argue if its due to family then a london based club doesn’t change anything.
West ham/fulham were both interested. He just didn’t want to move to them purely because of money.
It's the way the treat great black players
When Jack Rodwell did this with Sunderland after being relegated and was ask to take a pay cut, I was conflicted by the entire situation. After hearing this , considering STERLINGS AGE, this is his last chance to possibly create generational wealth and secure the future of his children. Would you walk away leaving millions on a contract under the disguise of morals and ethics?
Absolute rubbish