Is There Really Less Loyalty?

And Rooney!

There's many United players who've stuck around but it's easy to stay when trophies are a regular occurance, so I thought I'd use some other examples.

Good point Lambsy.

Chelsea have had a lot of loyal players over the years. Maybe due to the high wages paid, the location of the club (smack bang in the middle of the nicest area in London), some trophies won and the glamour of the club.
And then there's Gerrard at Liverpool. He wanted to leave but gangsters didn't let him go!

(When I say the glamour of the club I mean since Roman. Going for parties on a billionaires yacht is pretty enticing)

i do think it has a lot to do with where you are born or at what age you break into a team.

you look at scholes, neville, gerrard, carragher, terry, lampard, giggs, all local lads ( or players who broke into their teams at an early age) who have been 1 club players and would give their life for the club the play for.

now look at city, for all their money, thats what the players are there for, not their love of the club.

Its a myth. It hasnt changed at all. There are as many transfers now as there has ever been. Clubs who get relegated or promoted chop and change a lot. But most established PL clubs have a couple of players whom have been long serving stalwarts (Liverpool Everton United Chelsea Spurs Arsenal etc) like they have always had.

That was my impression also Whiteside which makes me wonder why people have such little regard for today's players as if they're less worthy compared to Latter Day Saints!?

Lambsy

its because fans and media only see that obscene sums of money they earn these days when players switch clubs. Players salaries weren't even discussed or disclosed back in the day. They were pretty much irrelevant.

The media and some fans get obsessed with the money, it makes me laugh when they say how much a player earns per week as if their contract stipulates their wages on a weekly basis.

But of course if they said they were being paid £20 million over 4 years it just sounds like a top player earning top money like the film stars and TV Personalities do; but by breaking it down to a weekly wage they make a ready comparison to the wage of the average fan, which is really quite sad and ridiculous in my opinion!!!

I think you'll find that most of this perception comes from players who are now pundits, who played in the 70s and 80s, who will understandably not wnat to paint them selves as disloyal etc. much easier to call Tevez and Nasri Mercenries than themselves. Also could be said the sums of involved are perhaps much greater