What has made the modern day footballer unlikeable?
A sad and harsh truth that has developed in football more and more over recent years, is that so many talented players you support each week are in fact pretty unlikeable people.
There is no getting away from the fact, that many footballers are spoilt, selfish, millionaires with little to no loyalty. Not all of them, but certainly more than enough.
It is hard to like a man like Ashley Cole, who once declared he “almost crashed his car” when he heard the news Arsenal would only be offering him a measly £50,000 a week.
Is it the vast amounts of money in the game that make footballers unlikeable?
Is it the cheating culture that has developed, with the likes of Luis Suarez, Ashley Young and Gareth Bale seen throwing themselves about the pitch week in and week out?
Or perhaps the lack of loyalty displayed in the game today? The likes of Robin Van Persie swapping Arsenal – the club who gave him everything – for rivals Manchester United in the search of personal success has left him known as ‘Judas’ in North London. There are plenty with the same nickname across the league.
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What do you think is the main trait that makes a footballer unlikeable?
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