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Do they have time to do all the negotiations and juggling of interest from perhaps 3 or 4 clubs at a time? Do they have the expertise to properly evaluate the financial implications including tax, when interest might be from several different countries with different tax regimes? Do they have the network of contacts to tout themselves around other clubs as they approach the end of their current contract? Do they have the time and resources to do 'due diligence' on potential clubs they might join? Do they have the time to attend face-to-face meetings in different countries, while still turning up for training and maintaining their 'focus' for their current club?
Makes sense, to me, to have someone qualified and experienced to do all that for you.
Mirror - Arnie said he didn't want to play, as his head wasn't right
Guardian - Pelle didn't pick him as Pelle thought Arnie's head wasn't right
BBC - 'West Ham, who are not commenting on Arnautovic's omission'
Star - West Ham set to fine Arnautovic
Sky - 'West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini says forward Marko Arnautovic has been training well despite interest from China.'
I'm happy to believe Pelle over any media outlet.
No doubt I'm in a very small minority, but I actually feel a bit sorry for Arnie.
I think he likes playing for us, and the challenge of the PL, and I think he gets on well with the other players.
I think he knows that he will have much less job satisfaction if he goes to China.
For whatever reason, he doesn't feel in a position to brush off the extra money on offer, so may end up sacrificing his own immediate happiness for the extra bunce.
I don't get why people assume that having pots of money means people can't or shouldn't feel ordianry human emotions.
Money can't buy you happiness, but you can have a luxurious time being miserable...
I didn't expect (m)any to agree with me. Nonetheless, it is how I feel.
To clarify, I wasn't talking about playing or not this weekend, but having to make the choice he is facing.
I'm not trying to convince anyone.
Whether he feels the money is too great a temptation, thats his choice, it just doesn't rub well with me, the timing stinks IMO...wait until end of season, surely if he's that brilliant the Chinese teams ( 1 of them ) would come rushing back, by him not being in the squad, who knows, but if he was training really well, and said to Manuel i wanna play and score, feel great etc, he would be in squad, unless its on a compassionate leave, like he cant work out how to spend his new coming fortune!
I do believe u are in a minority Grey, ur reasons to me don't add up and I cant agree with them, but as neither of us personally know him( u don't do u ??, not a long lost son ;wink or some long lost family member ) because I do admire the way u always stick up for the Hammers ! ....
(Not directed specifically at you thorn ;ok )
The only acceptable reason for him not be in the squad is injury. Pellegrini thought he could choose him for the last game, so I question why he doesn't think he can choose him this time.
I doubt he's struggling to help his family out on his current wages. Yeah, he can do it quicker on a Chinese salary but I suspect you can pretty easily get and pay off large mortgages with a PL salary - if he needs to help family members, he's not restricted to a measly 100k a week.
Like others, if I called work on Monday and said my head wasn’t right because I’d been offered another job, that wouldn’t go down well.
But we have to consider what it means to be a professional footballer playing in the most competitive league in the world. This is an extremely specialised and high-pressure job. Being at 95% doesn’t cut it.
I firmly believe Pelle has made this call in the interests of the entire team. I don’t think Arnie has asked not to play. I just think that he, like the rest of us, is human, and feeling certain things. And unlike most of us, how he feels will seriously affect his ability to do his job properly.
As it is, this is the end of the road for him. Pelle has omitted him so we will be forced into a sale at a price probably not in our favour. He won’t return from this.
He could have continued to play, give everything, allow us the chance to recoup good money, then no doubt the club would let him go for the right fee.
Which is what, it seems to me, is the case with Arnie. He's up for it. But the boss thinks that in the circs, he'll not give him this task today.
I can understand the opposite side & I suppose this is the equivalent to being given a day off on compassionate leave or maybe a days sick. But it’s not going to gain much sympathy from various people.
So annoying to have a player like Arnie fit but left out. Lets hope the rumour of the Chinese club being interested in Payet is true as it will serve them right to end up with a dressing room with those two in.
Carrol got the ball when he wasn't really expecting it, in little space and had a tight angle to beat the keeper and a defender. Wilson's situation was completely different.