Maybe if I`d not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.
It`s inevitable now, because everyone is a superstar, even if they`re just an average player, and maybe that was part of the process set in motion when I signed that contract in 1994.
It strikes me that these days, clubs don`t even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don`t have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that.
It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don`t want to be the last man standing.
Maybe if I`d not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.
