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[Chris Wheeler/Sami Mokbel] Casemiro and Raphael Varane are heading for Manchester United exits (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

Many people often also ignore the human element of this. They think footballers are robots like in their games of FIFA on PS5. There are so many examples of footballers losing their drive to stay at peak performance or who want to move onto other interests.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    This wave of guys like Ronaldo, Messi, Ibra, Thiago Silva, Modric, have made people forged that 90% of players over 32 are going to drop their performance lvl. People forget these are professionals with their hands on top level technology, nutricion, recovering etc. Also 2 of them were born with probably 1 in a million natural genaracional talent. That and like you said games like Fifa and FM have made people look at older player in a diferent way ( which is not all 100% correct). Hell, 15 years ago, a 29 year old player would be called ancient.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    No one called 29yr old players ancient 15 years ago.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    I 100% did this. I said "A 29 year old is a total waste of our time and money. its ridiculous. wtf are we doing? The club has lost it! He's totally washed and over the hill! Did we learn nothing from Joe Cole?!? FFS!"

    .... that 29 year old was James Milner.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    That and like you said games like Fifa and FM have made people look at older player in a diferent way ( which is not all 100% correct).

    FIFA and FM very much help ingrain the idea that players are washed up and on the decline as soon as they hit 30 - which is the opposite of what you're saying.

    I get your point about players like Modric, Messi, Ibra, Silva, etc, distorting people's opinions of how long a player can be at their peak for - but the FIFA/FM part is nonsense.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Not to mention, when a player is young and poor they are hungry. I just am not certain how a 32 year old, who is worth millions can have that same want to get out of bed every day with achy joints and go train, instead of living in leisure and just putting in the time. It is still a job and many forget that.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    There are so many examples of footballers losing their drive to stay at peak performance or who want to move onto other interests.

    And I can't really blame them.
    You've earned millions, played tons of important games, won trophies. At some point you might think ''been there, done that'' and start prioritizing other things besides your footballing career.
    For some players the drive to compete and strive for the best never diminishes but it's not all what's out there.

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