eire-red
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This is the point I think most people are missing. I'm not saying footballers should not have a life, but at the same time I have no sympathy for the perceived trials and hardships of the modern footballer. I can't name a single other industry where people can make as much money as these guys, and don't have to make massive sacrifices.That's the nub of the issue and something that people defending Rashford (admittedly very few of them) don't seem to get. He's not being hung out to dry because he went on the piss and missed a training session. He's being hung out to dry because this lack of dedication/professionalism comes in the middle of the season where his attitude/performances on the pitch couldn't have made it more obvious that there are major doubts about whether our most highly paid player is fully committed to the cause. So when we get cast iron evidence that this is definitely the case, it puts everything we've been watching all season into a new, much worse, perspective.
Going out clubbing is not that big if a deal, fair enough. But if you're the highest paid player at United, the supposedly star performer who is the talisman, they guy the team relies on to win games.. all the stardom, responsibility and privilege that comes with that position, then yes I do think that people should have to sacrifice something significant to have that. If people are saying that heading out clubbing in the middle of the season isn't something a so-called top, top footballer shouldn't sacrifice, well then it's no wonder we are where we are, and those same people shouldn't be on here hoping for the good times and whinging about a lack of results if that kind of attitude and behaviour is justifiable.
Nobody is saying Rashford can't go to a nightclub, but it's not right that he missed training because of it. That is unprofessional and is a slap in the face to a club that literally just gave him a contract of a lifetime.