its the curse of the young player in modern day football MONEY. they are rich before they are established in the game and they lose the hunger and then the love of the game how can somebody with so much talent just forget about what meant everything to him when he was a kid. the game need to look at how to keep the big money away from the youth until they are established and found there feet in the game. maybe clubs can look to open saving accounts and give them a fair wage each week and bank the rest then at a age 25 you can change it to full contracts
stephen ireland should be a legend in the game and playing at a top club even in the manchester city squad under pep. but found money and the nightlife and clubbing and got very lazy and lost the love of the game. they used to say you know when your ready to retire from the game at the age of 35 to 40 and when you wake up and don't want to go to the training ground and play football. well many many young players at the age of 21 are feeling the same at clubs but its not the body or the legs but its there bank accounts