Has 'player power' gone too far in football? #shorts

It's about time we had a serious conversation about player power in football

The deleting of Instagram posts, the changing your bios, the blacking out your screens

the crazy statements that follow, the media that gets invested into it

the unsettled narratives that like to come in. Are you walking? Alexander Eason

Right, let's just all just breathe for a second. Because we've seen it every single year and it always happens to the clubs that are smaller

And of course we want to see players be able to play at the top level and to better themselves and to be the best version of themselves that they truly can

It's become very normalised in media. It's a really poor reflection on the players and the agents who have advised them to go down this path

And you always hear the same old line of, well the club have to sell him now because he doesn't want to be there

But why should they have to sell him? Why should they have to sell him? Because let's get real for a second

We're talking about players at the top level that have paid incredible money to be where they are right now

With contracts that they've willingly signed. The player isn't held to ransom, he isn't a prisoner

They're playing potentially in a Champions League competition this season. And I guarantee you, in three months time, if that sale doesn't go through

they'll be wanting to play again for that said club, and it feels that the player power is who holds the cards

But actually it's the club's. Because ultimately, if they don't pay the fee, that player can't move

That player is worth what they're worth to that club for a reason. And that's because they're a very good player for that very good club

that just simply can't afford to lose him yet. Is player power finally going too far