The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Worried by competition from a new signing Felipe Cairus
Moderate
Cause
He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Given a personal development plan
Contract talks stalled over squad status
Moderate
Cause
The wage was acceptable, but he wanted clearer first-team guarantees.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
His club is fighting to avoid relegation
Serious
Cause
The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.
He has started to want: Better players around him
Mind
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Moderate
Cause
He has unresolved concerns over his contract. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Worried by competition from a new signing Ahmed Yasser
Moderate
Cause
He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy
Minor
Cause
The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
Outlook
Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.
Fighting to save the manager's job
Loan listed
Decision
Cause
Needs first-team minutes — loaned out to play
Who
Weghorst Memphis
He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Amara Condé
Mind
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Moderate
Cause
He has unresolved concerns over his contract. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
His club is fighting to avoid relegation
Serious
Cause
The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.
Turned down the offered deal
Serious
Cause
He turned down the club's offer. The club's project did not match his ambition.