A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. Their reading of training standards diverged.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Turned down the offered deal
Serious
Cause
He turned down the club's offer. The club's project did not match his ambition.
Contract renewal rejected
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.9M/y
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.9M/y
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Serious
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.
A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. Their reading of training standards diverged.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Dropped to the bench
Moderate
Cause
The current formation has no natural role for him.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Serious
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.
Led the defence in a tight match
Minor
Cause
He held the back line together when the game was hanging in the balance.
Praised in a satisfied full-time talk
Minor
Cause
The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. A repeated team-talk tone had less impact than usual.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Reassured by a calm full-time message
Minor
Cause
The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. A repeated team-talk tone had less impact than usual.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
He has said it out loud: Permission to leave if the offer is right
Mind
Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy
Serious
Cause
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.
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.
Impressed senior staff in training
Moderate
Cause
His application and quality stood out for someone at this stage of his development.
Senses a managerial change coming
Named in the Young Team of the Month
Moderate
Cause
Selectors picked him among the standout under-21s of the month.
Reassured by the manager's half-time message
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Worried by competition from a new signing Loïc Mbe Soh
Minor
Cause
The newcomer is on a much larger wage deal.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Reassured by a calm full-time message
Minor
Cause
The moment called for a quiet show of support. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Serious
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.
Reassured by the manager's half-time message
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Criticised in a full-time post-mortem
Minor
Cause
It was a private show of faith after a tough recent run. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
He has started to want: Permission to leave if the offer is right
Mind
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Serious
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.
A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. Their reading of training standards diverged.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Reassured by the manager's half-time message
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. A repeated team-talk tone had less impact than usual.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Dressing-room inquest after a humiliating result
Turned down the offered deal
Serious
Cause
He turned down the club's offer. The club's project did not match his ambition.
Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy
Moderate
Cause
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.
Reassured by the manager's half-time message
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Reassured by a calm full-time message
Minor
Cause
The moment called for a quiet show of support. A repeated team-talk tone had less impact than usual.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Contract renewal rejected
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.4M/y
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.4M/y
He raised his sights: reaching the top
Career
Dreams of genuine first-team football
Moderate
Cause
He has spent years in the reserves and wants a real chance at first-team level. (He has been stuck in the reserve squad for a long time.)
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Breakthrough into the senior squad
Lifted by a passionate half-time team talk
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
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.
Stayed on the bench all match
Minor
Cause
The bench was built around different match options.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Frustrated after the club rejected interest from Zwolle
Moderate
Cause
Stage: the bid was rejected. It became public after the bid was rejected. Smaller club, but more minutes on offer. A bid has already been rejected. He is cautious until something concrete arrives. The role on offer is not a clean fit.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Taken off the transfer list
Decision
Cause
Still a starter, so the club kept him
Who
Board
Core player
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Starter
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.0M/y
Transfer listed
Decision
Cause
Below average in surplus position group
Who
Boyata Axel
Rotation
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Loan withdrawn
Decision
Cause
Promoted to the first team instead
Who
Board
Contract extension signed
Decision
Movement
5y · $457.3K/y
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
5y · $457.3K/y
Returned from loan
Decision
Movement
Dender → KAA Gent
The highest he has played: a regular at Dender, in Pro League