Worried by competition from a new signing Filipe Garcia
Minor
Cause
The new arrival has visibly higher ability. The newcomer is on a much larger wage deal.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Prospect
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
To be loaned out
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Settling well into the dressing room
Minor
Cause
A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
Outlook
Settling-in period is still under way.
Asked the club to find him a new team
Minor
Cause
Ongoing dressing-room dynamics drove this.
Wants to head back home
Serious
Cause
After a long, difficult settling period he is openly hoping for a move home or to a familiar club. (The move took him to a different continent.; He still does not speak the local language.)
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Still struggling to settle into the squad
Moderate
Cause
He has not yet made the connections that come naturally to most signings.
He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Stepan Gigolyan