Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
Outlook
Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.
Contract extension signed
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.5M/y
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
5y · $1.5M/y
He has started to want: To be treated like part of the club
Mind
He has started to want: Better players around him
Mind
He has started to want: His place back
Mind
He has started to want: The manager’s trust
Mind
Named team captain
Serious
Cause
The manager and senior staff settled on him to lead the squad.
Wants Copa Libertadores football
Serious
Cause
His South American heritage and ambition push him toward a Copa Libertadores side. (He is openly ambitious.; The club has no realistic path to continental football.)