John Cunningham

Right Midfielder - Free Agent
17 Mar 2033
Thursday
Process

Marked for John Cunningham

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The Luton Town Post

24 May 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Jerónimo Romeo asks to leave Luton Town

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Dennis Bossman in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Luton Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Nathan Patterson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Kienzola Ntondo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Jerónimo Romeo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Luton Town will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting John Cunningham's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout

Benedict Benagr asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Mateo Arrieta talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Luton Town know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Benedict Benagr runs his contract down

4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Luton Town money.

In brief