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.
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
1y · $1.1M/y
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Moderate
Cause
His relationship with the manager has soured. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Taking his young replacement under his wing Luuk Strootman
Moderate
Cause
A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
Manager broke a promise
Serious
Cause
Even an honest tone was resented given the strained relationship.