John Ruddy

Goalkeeper - Retired
2 Dec 2027
Thursday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 4 Transfers Relations Events 83 Awards Matches History

Events

83

  1. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  2. Head coach left the club

  3. Energised by the new manager's arrival

  4. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  5. Built a stronger partnership with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. Previous friction meant this was not treated as a one-off.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  6. Personality clash with Dapo Anunlopo

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  7. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  8. Personality clash with Harvey Griffiths

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  9. His club is fighting to avoid relegation

    Serious
    Cause
    The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.

  10. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  11. Head coach left the club

  12. Energised by the new manager's arrival

  13. Built a stronger partnership with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. Previous friction meant this was not treated as a one-off.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  14. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  15. Personality clash with Dapo Anunlopo

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  16. Manager broke a promise

    Serious
    Cause
    Even an honest tone was resented given the strained relationship.

  17. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  18. Personality clash with Harvey Griffiths

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  19. Told he is not in the manager's plans

  20. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  21. Weighing up retirement

    Minor
    Cause
    He is deep into the late stage of his career.; His playing role has shrunk sharply.

  22. His club is fighting to avoid relegation

    Serious
    Cause
    The points gap to safety, with matches running out, is the issue.

  23. Senses a managerial change coming

  24. Window closed with no move

  25. Built a stronger partnership with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. Previous friction meant this was not treated as a one-off.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  26. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  27. Frustrated after the club rejected interest from Everton

    Minor
    Cause
    Stage: the bid was rejected. It became public after the bid was rejected. It would be a lateral move. A bid has already been rejected. He remains focused on the current job.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  28. Returned to full training after injury

    Moderate
    Cause
    The medical team cleared him, but the staff are protecting him from a rushed comeback.

  29. Asked the club to find him a new team

    Minor
    Cause
    Ongoing dressing-room dynamics drove this.

  30. Interest from Everton has turned his head

    Moderate
    Cause
    Stage: concrete interest. The interested club has formally approached. It would be a lateral move. He is a loyal type and unlikely to push for a move. He remains focused on the current job.

  31. Personality clash with Dapo Anunlopo

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  32. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  33. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  34. Personality clash with Harvey Griffiths

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  35. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  36. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  37. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  38. Praised by the manager for his attitude

    Serious
    Cause
    The discussion focused on his attitude.

  39. Setting the training-ground standard

    Minor
    Cause
    He set the tone for the squad with how he trained.

  40. Personality clash with Dapo Anunlopo

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  41. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  42. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  43. Responded well in training to recent criticism

    Moderate
    Cause
    He answered the recent criticism with a sharp session.

  44. Personality clash with Harvey Griffiths

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  45. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  46. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  47. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  48. Personality clash with Dapo Anunlopo

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  49. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  50. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  51. Personality clash with Fabian Salmon

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  52. Personality clash with Harvey Griffiths

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  53. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  54. Window closed with no move

  55. He has started to want: To play in his best role

    Mind

  56. Worried by competition from a new signing Jakub Stolarczyk

    Moderate
    Cause
    The newcomer is on a much larger wage deal. A much younger rival has arrived in his position.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  57. Returned to full training after injury

    Moderate
    Cause
    The medical team cleared him, but the staff are protecting him from a rushed comeback.

  58. Personality clash with Dapo Anunlopo

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  59. Told he is not in the manager's plans

  60. Personality clash with Fabian Salmon

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  61. Personality clash with Harvey Griffiths

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  62. Weighing up retirement

    Minor
    Cause
    He is deep into the late stage of his career.; His playing role has shrunk sharply.

  63. Eyeing a future in coaching

    Minor
    Cause
    He is deep into the late stage of his career.; He has become a dressing-room leader.

  64. Personality clash with Fer López

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  65. Personality clash with Finn Ashworth

    Minor
    Cause
    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.

  66. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  67. Turned down the offered deal

    Serious
    Cause
    He turned down the club's offer. The wage was below his expectations.

  68. He has started to want: A settled future

    Mind

  69. He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Harvey Griffiths

    Mind

  70. He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Dapo Anunlopo

    Mind

  71. He has said it out loud: First-team football

    Mind

  72. He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Fer López

    Mind

  73. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  74. He has started to want: First-team football

    Mind

  75. He has said it out loud: To finish on his own terms

    Mind

  76. Transfer listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Surplus to squad requirements
    Who
    Board

  77. He has started to want: To finish on his own terms

    Mind

  78. He has started to want: The manager’s trust

    Mind

  79. He has started to want: Someone to lean on

    Mind

  80. Contract renewal rejected

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $546.0K/y

  81. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $546.0K/y

  82. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $598.0K/y
    Who
    Wilson Joseph

  83. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $598.0K/y