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To an extent, this fellow was a bit disgruntled with his law. Alexis Mallister at Liverpool before going into the game, the Champions League match against Atletico Madrid.
Simon Jordan criticizes Alexis Mac Allister's contract stance despite scoring for Liverpool, sparking debate on player loyalty and club negotiations.
Key Takeaways
- Players should focus on performance rather than public complaints about contracts.
- Clubs have the right to negotiate contracts without detailed explanations to players.
- Public airing of contract issues can provoke tribalistic fan reactions.
- Balance and respect are needed between players and clubs in contract negotiations.
- Basic job performance should not be overly praised; excellence should be rewarded.
What the video covers
- Simon Jordan discusses Alexis Mac Allister's frustration over not receiving a contract extension at Liverpool.
- Mac Allister scored a winning goal against Atletico Madrid, showing his value on the pitch.
- Liverpool's new manager, Andoni Iraola, expressed high regard for Mac Allister despite contract issues.
- Jordan criticizes Mac Allister for publicly airing contract frustrations instead of focusing solely on performance.
- The debate centers on the balance of respect and negotiation power between players and clubs.
- Jordan argues players should do their job without expecting applause for basic performance.
- He highlights the challenges clubs face when players leverage contract situations for better deals.
- The discussion touches on the broader football culture of contract negotiations and public statements.
- Jordan emphasizes that clubs are not obligated to explain contract decisions in detail to players.
- The video critiques the modern trend of players publicly expressing dissatisfaction with clubs.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to Alexis Mac Allister's contract situation
- 00:40Manager Andoni Iraola's view on Mac Allister
- 01:09Mac Allister's performance in Champions League
- 01:47Simon Jordan's criticism of public contract complaints
- 02:32Discussion on player-club contract dynamics
- 04:12The balance of respect and expectations in football
- 05:10Public reactions and media influence on player contracts
- 06:10Conclusion: professionalism and contract negotiations
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football club. Then what do you know? Mallister starts, plays, and scores a winner against Atletico Madrid last night. But uh the new man in charge of Liverpool, Andoni Erayola, this was put to him, the Mallister situation before a
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He had expressed sadness and frustration over him not being offered a new deal at the football club.
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wants to continue here in the footballing side. We haven't been together a lot of time but you more or less can perceive no because he has been important and has played a lot of minutes that I rate him very very highly
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Then what do you know? Mallister starts, plays, and scores a winner against Atletico Madrid last night.
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Yes, Simon you could say he did the right thing. He did his talking on the pitch.
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But, uh, the new man in charge of Liverpool, Andoni Erayola, this was put to him, the Mallister situation before a ball was kicked last night.
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criticisms of people like myself making an observation about the fact that I thought it was weak. I don't apologize for making it weak. He put something out in the public domain. So, you can expect people to opine on it.
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The end of situations, we all have personal situations. No, and we have different contracts with the club and in this case for me, the important thing is that he wants to be here.
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the player. Yeah. Because it's a one-way transaction most of the time. If the player is doing relatively well, the club are hostage to fortune if they get on with it and have it poked right down the back of their
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He wants to continue here in the footballing side. We haven't been together a lot of time but you more or less can perceive no because he has been important and has played a lot of minutes that I rate him very, very highly.
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coming out again is not right. You know we he didn't play well last year but he's playing well all of a sudden. All of a sudden we've now got to give more money. They just get on with it. So why
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And definitely there is still a lot of time, no, to talk about those contract situations.
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So it shouldn't be respected. He should just get on with doing what he's perfectly capable of being, which is a valuable member of Liverpool's team. I might be a little bit of a cynical old sod, but when I hear people turning
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Yes, Simon, you could say he did the right thing. He did his talking on the pitch.
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and it shouldn't be tolerated. It shouldn't be allowed and it shouldn't be put into a situation where we applaud people for doing the very things they're supposed to do in the first place. We should applaud people for going beyond
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Does it make up in any way for what he said before the game? I don't think it makes up or detracts.
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every bus driver that gets up at 5:00 in the morning, drives a bus and looks after people going back and forth to work looks for people to applaud him for doing his job. He looks for respect and he looks for a decent a decent outlook
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He, you know, people are responding, you know, he put his opinions into the public domain and people will respond to it.
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matter is if you criticize it, then you've got this tribalistic reaction from the fan base that that that that the player plays for that thinks you're having a go at their club. Liverpool have the right as a huge valuable
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I saw criticisms of people like myself making an observation about the fact that I thought it was weak. I don't apologize for making it weak.
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So he doesn't have the right to say do you know what I give 100%. I'm a bit disappointed because Grain Burch and Sab got it but I haven't had the extension offer. every right what's up we're doing that
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He put something out in the public domain. So, you can expect people to opine on it.
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to the media because he wants to keep it to himself and he wants to act in a dignified grown-up statesmanlike way he wants to court a reaction from people that he's saying it to so when you caught the reaction if he would if
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Um, I don't know why he wants to do that. Um, Liverpool as an entity are able and it's their gift to negotiate with players whenever they see fit and run the gauntlet of what that looks like if the balance tips back in the favor of the player.
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accept the fact that you haven't been offered a contract right now get on the field, play like a dervish and get a new contract and everyone will be happy, right?
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Yeah. Because it's a one-way transaction most of the time. If the player is doing relatively well, the club are hostage to fortune if they get on with it and have it poked right down the back of their throat.
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Would you say mass? We actually don't need to give you any explanation at all as to why we're not going to extend your contract at this time.
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But so the other side of the equation is, um, and you don't hear clubs crying like stuck pigs all the time when you hear a player that's leveraging in his current position to get a better contract.
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it fair and equitable, then what what have you got to do? Explain every single decision to a footballer. Well, tell you what, can I sit you down and work tell you why we're going on a preseason tour?
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You don't hear the clubs coming out again is not right. You know, he didn't play well last year but he's playing well all of a sudden.
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When you're there, he's two years out on a contract. The only the only loss is the football clubs. If that kid keeps on playing well, we don't give a new contract. Guess what he's going to do?
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All of a sudden we've now got to give more money. They just get on with it. So why is it the other way for players?
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and watching live on TV will agree with you because of the strong way you've put it. But was there anything wrong to say to Mallister couple of weeks ago, come in, come in. Listen, at this stage in the proceedings, we're not going to do
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Why is it when players haven't got exactly what they subsequently think they're entitled to? They get to go and do that rubbish.
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feel a bit led down here. Okay, that's fine. So let's extend that beyond that perspective and go to every single player in the dressing room that's paid less than the player at the top of the pyramid and say to them the
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So it shouldn't be respected. He should just get on with doing what he's perfectly capable of being, which is a valuable member of Liverpool's team.
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doing it. Are you seriously telling me that you have to sit with a player when he's got two years left on his contract and explain to him why you've done something someone else?
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I might be a little bit of a cynical old sod, but when I hear people turning around and saying, "I will do my best. I've always done my best."
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You're not that great in the first Not saying that, but should you not recognize the fact he's a Premier League winner with you? He's a World Cup winner as well. He he is a fairly he's a player high value player.
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Well, what do you expect? Are you seriously telling me that the alternative was you did your worst that I should thank you for the enormous but it's rubbish, Jim, and it shouldn't be tolerated.
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it you think you should be saying to a player? When does it become that players are valued? Because they're clearly they're valued. All the balance. You just got some little sod at Tottenham now thinks he can walk out of his
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It shouldn't be allowed and it shouldn't be put into a situation where we applaud people for doing the very things they're supposed to do in the first place.
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this is the balance. We've gone too far to the player side of the equation. Of course it has to be balanced. It has to be fair. The clubs have to respect their players and the players have to respect
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We should applaud people for going beyond that. We should applaud people for the excellence they bring to the table, not the bare minimum of doing their bloody job.
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I think their track records they handle their players properly. So the player should really get on Yeah.
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No one else in life, in any other walk of life, gets applauded for turning up and doing their job.
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At times players do things that could make a donkey gag. That was a new one from you. I didn't expect that one to come this morning.
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And I suppose every bus driver that gets up at 5:00 in the morning, drives a bus and looks after people going back and forth to work looks for people to applaud him for doing his job.
Topics:Simon JordanAlexis Mac AllisterLiverpool FCfootball contractsplayer loyaltyPremier LeagueChampions LeagueAndoni Iraolafootball negotiationstalkSPORT
