Has Loyalty Disappeared From The Beautiful Game?

With the Luis Suarez fiasco comes this very big question, is there loyalty in the beautiful game anymore? Yes, but it is going quickly. While there still are many loyal players, money is changing that quicker than we might think.

Luis Suarez wants to leave the Anfield club because of the lack of premier league play, which is understandable, but with the young talent in Jordan Ibe and others, it might be worth sticking around. Suarez has done this to another club. A club called Groningen in Holland. Ajax sent a 3.5 million Euro offer for the striker and when Groningen rejected the offer, Suarez took them to court. Ridiculous, right? Suarez lost in court but Ajax then upped their offer to 7.5 million Euros which Groningen accepted.

Rodgers has a very opposite view then Suarez stating, "The Liverpool Way is all about a club with ambition, a club that strives to be the very best, a club that is about commitment. That means that everyone is committed to the cause of fighting for the shirt." That bold word is one that Suarez struggles with. Suarez, along with many others only want what is best for them at that moment.

One of the other people that comes to mind when I think about club jumping is Mario Balotelli. Mario has never been on my good side. My first experience with Balotelli was in the 2012 season. Mario was having a bad game and late in that game, Manchester City won a free-kick in a good area. City's manager told Mario to let someone else take the kick, and he did not take that well. He threw, for lack of a better explanation, a temper tantrum.

Balotelli has not only off the field problems but on field problems as well. His move to Milan was, in my opinion, a bad one for Milan. He cannot hold his temper in tense games which often sees him getting sent off for unnecessary reasons. His career was marred with drinking and a love for late nights, when that is the last thing you want from an athlete.

With all that being said, money definitely has changed the game we all know and love. The most important thing for clubs now is finding a loyal player with his priorities in tact. Which in this era, will be very difficult, be we do see it. Players like Messi, Gerrard, Terry and many more are still here and can be a good influence for the future generation of players.