Football has lost all its integrity. As dear old Roy Hodgson pointed out with a sigh, all the modern player has to do to earn several million pounds...
Dunno about this; isn't it football lore that successful teams are a small, tight group only to be tampered with on the odd occasion your centre-back...
Tricky, I reckon. Can't be seen to disrespect the competition/sponsors so there'll be plenty of players out there on the pitch whom we'd rather were...