Loyalty Above All Else: The Last Gladiator

Loyalty, almost a forgotten concept in the modern game. Big money transfer moves are tempting the very best to the Goliaths of football. Nearly every top player dreams of that big move with the ambition to win countless trophies and play amongst the best every year. Is there more to this game than winning, though?

Well, once upon a time, yes, loyalty to a club wasn’t uncommon. Now, though, finding a player to be a one-club man is very rare. Even some of the greats, such as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, albeit club icons, weren’t one-club men.