No player is bigger than a club, but it can be more powerful than it!

The old saying goes that it’s the name on the front of the shirt and not the back that matters. This trend has changed in the past few years with players demanding (whether agent influenced or not) a move to bigger contracts and bigger clubs. If a player is no longer happy at a club, the determination of keeping the player and letting him rot in the reserves is long gone. Cash in quick to the highest bidder is the new trend!
Tottenham Hostpur announced today that Luka Modric will not be sold, a very sketchy statement which didn’t tell the whole story, the whole football world can imagine what Modric’s agent is doing at this second telling his client he is better than Spurs and deserves a shot at a top 4 club and on a bigger contract (therefore leading to his inevitable 10% cut). I can see Modric like other premier league players leaving mid table clubs aiming for the champions league and beyond. Take Liverpool’s rejected bid for Stewart Downing, how long before he is demanding a move which would then spark a bid frenzy for what I believe is a very average England international.
You can include Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez into the demanding ‘player power’ group, who cites he wants to be closer to be his family back home in Argentina. Odds are that he wouldn’t take the pay cut or drop in playing quality and move to one of the big two in Spain for his now traditional two season spells at a new club. His public willingness to announce his plans to the whole world show that he doesn’t mind upsetting the Manchester faithful and put out a ‘come and get me’ call to Europe’s biggest clubs. Maybe one day a player wont be able to force a move through for a bigger pay packet even with an agent brainwashing them that they are the ‘next big thing’. How long before we hear no agent is bigger than a club?

Since then the Modric saga still hasn't ended and will most likely go on till the last night of the transfer window and Arsenal are the latest club to take an interest in Stewart Downing. Who themselves could have suffered from player overpowering them (Clichy, Nasri, Bendtner and Almunia to name a few without mentioning their club captain!)
This time next week it will be a whole set of new players demanding moves, most likely the inevitable will happen at West Ham. I for one just hope we get good value if we do sell on our best players who took us down!