Penso che tanti calciatori la vedano e la vivano così. Poi c'è davvero quello appassionato, quello innamorato del pallone, ma una buona parte ad un certo punto lo vede solo ed esclusivamente come lavoro, e quando è così è facile mettere i soldi prima di tutto.
🇨🇲🤔 Benoît Assou-Ekotto: "All people, when they go to a job, it’s for the money. So I don’t understand why, when I said I play for the money, people were shocked?"
"I don’t say that I hate football but it’s not my passion."
"Did the other players agree with me? I’m sure 200%. Listen, when your agent calls and says, I have a club for you, the first question is: ‘How much?’ It’s business."
"I don’t think it helped me being so honest, but I am like that. It’s good for business to say, ‘I love the club, I love the fans, blah blah blah'… I’m not like that." (The Athletic)