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No that's exactly how a contract works, he's not done anything wrong by honouring the length of a contract.
Bristol City would probably be annoyed but that would be their fault either for not offerring a new one or trying to sell them. You can't blame a player for running down a contract and getting themself the best deal, they'd have to be a ****ing idiot to do any different.
You don't seem to grasp this but here goes:
Gunnarsson doesn't want to play in the Championship. That's fair enough, it's a tough slog and he's done it for 9 seasons. He can go abroad for an easier life, less games and for presumably more money.
He verbally agreed on a deal 6 weeks ago. Warnock said so. He's been to the world cup, had his holiday and signed the new deal in Iceland.
He has turned down offers before to stay. His agent could have been fielding calls for 6 months, so he'll have known how the land lies.
We're not going to get a decent fee for a 30 year old midfielder anyway, which is how old Gunnar will be next summer.
None of this is in the unreasonable at all. It's a good deal for both us and Gunnar.
Yeah it was great, completely unrelated really but great.
If I’m in the minority it’s because I’m thinking about it logically. A contract is signed and it being honoured by both parties is about as “loyal” as you can be.
In exceptional cases I can see why some people would sign another contract and then leave anyway to make money for a struggling club. But in normal situations why would anyone lose themselves a huge signing on fee in order to put money into the pocket of an organisation and it’s owner?