11 May 2014 23:39:04
If I recall correctly, someone mentioned that players rarely play for the club now; it's all about the money. Obviously, a player is providing a service and there is a high demand for good players. A high demand of course comes with a high cost.

So my question is, are there really any players who do only play for the club? Players who would rather earn half of what they could at another club, but choose to play for their current club?

Two players that come to mind are Di Natale from Udinese and Miccoli from a Serie C side. Di Natale has turned down opportunities to play for the biggest clubs in Europe where he would be earning much more than he is now, but he's chosen to stay with Udinese because of his love for the club. Miccolli has returned to his boyhood team after they were relegated to Serie C. He would have taken a huge pay cut surely.

There are honestly very few player in the BPL who I can think of who would do this, maybe Lampard, Shaw and Arteta to name a few. But can you see many City players or United players doing this?

1.) 12 May 2014
Francesco Totti is the embodiment of a one club player, born in Rome, came through the Roma academy, now captains the club and has turned down opportunities to move on and will likely retire at the club, Legend.

2.) 12 May 2014
Good question NEG,

The only player I can think of is Matt Le Tissier

3.) 12 May 2014
I think the answer to that is up until the Premier League was introduced and the wages were, if you like, a little more in line with reality most players played for the club. But to me it's obvious that players play for the money now. That's why we have so many foreign players in the Premier League. let's face it they wouldn't be here for the love of the club would they? and the same applies for English players going abroad. We will see in the not too long distant future that most of the England team will be being picked from the Championship and League 1 even League 2 maybe. It's all about the money now.!

4.) 12 May 2014
Heisenbergkamp. Best. Name. Ever.

5.) 12 May 2014
Yes I can see Manchester United Players doing this - Giggs, Scholes, Gary Neville are perfect examples. Moratti of Inter Milan came in with a blank cheque to sign Scholes and Scholes replied "If you want me to play for you, you'll have to buy this club." More recently Januzaj was offered a lot of money to sign a contract with PSG but he refused and signed a lesser contract with us to stay at UTD.

6.) 12 May 2014
Redrosie lol a lesser contract which makes him the highest payed 18 year old in world what a giant leap of faith that was ;)

7.) 12 May 2014
He chose significantly less money with us. So he chose us with less money over PSG with more money. If you can't see how that qualifies as an appropriate example to the original question then I'm afraid I can't help you.