By Justin Chadwick
November 21st 2009 @ 2:18am
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Glory’s title hopes in tatters as Socceroos fly the coop
Perth Glory’s title aspirations have taken a massive nosedive after the club’s trio of Socceroos confirmed they would play no part in this season’s A-League finals.
Marquee striker Mile Sterjovski, midfielder Jacob Burns and defender Chris Coyne will leave the club during January’s transfer window on overseas loan deals in a bid to enhance their prospects [...]
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tony sharpe said | November 21st 2009 @ 7:24am | Report comment
These players came back to the a league knowing verbeeks selection criteria. Now, after a poor first half of the season find that they aren’t in line for a world cup ticket are jumping ship in hope of personal ” glory”. This frustrates me as on the surface it appears they have no loyalty and commitment to Perth aswell as the aleague.
Jim said | November 22nd 2009 @ 1:20am | Report comment
why would jacob burns leave? he’s got no hope
Greg Russell said | November 23rd 2009 @ 2:53pm | Report comment
I agree with both the above comments. The only thing I would add is that maybe clubs will learn from this not to agree to contract clauses that allow players to do this. I mean, this trio can only be leaving because their contracts allow them to.
And is it just a coincidence that, apart from Craig Moore at Brisbane, it’s only Perth players that we are hearing of who are flying the coop? Maybe the other clubs have more watertight contracts.