Every month the Secret Footballer gives KICK OFF inside insight into life as a professional soccer player, and this issue he divulges the ins and outs of transfers.
"At one of my former teams, I was so desperate to leave during the window, I didn't sleep properly, couldn't eat, I just wanted my agent to tell me he had arranged a move for me.
"There are times your agent won't even pick up – then you know very well that there's no good news.
"Then if you're actually lucky enough to get a new club, you have to start from scratch, learn about all the egos, check for who thinks he's the main guy, who talks a lot, who looks like they'll rat you out to management and the papers ..."
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Read more from the Secret Footballer in the latest KICK OFF:
- How to avoid backstabbing teammates
- How to deal with new coaches who want to show who's boss
- Agents who take what they don't deserve
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Nor only de player who suffer lot even de Boss, just imagine if someone had to travel to Venda to sleep in de street or been demoted bcos of he didn't make a move to certain players it 's very stressful, I don't want to mention toilet drama it 's all about transfer just only to stop de Galaxy.
I'll lesten on the radio.
I'll lesten on the radio.
This player sounds bitter, he fails to impress but still want to be drafted in the first team.
This is stupid journalism at its best, when one reads the story you must just guess who this player is or which team is he refering to? I hate players without majoros.