I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.
It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don't have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that.
Of course every player wants to go from good to better, but one should not be obsessed with it.
It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.
You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.
Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.