'I’m a footballer, get me outta here' - the modern wantaway player

In the modern game, when a wantaway player and a club lock horns, there is usually only one winner. But it wasn’t always so, writes Liam Mackey.

If the Premier League was reality TV — and when is it ever anything else, sez you — then the current most popular show would be the one called ‘I’m A Footballer, Get Me Out Of Here’.

And you all know the theme tune. Altogether now, on the count of three: “IwantawayIwantawayIwantawayIwantaway — in the jungle, the mighty jungle…”