Woodman to the kop!

[Yjb_09]

 

[Swim (A)]

In follow up news "Freddie Woodman retires from first team football"

 

[Ringwood]

3rd choice... whem money means more than playing.

 

[Yjb_09]

Won the lottery

 

[Neath_Jack]

I think it’s sad when a talented professional footballer does this. I know footballers have huge belief in their own ability, but he knows he’ll be extremely lucky to get a game for them. Probably not even in the league cup.

 

[Pegojack]

Be fair. He's 28, he knows he's got another five or six years tops, so he's feathering his nest while he has what was probably an unexpected opportunity. Who wouldn't?

 

[T8AD365]

Shame, I liked Woodman

 

[swannage]

Class act. Well deserved. Why not get a bumper contract and I'm sure he'll get some loan deals to keep playing

 

[Ichabod Crane]

If I were the father of a young, talented 15-year-old goalkeeper, I wouldn't be letting him join Liverpool, that's for sure.

 

[JackSomething]

They've already got two keepers better than most other clubs' first choice, so it is practically retirement other than being in goal for the warm-ups. I don't love seeing it, there must have been plenty of Championship and European teams that would have had him as their first-choice, but I do partly agree with what Pego says. He'll be earning good money and probably still have another good contract in his future when Liverpool sign another keeper to warm the bench.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I would have never let Kelleher leave, he's a cracking keeper.

 

[JackSomething]

I would have never let Kelleher leave, he's a cracking keeper.

They kind of had to, having signed a younger and better keeper to replace him. He's played 20+ games each of the last two seasons and presumably wouldn't have been happy to play 0 games in the upcoming season.

 

[Curtis]

Can’t blame him taking the cash. Retirement fund.

Tough for players to earn a crust once they hang up their boots and without this opportunity to earn decent £ then he would probably struggle to earn a decent wage after his playing days.

 

[Cooperman]

I think it’s sad when a talented professional footballer does this. I know footballers have huge belief in their own ability, but he knows he’ll be extremely lucky to get a game for them. Probably not even in the league cup.

This has almost certainly come down to numbers (earnings) on a spreadsheet. I’m with you; he’s sacrificed game time over cash in the bank. It’s easy for us to say that this his the wrong choice, but maybe we don’t know his lifestyle. Possibly a difficult choice for someone of his age.