Matty is taking some time out, playing thirds...
On another note, the reason clubs invest money in players is because they want to succeed and pride really. In the end, that's what we are playing for, bragging rights and wanting to be the best team as there is no monetary incentive. It's not only the paying of players that can attract, it is also important to get the right coaching staff and people with influence and to also provide a professional environment where players want to play and be a part of, and having a good bunch of lads that want to play together and socialise.
With anything in life, people come and go and move clubs or workplaces (example) for different reasons...bringing someone out from the UK doesn't necessarily mean they are expected to stay at the club till death and you can't begrudge a player for wanting to play higher and a club seeing value in a player and tempting him to join, this isn't an anti competitive environment where you can't talk to him because of reason x, everyone is open to have discussions, then make their own decisions
And the money that is being talked about on this forum is pretty outrageous...obviously zoro etc has a far better knowledge of olympic than i do.