The word turncoat is described as ‘a person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another’ and in football, there’s plenty of them. They say there’s no such thing as loyalty in the game these days and certainly there’s some players or in fact managers out there who you couldn’t trust as far as you could throw them.
Some switch clubs as if they’re going out of fashion, or some jump ship at the first sign of trouble. There are also the wage mercenaries who would move to any club for the sake of an extra bob or two, and also those who play devil’s advocate with football’s fiercest ri...

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