Jean-Philippe Gbamin is still without a club after tearing up his contract with Everton and foregoing his final year’s salary worth £5m.
But his agent, Brian Collignon is claiming that his problems have been caused by the way he was treated by Everton from the beginning of his highly lucrative 5-year contract.
“When Jean-Philippe signed at Everton in 2019, he came straight from Afcon and then had a 3-week break after a long season. He had to rest. But after 4 days training with Everton, JP played a match. He had not done a pre-season. The next game, he played 90 minutes!” Collignon told The Guardian this week.
“This is not just an Everton problem though, this is an English problem – clubs don’t know how to manage a player regarding injuries. This is the reputation. Players are signed to very high salaries. But because of that, they are expected to play, whether you are fit or not. They don’t care. The intensity of the Premier League is so high that when a player is injured or not fit, they should recover slowly, step by step.”