26/08/2026
🚨 Martinelli’s potential departure has made one thing very clear to me: in football, loyalty is never guaranteed.
Clubs are not always loyal to players, and players are not always loyal to clubs. As painful as it may be for fans, that is simply the reality of football. A player can give everything to a club, spend years building a relationship with the supporters, create unforgettable memories and become a fan favourite…yet still eventually be sold or decide to move on.
Even Lionel Messi, the greatest player in Barcelona’s history, eventually had to leave the club he had spent almost his entire career with.
That is the harsh side of football. Players come and go. Managers come and go. Even legends eventually move on.
But the fans remain.
We are the ones who stay through the good times and the bad. We are the ones who continue supporting the badge, filling the stadiums, buying the shirts and carrying the memories long after the players have left.
Martinelli may leave one day, just like many others before him, but the club will continue and the fans will still be there.
Players write chapters in a club’s history. The fans are the ones who stay to read the entire story.💯