Is former star of Leicester City Football Club Bilal El Khannouss actually an ungracious man in general? Alternatively, is the current VfB Stuttgart player just an ungrateful and self-centred athlete, as is their right to be? I'll let the audience, or readership, decide that one. Though I was more than content to give the Blue Army more than one quite scathing choice of terminology!
This is because I am having to write a second piece criticising, technically, somebody who is still currently an LCFC asset for the second time in one short week. The first instance was due to El Khannouss's disrespectful, belittling and dismissive words towards the East Midlands outfit we love. Not to mention him subsequently disregarding the fan base with seeming sociopathy and clear narcissism.
At Foxes of Leicester, we won't stand for this type of derision towards the King Power side, especially from a former squad member who remains contracted to the organisation. Even if others will stand idly by. So what negativity did the Morocco National Team representative convey about City for a successive time in seven days? We already knew that he didn't appreciate Leicester brining him to the footballing mecca that is England, nor the honour of bestowing on him a precious Premier League debut, but why?
Ungracious and self-serving ex-Fox Bilal El Khannouss basically details using Leicester City as stepping stone without any embarrassment in cringe-inducing, modern footballer moment
"The Moroccan has now said that City “had hope” that he might eventually stay put, but he was adamant that would not be the case. "The new coach arrived at Leicester. We'd been back at training for two weeks. He wanted to explain his project to me, but I was clear from the start with the club and the coach.Bilal, via Leicester Mercury
“I didn't see myself staying in the Championship. I was aiming much higher than that. "It was difficult to find a way out with Leicester, who didn't make it easy."
I know we get some truly ghastly footballers in the contemporary era. Certainly one or two standout ballers appear to demand special attention and treatment; while apparently treating others poorly. The ultra-talented yet troubled Lamine Yamal probably comes to mind.
"In the end, towards the end of the transfer window, they must have had a bit more hope that I would stay. It was out of the question for me, and I told them so. I really couldn’t see myself staying another year at Leicester."Sport Witness
Yet even the second, third or even fourth rung of playmakers and the most skilled players seem to request the absurdly preferential. Even those on unreal money with lucrative contracts at a club with some of the best facilities in the world will treat it like a joke or directly imply that the situation is beneath them:
"What I didn’t understand, above all, is that it didn’t work out knowing that I had a release clause. No club wanted to pay [it]."The Sun