Why did Junior Juninho stay in Ligue 1 for six years without a transfer?
First, the football giants at that time had not yet achieved such an overwhelming advantage as they are now, and the top giants could not give all the places for the starters and rotations to well-known stars.
And the absolute strength gap between the big and small leagues at that time was not as big as it is now.
Don't look at Juninho's Lyon is only a Ligue 1 team, people win the Ligue 1 championship every year, and they are not afraid of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Champions League, Juninho may not be entangled in the question of whether he can play in the four major leagues.
Second, a player like Juninho can only play a role in the absolute core.
This is similar to the problem of Riquelme or Conca, who went to the top giants of the four major leagues, could not serve as the absolute core, and even became a substitute, and could not be a role player, and the giants were better to take this money to buy sapper players, and it was more practical.
For example, Juninho is the king of free kicks, Recoba is also the king of free kicks, and he may not be willing to ask Juninho to play as a substitute for the giants like Recoba.
Third, Juninho was a master midfielder, but the giants at the time also had top midfielders such as Rivaldo, Effenberg, Figo, Redondo, Zidane, Nedved, Belon, Scholes, Mendietta, Barak, Deco, Lampard, Gerrard, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Pirlo or Xavi.
In fact, Juninho is not the main force in the Brazilian team, and it is not irreplaceable for the giant team.
Since the giants did not spend money on Juninho at any cost, Juninho himself was not so keen on the giants, of course, there was no transfer to the giants.
Why did Junior Juninho stay in Ligue 1 for six years without a transfer? What other reasons do you think there are? Welcome to discuss together.