There’s also the concern of a player’s market value dropping, of him being in a weaker position in terms of salary demands at his next club when his stats don’t look good in terms of minutes played. It certainly takes character to survive at a team like Sundowns – when a player is not playing regularly, confidence can quickly drop and self doubt can creep in. From there it can be even harder to get back into the team and there are a lot of examples of top players who signed for Sundowns but then failed to make much of an impact with the Pretoria club.