I'm inclined to agree with you; it is ever so slightly ominous that Arsenal appear to be unable to retain the services of such players, (or, in the case of Ramsay, are unwilling to wish to retain the services of such players).
I am also of the opinion that fans demand too much loyalty from players.
Football is big business, and decisions are based on pragmatic - even cynical - appraisals of value, the bottom line, manipulating public perception, and self-interest.
Some players profit greatly from this system - but most do not, and many of the successful ones are still the dupes of their managers, club owners, agents and entourages. They don't help their case when they kiss badges or make social media posts about how much they love their club or hate their club's rivals (often at the instigation of club suits and/or agents.)
But at the end of the day, players are employees working under contract. They often get the short end of the stick and, despite the high wages many earn as players, the system dumps all of them out in their late 20s to mid 30s, often with no employable skills and without the education to adapt to life after football. So players do need to look out for themselves, and if a club is treating them badly, the fans rarely show much sympathy if they take strong measure to break free. Loyalty is a fine thing - but demanding loyalty from someone in an exploitative relationship is actually abuse.
Winston Bogarde is seen as a pariah, but actually he did what most of us would probably have done in his shoes. That more players have
not done the same shows that, if anything, players typically show too much loyalty in a business where their employers rarely reciprocate, either to the fans or to the players.
