wantaway

British

/ ˈwɒntəˌweɪ /

noun

1. a footballer who wants a transfer to another club
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a wantaway player

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verb

(intr, adverb) (of a footballer) to want a transfer to another club

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Example Sentences

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Could the wantaway Swede really have been reintegrated if he did not get the move he desired in the final throes of the window?

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

But as Palace celebrated in the sun, the appeal of the wantaway Newcastle forward became clearer.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

They also sold academy products Mason Greenwood and Scott McTominay last summer, and will aim to sell several other unwanted or wantaway players before this window closes, including Alejandro Garnacho.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

Although it can buy you a wantaway striker from Wigan – Mauro Boselli is set to leave the DW stadium for Genoa.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2011

The wantaway centre-back, accused of favouring a game "without running, with his tie on" by Franz Beckenbauer – the Kaiser knew of such things himself, of course – was not part of the squad.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2010

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