I saw they did it to Gary Lineker, he used his own twitter account to express his veiws of the government. I didn't agree with his opinion but I would like him to have the freedom to express those views if he wanted.
A lot of professional footballers become very wealthy when they're still very young so they sort of get separated from the real world in my view. I don't think they're daft, just cut off from the real world.
An example is the BLM kneeling gesture, the BLM movement want to fire all the police officers working in communities with many Black people. If someone has a psychotic episode and starts swinging a machete on the street, who would they call? Pest control? They would have to take the law into their own hands; when you kneel down, you are making yourself look weaker and that gives the rival team an advantage. Why kneel for BLM? because you're cut off from the real world and don't see things the way they really are.