If you don’t know, the flower is to commemorate the fallen soldiers In WW1 and posterior wars that the uk took part in: “In the U.K., the Royal British Legion distributes around 45 million poppies each year, with members of the public making donations in exchange for the flowers that can be pinned on clothes or on wreaths laid at the graves of the war dead. These days, poppies commemorate not only those who died in WWI, but also in WWII and later conflicts.” according to Time Magazine. As an Argentinian, with all the history with the Malvinas war I don’t like that players like Julian Álvarez have to wear it. I can’t even imagine to people from countries that suffered for more time because of the British empire. I’ve heard that some Irish players refused to wear it but in my opinion non British players shouldn’t be encouraged to wear it. I find it ridiculous that players from countries that suffered because of the UK and where repressed by their army weat the symbol. what do you think?
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I find the decision to change to symbol to include all the soldiers who died in conflicts until this day too much. That stopped people like Matic from wearing it. WWI and WWII are legit for the sacrifices these men took where it was clear what is right and what is wrong. Majority of post wwII conflict had a lot of politics behind and were usually out of someone’s interest. Premier league has the most international players in the world and a lot of them are comming from countries that suffered due to UK’s actions. On the other side, people like Alvarez are probably too young to have any emotions about what happend
To honour our fallen soldiers I respect the symbol but understand with some people who might not feel they want to wear it.