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People jumping the gun here. It’s a nice tribute to begin with. For all we know, he’ll receive a bigger tribute in years to come. Napoli didn’t change the name of their stadium until Maradona died. It’s always a risk paying tribute to someone in any profession to a large scale before they’ve passed incase they do something absolutely insane like murder, sexual assault, etc. Not saying Gundogan will because he seems like a decent man but other players have.
That's a totally fair point. But the counter argument to that is the player whom the tribute is dedicated do won't be able to appreciate it themselves if the club were to wait until he died in order to do so. And given that the point of a tribute is to honor the person it is for, I think the person being able to appreciate the tribute themselves is worth the risk of them doing something bad.
Also, if the person does do something insane like you mentioned, its always possible to strip them of their tribute. It's just the name of a training pitch after all.