The Virgil Van Dijk Stays at Southampton Thread

I cannot see Virgil playing for us again....too much water under the bridge. He would need to be very grown up...talk sensibly to the board...come out in public and say he will do the best for the club etc etc. Ain't never going to happen. I would like the club to stay firm and make him miss out for a season or half a season at the minimum (a nice bit of suffering), but pragmatically I accept they may sell him to anyone but Liverpool. Liverpool is definitely a no no for Les and the board to retain credibility.

If we do stay firm and he doesn't play, I wouldn't be surprised if his agent doesn't go to court about it. A challenge to football contracts has been on the cards in recent years. Players want it to be all in their favour and not the clubs...the problem with that is that it will be fine for the big boys, but crap for players lower down the scale as clubs will be less likely to offer decent contracts.

 

I am struggling with that sentence fran as it doesn't fit with the rest of your post. As it stands you are not expecting him to go to court.

 

Not sure that his agent has any grounds to go to court to be honest. If anything I would have thought it was Saints that should take the agent to court for arranging a meeting with Scousehampton........?

 

Still 4/1 if anyone fancies a punt.

 

I assume Fran is talking about the old players not being able to break contracts argument. If any of us signed a six-year contract with an employer there would be an agreed notice period and we would be able to resign and take up (or seek) alternative employment.

 

Does it? All I see so far is unsubstantiated press speculation.[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily this window granted but I cannot see Saints playing him. Hopefully I'm wrong.......

 

I think that Danny Mills is an absolute arse, but this is kinda funny....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05dc0y7

 

Hope Virgil enjoyed another Saturday sat at home watching teletext.
Prick.
(there we go, patience gone now)

 

I still think sell him and buy a cb/ am and winger with the cash.

 

There's always a way back. Puncheon got in a spat with Adkins, spent a year and a half being shuttled off on loan, publicly criticized Cortese...and then apologized, was welcomed back, and played a significant role in our first PL season.

 

Amazed you lasted this long. Took him off my twitter page a month ago (that'll show him ).

 

Ditto Schneiderlin. (though he never fell out with anyone but still had a public tantrum)

 

I hope he's not getting paid.

 

I hope his family are ashamed.

 

VVD has changed his agent & apparently there's a clause in his contract he wouldn't be sold for 2 years ...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-bid-to-force-move-to-liverpool-36072457.html

 

Good foresight by the club, he can change agents as many times as he likes it will make no difference to that.

 

I guess the clause can be overridden if Southampton consent . Otherwise there wouldn't be itk's on the internet even suggesting he will be sold (unless of course the clause does not exist )

 

Unless the clause is actually not legal in some way. I can't say I have ever heard such a clause come up before

But it would make sense since it seemed like we intended to give him the captaincy the whole time

 

For me it sounds like a perfectly legitimate and intelligent clause. If you are a club that is willing to take a risk on a player in July and be proved right, you don't want him agitating for a move in January once you have given him a platform to display his ability.
This kind of clause should be a standard across the industry to instil a bit of stability in teams/clubs and, make sure that when players are sold they are valued on consistency and not just a good few months.

 

So he's changed agents so that he can break a legally binding contract? Right.