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Speakman says in his interview in the Athletic that Amad is very unlikely to come back
 
Yeh none of us expected it - but it's actually quite nice to hear the club say it now. Hopefully allows some to move on so it doesn't come up regularly.

With my Sunderland hat off I'm excited to see how he progresses and where he goes next. Would love for him to stay at United and make a name for himself.
 
Nope

We made that mistake with Kaboul
Who's son was struggling to settle up here, so there were 3 choices
1 force the son to live and go to school where he's unhappy.
2 let your family move back to London and you stay here and be lucky if you see them once a week.
3 let him go back to a club in London where him and his family will be happy.
There's no point having a player who's home life is so upside down he will not be able to train and play to the best of his ability.
He absolutely love his time here but if it was me I'd be exactly the same , the most important thing is that my family is happy and I'll do whatever it takes to do that.
I don't think anyone in there right mind would stay in a job that was causing so many problems for their family just to keep the customers happy, which is basically what we are
 
Just an aside, something in that Speakman article jogged my thinking

Part of our problem last couple of years has been our home form. Because clubs always raise their games coming and playing in front of a big crowd.

I reckon having more “big clubs” in the division this season, with more big stadiums, will help us with that. Coming to the SoL won’t feel as special and an occasion for visiting teams when they’ve been to Elland Road, Hillsboro, St Mary’s, Walkers Stadium etc
 
Fish paste reporting that Batth, Pritchard and Gooch have all been told their contracts won’t be renewed next summer. And so will maybe be sold this.

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