Krueger's interview with Jeremy Wilson of The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-Krueger-despite-93m-sale-of-key-players.html
Krueger's interview with David Hytner of The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/05/southampton-transfers-finished?CMP=twt_gu
Tweets from Simon Peach - who interviewed Ralph Krueger earlier today:
Ralph Krueger believes it would have been an "insane risk" for #SaintsFC to keep a core of disgruntled players this summer
Krueger: "Contracts should be respected, first of all. You sign contracts and both sides need to respect contracts"
"There was a situation when there was so much change... & ended up with half of your starters not really committed to being there"
Krueger: "That is an insane risk for any club and especially a club which was already quite thin [in terms of depth] last year"
Krueger: "If a few players are disgruntled or maybe not sure about it, you can swallow that up. You can't have half the team"
#SaintsFC have not fined Schneiderlin for his tweet: "We're not the kind of club that right off the bat is going to overreact," Krueger said
On #SaintsFC's sales, Krueger said: "Every player has gone to an absolutely top club. We've received prices that were above expectations"
Krueger: "We are now on a building & not in a reducing phase. You shouldn't, as a club, take everything personally & we didn't"
Krueger believes this "summer of pain" at #SaintsFC is unlikely to ever be repeated thanks to the club's complete restructuring
Krueger: "We've completely redefined the Southampton way, completely redefined the values & how we want to get to where we want to get"
Krueger: "There was no exec board when I arrived. It can't be that if one person gets hit by a bus the club doesn't keep moving forwards"
Will post links to the full interview as and when they emerge. Just felt it deserved it's own thread, a fair bit of fresh material from Ralph and thought some may overlook the old thread. Feel free to merge if the mod team disagree.
DTLW
Krueger's interview with David Hytner of The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/05/southampton-transfers-finished?CMP=twt_gu
Tweets from Simon Peach - who interviewed Ralph Krueger earlier today:
Ralph Krueger believes it would have been an "insane risk" for #SaintsFC to keep a core of disgruntled players this summer
Krueger: "Contracts should be respected, first of all. You sign contracts and both sides need to respect contracts"
"There was a situation when there was so much change... & ended up with half of your starters not really committed to being there"
Krueger: "That is an insane risk for any club and especially a club which was already quite thin [in terms of depth] last year"
Krueger: "If a few players are disgruntled or maybe not sure about it, you can swallow that up. You can't have half the team"
#SaintsFC have not fined Schneiderlin for his tweet: "We're not the kind of club that right off the bat is going to overreact," Krueger said
On #SaintsFC's sales, Krueger said: "Every player has gone to an absolutely top club. We've received prices that were above expectations"
Krueger: "We are now on a building & not in a reducing phase. You shouldn't, as a club, take everything personally & we didn't"
Krueger believes this "summer of pain" at #SaintsFC is unlikely to ever be repeated thanks to the club's complete restructuring
Krueger: "We've completely redefined the Southampton way, completely redefined the values & how we want to get to where we want to get"
Krueger: "There was no exec board when I arrived. It can't be that if one person gets hit by a bus the club doesn't keep moving forwards"
Will post links to the full interview as and when they emerge. Just felt it deserved it's own thread, a fair bit of fresh material from Ralph and thought some may overlook the old thread. Feel free to merge if the mod team disagree.
DTLW
