How is the compensation is a "major stumbling block" when they are supposed to have £100m to throw about on players. I would have thought that 3-4% of that for such a key element (the manager you want) should be a no-brainer....
It's just to try and avoid his client looking bad. A bit late mate. Your client is a massive ****er. To be fair, I really hope saints play hardball for as long as possible. The longer it drags on, the more chance it gives us to line up a replacement and the more desperate Koeman/Everton look.
Maybe. If I was associated with Man Utd and a club expressed an interest in signing Rooney and paying his obscene wages I'd drive him to their stadium myself.
That is not what the article says though. It says they haven't agreed a deal (which is where he is saying he is misquoted). Nothing about not having met and discussed terms at all which has to have happened. Whether it should have done without agreeing compensation is debatable (we might have agreed to let them talk and negotiate compo but that seems risky if things fall through)
Another very big consideration, that will impact on teams, such as Saints, West Ham, Leicester and Everton making the top 6, next season is that neither Liverpool or Chelsea are involved in Europe, so I would expect both of them to be challenging for the top 4, alongside the other usual suspects - United, City, Arsenal and Spurs. They will both be able to maintain massive squads, playing little football, keeping their best players fit and fresh for weekend league matches. Everton, should they start well, could actually benefit from us, Leicester and West Ham being over stretched, owing to Europe, which would be a real shame, but they will be hard pushed to finish above 7th.
In all seriousness, I would love to have Matt as assistant manager (alongside someone who actually knows what he is doing!).
Where is your sense of mischief? Any slow down has to be coming from Southampton and don't you think it would be fun ****ing about with them and their underhand tactics? Les Reed is like a swan. Above water slowly meandering through the compensation package with Everton, whilst below water frantically looking for a replacement. The longer this drags on, the better for us
I am sure I read or heard something a while ago that stated due to the way the marketing deals are arranged Man United actually make back a lot of what they pay Rooney whenever he plays. It would certainly explain why he lumbers round the pitch for them regardless of form (but doesn't explain it for england sadly) I could be way off and have no memory of the source
It means uncle Les has threatened to knock their teeth out on the way to a tribunal for poaching if they don't shut that gobby twat of an agent doesn't shut up.
That's interesting. I'd still want him gone. The Rooney situation is actually an little-noted side effect of the huge money the really big clubs pay. They can obviously tempt pretty much anyone away from any other club but when someone like Rooney has a huge contract and their performance fall off a cliff the club struggles to get rid because so few clubs can afford his wage demands and he simply isn't good enough for those clubs any more.
I've been thinking what my response might be if after several days we hear that Koeman comes out of it saying, no, I'm not leaving Southampton and never intended to. I've burned a few emotional bridges over the last few days.
