Has said he may need to leave the club to challenge for the Belgium number 1 shirt. The writing is on the wall now...
Mignolet told safc.com he is happy at the Stadium of Light and describes himself as “proud to represent” the club, for whom he has made almost 100 appearances. And, crucially, he feels that he can achieve his aim of re-taking the number one spot for his country, Belgium, as a member of the Black Cats. Mignolet said: “I felt I wanted to communicate with the club’s fans following the media reaction to comments made by my representative, which I feel were taken out of context and not a true reflection. “Of course, my ambition is to regain the number one spot with my national team, but I feel I can do that with Sunderland. “I was playing as Belgium’s number one a year ago and hopefully that can be the case in the future. “I am happy at Sunderland – a club I am proud to represent. I will continue focusing on my football, starting with Saturday’s game against Fulham.” Mignolet was named the North East Football Writers’ player of the year last weekend to universal acclaim. And the level-headed stopper isn’t about to rest on his laurels having been a revelation since moving from Sint-Truiden in summer 2010. “Winning the award last weekend was an honour,” he explained. “However, I know I have to keep working hard at my game and I fully intend to do so.”
Another thing wasn't Simon in contract talks agent probably trying to up his contract. Good of the Mig to make that statement.
Whose picking & choosing? I've just said they all do it & I said that in the post about Devious Geordie. One minute he can't stand us & the next he wouldn't want to be anywhere else is why I chose to have a go as I stated at the time. What part of that do you not understand?
So DG leaves a nailed on chance of winning the only thing he will probably win in his entire career to be here, yet he can seemingly do no good in your books.
