Not going anywhere. Whether he truly wants to or not. If he does - suck it up and deal with it, Vic. If he doesn't - more foul play from Spurs. After their game and on the eve of our own... Hmm.
Monk on Saintsweb says the rumour is that it has been leaked from the Spurs end. Predictably dirty play from them, as per.
This is how it starts, and eventually he'll leave. This business model (selling our best players every year) isn't sustainable.
I've got to the point where I think anyone that doesn't want to be here, let them go and play the kids. We want players that have a passion and love for the club here and I don't care if our league position suffers...Let's go back to the blueprint of having a majority of the first team produced by us and tie them down to long contracts....The soul of the team is at stake. Saying that, I will give Vic the benefit of doubt for now, but we have been burnt too many times recently.
And what is the club supposed to do about players throwing strops, if this is indeed true, and they're not focused on Southampton?
I honestly do not think it is the club's plan to do this Clem, but once a player decides he wants to leave, it's better that they go for team harmony.
As its Spurs that are seemingly the only link, he's not leaving this window because they have probably got £8M saved up for him. So, we keep an unhappy player & hope we get the best out of him. Mane leaving would give me mares!!!!!!!!! Saying that, feel very sorry for Ron, he does not deserve this **** at all.
No, that's a little silly really. You have absolutely no idea whether the business model is sustainable or not. You're jumping to a conclusion based on some announced rumour. The other day Koeman said nobody is leaving. Now that's the most concrete thing I have heard all season and yet nobody says OK, we'll ignore rumours then. This, by the way, should be in the transfer rumours thread. I'll not put it there because the Holy God of Football broadcasting SKY has said something about it. Wouldn't want to upset people.
All about the timing. Before the Europa game, now before the Watford game. Whoever we've upset, they're going for maximum damage.
Except sometimes you have to make a stand. IF (big if) there is any truth in it, he should be told no and if gives trouble he can play for the u21s. Paying him money for nothing would be worth it if it stops the next guy kicking off.
Its relevant today, because we have a match tomorrow. As a player, you have a duty to nothing that distracts from the match day build up, I find him guilty of that so far, but if he's on in ten minutes telling us its a spuds sting I will offer an apology.
Badger has a very good point, timing is everything in football, bit of an agenda going on. I wonder if we'll get similar sound-bites from Vic?
