I think the Swans have kind of moved on from it to be honest TLF as had many of the fans, bearing in mind how well we've done since. But Rodgers is still talking about our players and that's raised the issue again.
The terms of the agreement were widely publicised and were to the effect that he wouldn't come in for our players for 12 months unless another cub did so or they were put up for sale. When the initial bid was made (breaking said agreement) the Club if you recall issued a terse statement, implicitly confirming that we thought we were protected. The media knew about the terms but apart from one article I saw did not criticise their new darling one bit. Anyway, water under the bridge.
NI: You can say what you like about money and who you or the fans would prefer. Rodgers has a track record of usually bringing in players he's worked with before and now he's talking about our keeper surely you can understand the alarm bells jangling.
Few things
- Remember this is all speculation before saying people have 'no morals'.
- He does mention Vorm when asked about keepers - mostly because Vorm is a good example I think. He clearly had a good relationship with him.
- I doubt we'll go for Vorm. Too expensive for his age.
- The club told the Liverpool echo recently that the money was there for Walcott and Sturridge - but due to Walcott's contract situation and Sturridge's want for a permanent deal nothing happened. The Americans didn't want to fork out for Dempsey due to his age - although they really should have just bought him.
- We'll probably go for a younger/better option - again I'd say Rui Patricio is my choice, if indeed Reina goes - which is a big 'if'.
- And yes, musty, Carroll has a clause for January. Frankly though, he wasn't really scoring goals before he left - everyone is in a fuss about him leaving purely because Dempsey didn't arrive.
Didnt he come in for a certain Joe Allen.
Didnt he come in for a certain Joe Allen.
Only after Allen said he wanted to leave. Huw could have said no, but he didn't. Liverpool and Swansea both agreed to the sale.
What does that have to do with morality? It hardly makes him a terrible person. It's a harsh reality of football - big players leave for better opportunities. We lost Alonso, Arbeloa, Masherano and Torres in the space of two years - I know it hurts! But I don't think it's particularly unusual or immoral.
When Rafa went to Inter I fully expected him to sign Kuyt, for example. Managers nearly always bring in players they've worked with before.
Did Rafa sign an agreement not to come in for Liverpool players ? I think Liverpool did with us unless someone else came in for a player. No other club came in for Allen but Brendan used inside information to trigger a release clause to sign him. Yes it happens in football and it's part of the parcel of the game.
But he didn't just do that did he? He scuppered the Siggy deal with his shenanigans in the press, he tried the same thing with Dempsey, and now by the looks of things he's gonna try the same with Vorm and maybe other players from us. The guy is a snake in the grass and has no integrity, our club signed an agreement with yours, all we want to do is be left alone to crack on with the season.
Your manager appears to want to destroy our team, he said when he left that he'll always be a jack, like **** will he be, the guy is disingenuous stab in the back, double dealing, blarney speaking bastard. Yes he'll get a good reception at our stadium when he returns, hope he gets fired after we put 5 past you!