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Really ? So he could buy himself out for 17 million and then lodge an action for restriction of trade, in which he'd no doubt be successful. I don't know that that's really a possiblity actually. Needs to take his case to FIFPro if he hasn't already.

There's another sad case which shouldn't exist. Sakho seems to have no chance of playing for Liverpool again and other clubs are seemingly willing to give him a new start. Yet Liverpool can refuse offers over and above the amount they paid for him and restrict his right to play. FiFPro lodged a suit a couple of years back to end all of this but don't think it ever made any great progress.

he wants to go there as well. Had his people plant stories about him being on the point of signing for St Etienne (I know right!) just to gee up Inter. It was found out and Inter backed off for a while.

Which he should be able to buy himself out of as in Spain. Circumstances change and a way out should always be defined from the outset. This isn't even about money, we'll no doubt be offered large compensation, it's about stubborness and self interest because certain mouthpieces of the club insist in talking themselves into corners every summer. VvD has an easy way out, start playing again and be voluntarily crap, doubt if he'll do that though. Needs some player held against his will from going to a better job (cos that's all it is) to do it, clubs won't be silly again.

We shall see, he probably won't need to sit out the whole season, if he sits out the 20 or so games between now and January we'll be going cap in hand to whomsover is willing to give us a few quid for him. I hope he does because I am absolutely against any person being held anywhere against their free will.

You really, really wouldn't, well not the bloke who turned out at PSG last season on occasions anyway. He may be good in fantasy football, he may have looked good in girls football in Spain but he was just atrocious last season.

He's probably leaving to maintain the standard of football to which he's been accustomed. Couldn't wait to dump us to get into that there Champion's League and now they're out of it with no guaranteed return at any time in the foreseeable future. This is a lesson to "big clubs" spend money to maintain your level or your players will desert you at the first oppotunity.

Or online bookies rustling up a few more swans before Friday comes and the golden goose goes into hibernation for a few months.

Seems so, and yet they all seem to want Argentines and Brazilians that they know absolutely sod all about, apart from their fantasy football statistics that is.

Isn't he on loan at Besiktas from Benfica ?

Honestly I can't think of a 35-40 million £ AM that would see us as a good career move right now.

Yep, Estonia is a top place apparently. Even got a post card once.

So you're thinking Joint Warrior then ? Not so provocative as Baltops though. My lad said they could see the Russian people on shore with just ordinary binoculars.

Aha, Baltops, big **** swinging parade of about 60 units 20 miles off the Russian coast. Don't usually read about it in the papers though. Whereas a couple of Russian ships wandering through the Channel, well what a scandal.

Nope, that's another year lost in the wilderness in his view I expect,he's now 26, not old but not a young lad either. Liverpool might not even want him in a year anyway. There are always new players breaking through looking for top moves. I mean who'd even heard of Mbappe a year ago and now he's a 200 million euro star. I can see VvD's desire to move on, Morgan still believes we ruined his career in not selling him to Tottenham , he didn't even really want to go to Utd either.

Some would have you believe that the whole scenario is less clear cut than it is made out to be. Did the FA punish them ? Don't think so so there may be some sort of occult cicumstances. I believe someone actually claimed there were but perhaps it was just a WUM or even worse a Skate. I do seem to remember that the jist of it was that Virgil believed that he had permission to talk to them but that's probably false.

Keita is a CM, he's about 4ft tall and a featherweight to boot so no he isn't a CB. Think Ngolo Kanté'ish.

Pfff tapping up is all I hear, tapping up is part of football, always has been, always will be. Have you never seen the documentary about Clough and Taylor going round to Dave McKay's house to persuade him to sign for Derby County? The only thing they worried about was that it was of a Sunday and thus illegal. Players have agents now and clubs approach agents, or family members to put their ideas to potential recruits. There is absolutely no difference between that and a parlay in Blackpool.

Do they have jobs in Liverpool ?

Might get a few bob I suppose. Sold him for what about 12 million, so for a 23 million mark up (probably be more like 18 million though, the press tend to exaggerate) we might get 10 %'ish. Been a while though and he was a young player who had no obligation whatsover to resign for us. Arsenal gave us a good deal for the time and we may not expect much more.

Yes it does, he wants out to get to what any reasonable person can see is a bigger club. No doubt that club is prepared to offer more than reasonable compensation, which is what the transfer system is based upon, and yet we're stopping him from moving up the ladder just to save face because we've said nulle prosequi. He will eventually get his way, they always do and we'll look like a bunch of dîcks again.

Ah ambition, something that football fans do not seem to understand. Mind you if any of them were offered a job half a step up the ladder they'd be snapping it up and giving their notice.

Which is what we've been doing these last 3 seasons no? So the fans aren't being taken for a ride, Q.E.D

It's Watford at home, easy'ish win, well should be anyway.