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Not so much a defector (but didn't want to start a new thread), but SISU are on the brink of getting Coventry expelled from the league which might make lead them to going out of business. Very sad, and one of Lowe's better decisions to refuse to sell to them.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6764883/Cup-winners-face-league-axe-Sad-Coventry-City-brink-toxic-legal-row-Ricoh-Arena.html

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That van Dyke was worth every penny that the dippers paid for him and then some.

 

Indeed but also funny how deflated he was and saying Everton were celebrating the nil nil. Too right they were cos that scuppers the fckers title bid.

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Lallana has been trending on twitter since the 0-0 draw with Everton. But hardly in the way he'd like. :lol:

 

Very amusing. Apparently Klopp was match fixing by bringing on Lallana. Lol. He has been paid £12 million in wages since an assist or a goal. :lol:

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Too many people, and I'm not accusing you of it, think that we had some proprietorial rights over the bloke.

 

The funny thing is, our owners would have been gutted if he'd insisted on seeing out his career with us, as they just saw him as a commodity to be sold for a profit at the right moment. The only reason his sale was delayed until January was that Gao wouldn't let Kat sell him before he parted with his money to her. Of course, Old Les was very good at putting a PR spin on things like that.

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Maybe it's because he's been there for 5 years and still hasn't bothered to learn Spanish.

 

Maybe, but if the Club aren't prepared for that, then they should be more circumspect with their signings. I saw Alexis Sanchez being interviewed on Sky or something the other day, and he speaks about as much English as Bale does Spanish. Aguero doesn't speak English either.

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Maybe, but if the Club aren't prepared for that, then they should be more circumspect with their signings. I saw Alexis Sanchez being interviewed on Sky or something the other day, and he speaks about as much English as Bale does Spanish. Aguero doesn't speak English either.

 

It’s just the club trying to paint him as a bad egg to mitigate fallout when they don’t get a big fee for him this summer when he leaves

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Ah ha. When the going gets sticky, blame the foreigner.

Yup goalie can't catch a cold, defender can't stop the goalie being threatened by the ball coming at him. Blame the quiet bloke who chooses to live a personal life away from football, preferring to play golf, he isn't the first player not to talk about work the moment he walks out of the "office".

I can't believe after 6 years he doesn't speak any Spanish, if he was carp Real would have moved him on with ease, Sorry lads you are going to have to grow a pair and put a bit of effort in, now the bloke who shielded you for years has buggered off to Italy.

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Yup goalie can't catch a cold, defender can't stop the goalie being threatened by the ball coming at him. Blame the quiet bloke who chooses to live a personal life away from football, preferring to play golf, he isn't the first player not to talk about work the moment he walks out of the "office".

I can't believe after 6 years he doesn't speak any Spanish, if he was carp Real would have moved him on with ease, Sorry lads you are going to have to grow a pair and put a bit of effort in, now the bloke who shielded you for years has buggered off to Italy.

 

This ! Why has his language only became a problem now they are struggling ?

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Maybe, but if the Club aren't prepared for that, then they should be more circumspect with their signings. I saw Alexis Sanchez being interviewed on Sky or something the other day, and he speaks about as much English as Bale does Spanish. Aguero doesn't speak English either.

Interesting, didn't know that about Sanchez and Aguero. Inexcusable that they haven't bothered to learn the language after all these years. They can afford to hire the best teacher if they need one.

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There's an interview on Youtube from 3 years ago and he's speaking decent Spanish so it's probably even better now.

So Marcelo is telling porkies. Or maybe he (Marcelo) doesn't understand Spanish himself!

 

Full-back Marcelo told Spanish newspaper Marca that Bale does not speak Spanish and only communicates with gestures.
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£10 million FFS

 

Right up there with Mane for £35 million in the ridiculously stupid stakes.

 

Almost as ridiculously stupid as the fans that used to give him abuse on a regular basis while he was here.

 

It's almost like a lot of supporters are a bit thick.

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£10 million FFS

 

Right up there with Mane for £35 million in the ridiculously stupid stakes.

 

Mane had 2 years left on his contract and this was before transfers went insane. Back when De Bruyne was 'only' £50m.

 

Tadic was 30 and wanted to leave. Nobody else would have bought him and Ajax couldn't afford any more. It was basically that or being stuck with an unhappy player, who had been below his best for a couple of years anyway.

 

Can't we just be pleased for him? He never acted like a tw*t when he wanted to leave and it was the right time for both parties to move on.

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Sold for £10m. [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]
And we replaced him with Elyounoussi for £15m. So we lost money on the deal and gained a make-a-wish tragic case.

 

That's some cracking wheeling and dealing...

 

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Mane had 2 years left on his contract and this was before transfers went insane. Back when De Bruyne was 'only' £50m.

 

Tadic was 30 and wanted to leave. Nobody else would have bought him and Ajax couldn't afford any more. It was basically that or being stuck with an unhappy player, who had been below his best for a couple of years anyway.

 

Can't we just be pleased for him? He never acted like a tw*t when he wanted to leave and it was the right time for both parties to move on.

 

Ajax have almost 180 million euros in the bank. And that is before their sale of de Jong. I think they could afford a bit more.

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Mane had 2 years left on his contract and this was before transfers went insane. Back when De Bruyne was 'only' £50m.

 

Tadic was 30 and wanted to leave. Nobody else would have bought him and Ajax couldn't afford any more. It was basically that or being stuck with an unhappy player, who had been below his best for a couple of years anyway.

 

Can't we just be pleased for him? He never acted like a tw*t when he wanted to leave and it was the right time for both parties to move on.

 

Well said.

Why do our fans get so hissy with players who leave but have done Saints proud over their whole career with us?

 

The Mane sale was however badly negotiated. He went too cheaply.

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Why would an overseas player want to play for a small provincial club in England, that has struggled due to a **** poor owner, when he can go to his adopted home and play for one of Europe's big clubs (even if it is in a supposedly weaker league)? Do people think that as soon as an overseas player comes to Saints, that he will be here for ever more?

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The Mane sale was however badly negotiated. He went too cheaply.

 

The same summer Man City bought Jesus for £27m, Gundogan for £20m and Sane for £37m. Chelsea bought Kante for £32m. Utd bought Mkhitaryan for £30m.

 

The Mane fee was comparable with any of those and as I said, he only had 2 years left on his contract.

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