I hate to break it to you but none of them want to be here, they'd all rather be at Manchester United or Chelsea. It doesn't mean that they don't enjoy it here and give it there all when playing for us.
One way to look at it. Another is that by selling our best players every summer we're never going to get our team into a position to challenge for the premier league, and TB has realised its about time we stood firm.
Years ago we would hope that our board would turn down offers, but they rarely...
It's obvious isn't it, he was unsettled and not fully focused. He did the same with Dunk. He'll be gone in Jan if we're way off the pace, I rather hope we're not.
Of course I didn't, but I also don't believe for one second he refused to play. Bottom line, he's a great player, we needed him to have a shot at automatic, and he's still here. The future remains unwritten.
Fantastic if he stays, his partnership with Kayal is the most important thing to preserve this transfer window and it looks as if we'll do it. Really hopeful for promotion now, wasn't before when I thought he was leaving.
Seems like Burnley really really wanted him, well done TB for holding on...