Burnley have signed Hendrick and Defour.
If Stephens sulks (and there is no evidence that he will) then Burnley won't be bothered in signing someone who is not match fit and has been benchwarming in January, as it will take time to acclimatise.
Fans are not loyal to players, managers or the board, so why do they expect loyalty?
If Stephens had turned out to be like Dobbie, Kemy or Leon Best there would have been a line of people offering to drive him to any other club that showed interest 10 months before his contract expired.
DS is...
In what respect was he venting his feelings at the fans.
He fancied playing at Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and the Emirates, can't see a problem in that.
CH knows him far better than we do, and his assessment is presumably that Stephens will get his head down and do his best, as it's in...
It's an uncomfortable truth that it might be his last chance though.
Just look at NSC and the Argus comments section, there's plenty of Albion fans who think we won't even get near the playoffs, let alone promotion.
Perhaps it went something like this.
Burnley make enquiry about Stephens. Albion reply that not keen on selling but that the asking price is (say) £10 million.
Burnley offer £3.5 million (the same as their initial offer for Hendrick). Albion say no, pay the asking price or no deal.
Stephens...