A few problems with the 'keep him till the summer' if they don't meet the price we want, he'll only have a year left on his contract at this point and I highly doubt we'd get even £2.5m for him then, also comparable to the Bennett situation, yes it's similar but they are very different players...
All very true, what irritates me isn't even a loyalty thing though really I just hate it when players, who earn silly money, hand in transfer requests to try and force the people who pay them to sell, especially in this case as it does nothing to help the club get a bigger fee, just means...
Yup, I despise players that hand in transfer requests in order to 'force' a move, especially when he knows Sunderland are trying to get him for next to nothing so he tries to force our hand and leave us out of pocket, Bridders and Poyet have both gone down in my estimations considerably...
Players that hand in transfer requests :tosser:
Just sell him if he's that desperate to go, don't want to play for us then DO ONE. Thanks for the years of quality service. :wave:
Agreed & the type of player Bridders is, if we refused to sell him and kept him against his will then he won't be the same player that has performed so well in past seasons, sad to see him go but he deserves premiership football, despite the fact Sunderland look a lot like being relegated.