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That makes no sense at all. Perhaps what is should say, is that Bridcutt will not score you goals, but will help stop the opposition scoring. That's an important part of winning you a game.

I never said otherwise, what's that got to do with anything? Sym asked if Bridcutt had asked to leave, and you said he didn't need to, as the agent would deal with it. I'm simply pointing out that you're wrong, clubs do need to speak to their players about their intentions. I didn't say that. I...

There are plenty of agents that will try start the ball rolling on new deals for their players, even if it's not what they player has asked for. Bridcutt's agent could easily tell BHA that he wants to go to Sunderland, and then when Sunderland are close to matching our fee, tell Bridcutt that...

But we're only talking about football, so I don't know where 'morally disagree' comes into it. If it was to do testing on animals, I'd say no thanks. If it was to be a banker, I'd take the 900% pay rise.

Don't think I've ever had a compliment on my diplomacy skills before. Regardless, teams don't have to sell players. Does anyone think Liverpool regret telling Suarez he had to stay? I think it's unfair to call it greed, since every right minded person would take the pay rise (100k vs 10k)...

Yes it is. Obviously your example doesn't take into account the 50% tax rate you'll be paying, but more than that - why would someone earning 500k a year live like a normal person? All their friends will be rich, go on expensive holidays, buy expensive houses, cars, junk etc, so they'd be pretty...

Struggling to tell if that's sarcasm or not :) On a separate note, why am I seeing loads of threads saying that other clubs want to buy our players, but no threads about all the players we're trying to buy? Come on, my excitement levels are faltering.

It should be easy to explain to a player. Tell him something like: while we think you're brilliant (nice bit of flattery to start with), we wouldn't stop you from leaving, but the offer was insulting towards you. Gus has said you're good enough to play at the top, and we agree, but the...

I agree. If we're going to get promoted, we can't let our best players go for anything other than big money. Quite a few players, like Suarez and Rooney have wanted to leave, but their clubs have simply said no, and they've continued to perform. If we need Bridcutt, and the money isn't too much...