This is what I cant work out. Its a £100 million promotion gamble against £8 million in the hand + the other £8 million they were prepared to spend on Pilctard. Which could have been invested as you suggest in an excellent replacement. I don't believe for a minute that our promotion hopes rest...
Or maybe he thought the club would accept one of the 6/7 bids for him? Now they haven't he has requested to leave. Seems reasonable to me. If this has come as a surprise to the club they must be bonkers.
If he has been saying to the club all along I want to go and I wont sign a new contract what else is he supposed to do at this stage? I am truly amazed it has got to this stage. Having said that I do wonder if the player/agent and club actually talk to each other. I am surprized the club have...
You would think that DS would now be offered an improved 2 year deal with a "if we don't go up you can go next summer" clause. I can only think that DS has decided he wants to stay under these circumstance for the next year. It makes no sense not to sell him for £7million if he really wants to...