"which is why I feel disappointed my chance was taken away."
That's the part he's majorly ****ed up on.
At what point was it there to be "taken away"?
THIS is why footballers statements are usually PR drivel. It's cos they is well stoopids.
Put in crap performances and prem teams won't come calling in the summer
Put in good performances and we may get there or he will get his move.
There is little incentive for him to down tools.
I didn't/don't have a problem whatsoever with Burnley upping their bid gradually as they did. That's their choice.
They never got to the number we wanted. That's their fault.
But good effort in trying to criticise my post again.
This is all very ridiculous when you consider the first basic step of a transfer.
A club needs to offer more than another club can refuse
That never happened. No matter how much Dale wanted to leave. No matter how much he THOUGHT he'd leave. No matter how much he thought we should accept the...
At the start of the window I said "All we need is a proven goal scorer and to keep our best players"
We kept our best players and added Murray. I'd be arguing with myself if I didn't take that as good work all round.
I'll trust CH's judgement on that.
He sees him day in day out. If he thinks keeping him is the best idea then who am I to argue when I have nothing to go on and he has all to go on.
Indeed. He just forfeits some MONIES (probably)
Transfers are player/agent generated. Burnley will have known from the Stephens camp before bidding that he was open to a move.
Some very interesting books out there about how transfers really work. The Secret Footballer being one.
In regards to why people wonder why players only now put in requests to leave, many contracts are now structured that the leaving player has an agreement that they will receive a fee when they leave if they didn't put in an official transfer request.
This may be an agreed lump sum or a...
ITS FOOTBALL. It's a game of chicken. We've held our nerve but many teams would have given in and let a player with 1 year to go on their contract leave. Burnley are WELL within their rights to do what they've done.
Clearly you've never watched transfer deadline day. That would BLOW YOUR MIND...