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Exactly. Indeed, he didn't say 'done deal lads, he's said he's going to stay', he said 'he's signed'. I liked Sitch, but unfortunately rules is rules. He deserves more than a stake though, let's build a wicker man.

No offense to Sitch, but no, it wouldn't vindicate him. He didn't say he was 95% sure Vicente would sign, he said he has signed, and he hasn't.

It currently looks like the claim that Vicente had signed was completely false.

Bollox to it all

That doesn't make sense. We've either done it with his blessing = all good, or he was going to go for free, so what would we care if he's pissed off?

I thought the text was just short and sweet, but given they've posted a longer, colder version on the main site, then he obviously hasn't just signed anything new, but... if Gus said we won't extend his contract unless he wants to, then it's good news - and it's understandable that he's not here...

He's not even logged on

Your deathday

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Weren't we talking about why we didn't extend his contract a few months ago? He knew he was ok by then.

Hong Kong Fuey Chop?

I can understand that, but why didn't they extend his contract months ago under the same premise - ie, if you do need to go, we just want a fair fee. I suppose if we had extended it earlier, and he had got injured, we'd have looked silly. Anyway, the fact that his mate has just joined also...

I don't know what he's said, have you got any links to trustworthy quotes?

How can you know that without seeing the contract? Why would Vicente have agreed to that a year ago?

Players that are worth money that are transfer listed are always being forced to stay until a buyer is found, that's how the business works. You don't let multi million pound assets walk off. If it really was as simple as extending, why didn't we do that 3 months ago, then sell him if he wanted...

I expect it's just a funny choice of wording, but it's been done because he has agreed it.

Why not? At least that way someone would have to pay us for him.

I find that difficult to believe, as we'd have done it ages ago, and there'd have been no drama.

You're reading too much into it. Gus was saying he was 90/95% sure he'd stay, which suggests we needed his agreement, we couldn't simply extend the contract. If it was as simple as extending the contract, we'd have done it months ago.

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