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He hasn't turned anybody down until the club agree a deal and somebody offers him a contract.
Spin on both sides no doubt
Marsaille and Dimi have no power and so to take 25m after paying 20m for Ayew would expose any rumours of our owners being a shrewd businessmen.. Likely an undisclosed fee job however.
Sullivan, Gold and Brady spent 15 years at Birmingham City and thought that Avram Grant was the manager to take us to a higher level.
They are clueless muppets. Anyone on this site has more of an idea of a good footballing decision than they do, we just don't have the money made out of porn and sex toys that they do.
De Nile is a river in Africa.
He has at the moment the attitude of a child brat..
I Couldn't care a less about his family or kids , man up....
He IMO is a disgrace to our football club..
Sell ASAP and let him leave London, I mean it's such a rubbish city ;doh
How do you now know all of this?
We all have to go to work with family issues, some times terrible things.
My wife has spent months of our relationship in Asia. I don't refuse to go into work ;ok
Think the family thing is a very, very easy backtrack after an unexpectedly vitriolic backlash, and also an awareness that perhaps Marseille aren't going to pay the kind of money WHU will sell for, meaning he might have to stay after all.
From twitter
Whilst slightly ironic it's clearly somewhat different to what we have now.
From memory Bilic did not down tools and refuse to play and gave his all up to the point when the club acceded to his wishes
There'll be players up and down the country who want to move to supposedly bigger clubs, there's nothing new in that
Marseilles are the only interested party and, even if they weren't, he only wants Marseilles, so there is no bidding war to drive up the price. So it's whatever Marseilles want to pay. Keeping him and saying 'tough' benefits nobody.
I agree with your comments. ;ok
It was just an attempt at a bit of humour. Maybe poorly executed.
The club, should it wish can hang on to him till he is 34 years old and the only way he can escape playing is by effectively deliberately injuring his own body. On top of this, in terms of playing for France, he'd be finished. He'd have to ask himself if this is a path he would like to pursue.
So that isn't an option.
We have budgeted his salary so that's covered. He won't be playing for France anytime soon if he doesn't get game time which will hurt him.
He won't get days off to be with his family.
If I have something you want then I'm in control.
It depends on whether the Dave's, like Jeremy Peace, want to exercise their rights.
The club clearly have a wage budget which is fairly sustainable for a club our size so we are still saving £55k per week then we usually were, plus we've already offloaded Zaza wages
The board must feel frustrated in the summer with our bids constantly being rejected as teams wouldn't budge on value, so don't think they'll let dimi walk on the cheap
If he trains with the reserves he will probably end up not turning up so we can fine him his wages so the loss isn't so bad
If OM want him they'll have to pay for him, it's their fault he wants out anyway as he's definately been tapped up
Once a week I get a live show with 2 journalists, he sometimes is on...
He IMO is another know it all character
Just because I can't help myself when it comes to the stats, Dimi has played 48 league games for us, 60 in total ;ok
Sign this six year contract and commit long-term, but if you throw a strop and refuse to play we'll sell you to the club of your choice at a premium?
How much does that kind of business cost long-term, if 3, 4, 5 star players do it over the coming years?
Let him rot in the reserves or apologise and wear the shirt with a bit of guts and dignity.
They bought Birmingham for a £1 and sold it for millions . They have made plenty of mistakes but no more than most owners I think clueless muppets is a tad harsh. We were months away for administration when they bought us and we are now a mid table club with a lot less debt. Not perfect by any means but not stupid or clueless would rather be owned by them than some faceless American/Chinese/Arab owner.
I feel for the lad if there genuinely is family issues, be it him or the wife at fault, family is always more important than football. If the solution to his marital issues is to live in France then fair enough, he wants to move there. It's a real pain for us, as potential destinations are limited, plus of course we are losing a player of real quality.
However, this downing tools attitude to force through a transfer is really a disgrace. Why cannot he keep playing and trying his best until the proposed transfer materialises. He is under a contract he was happy to sign mere months ago, that is what he should be doing.
I hate this (seemingly to me) new attitude by some footballers to, when they want to leave, not hand in an official transfer request but just state "i want to leave, I shan't play for you anymore". As far as I am aware by transferring without having handed an official request he (and his agent [get them out the game]) get bonus cash they would not if they handed a TR that should instead come to our club.
I also am disappointed with his efforts even when he has played this season. He (IMO) clearly has not worked as hard on the pitch as last season which was already irritating me before this whole 'transfer' saga started. And of course I'm sad to be losing a player I (used to) love watching.