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People may say he's gone about it the wrong way but he may have been talking about it for some time and felt the club left him with no other option.
To also say well he can go an forfeit his salary or payment, why should he. No one else would.
Personally I think he may still go to PSG who may pay more for him and just be a little closer to home.
I am sure it wont be long until a player has the confidence to do this and runs his original contract down and only signs one year deals to retain full control of going where he wants and picking up signing on fees each time instead of clubs exchanging big fees.
You say he's wanted to leave for 'some time' - he only signed last summer, and signed a big new contract not much more than 12 months ago.
He seemed to enjoy all of last season too. It's only since we've been fighting relegation that his performances have turned so listless.
To support what you're saying, he must have wanted to leave almost immediately after joining or straight after signing a big new deal.
Really, the earliest he could have really wanted to leave in a big way is the summer, which means that after only a few months he's at the point of refusing to wear the shirt.
Not good enough.
So,they might have sent an undercover alien to make contact with his agent. But if the alien got knocked back, they might have felt that their only choices were kidnap, or cloning.
Now, knowing he has a family, and being on board with the Family > Football philosophy (coming from the east end of the galaxy, salt of the universe and all that) they might have decided they had no other option but to use the advanced gene and cloning technology which, personally, I don't think it beyond the bounds of possibility they might have developed. After all, who of us would categorically rule out other worlds, other technologies more advanced than out own?
Sadly, the unavoidable consequence of the technology might be that is that it alters the mindset of the subject. So as a result of alien technology, Dimi's thought processes could have been altered. Hence his uncharacteristic behaviour.
Just sayin'
They don't make any errors.
Bit unnecessary?
Why such a snarky comment?
What evidence is there that the club is to blame?
He's had nothing but support and love. And he's thrown it back in everybody's faces.
Disgrace.
This unpleasantness has had many victims down the years from Zola and his ugly dismissal onwards (make your own lists). Some of them were perhaps understandable but this club contrives to make enemies of its own staff , fans and players far too often and far too regularly
And to make it worse they let Matt Upson come back to train with us. One of the few I would like the club to banish forever ;doh
Guy. I did it. He can't hurt me anymore.
No-one has ever said that.
As you very well know, I have criticised the club in the past when I have felt it was deserved.
Implying that I unthinkingly and unequivocally absolve them from any and all responsibility for anything is just 'post-truth' commenting.
If you think the club is to blame, explain how. Give reasons. But if the reasons are nothing more than supposition and fiction, don't be surprised if not everyone is convinced by it.
Just my impression but I think sometimes the phrasing when asking for a source could be less antagonistic (imo, sometimes it does seem like a demand rather than an enquiry). On the other hand, if you don't have a link but you have heard it from someone but can't say exactly who, I think that can be said without revealing the identity.
Maybe that's all obvious but it does seem to me like all parties could ease up a bit.
Marseille have abandoned their attempts to sign West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet in the January window.
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