you're getting the wrong end of the stick - i am not going to argue as i don't think what i said speaks ill of us or we should have dropped the fee. The point i was making was his comments dont lead me to think he will sign another contract.
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Berbatov deffo.
Modric knuckled down for a year after we refused to sell, so not great but he acted professionally.
Bale missed 1 or 2 training sessions, otherwise acted professionally.
Bit of an oxymoron surely, footballer refuses to train but otherwise acted professionally.
The evidence you offer to your end point is unfair or poorly articulated; you choose.... It's not a question of me being facetious.
"Overpriced" means what it means. As does the accusation that we're actively preventing a move.
In your opinion, how cheap should we have priced him then?
We knew he was being sold, he knew he was being sold. We'd even spent the money from his sale during the summer. Levy was just being Levy to hold out as long as possible.
It didn't impact our season at all.
Sure, fully professional would have meant not missing any training but I remember that summer well and the Bale transfer saga was a farce.
Oh, and he definitely deserved pelters for that pink outfit he wore at the time.
if we didn't let him walk away on a free we still stopped him doing what he wanted - he wanted to leave.
I made no judgement on the rights or wrongs of not letting him go / our pricing policy or anything else - you have seen something that's not there.
I have no issue with our policy but it doesn't mean that he didn't want to leave
No, we was doing our very best to keep him by offering him the biggest contract in Spurs history, nothing was done and dusted, got absolutely nothing to do with impacting our season, he acted unprofessionally.
Sorry mate, I really haven't.... Poorly articulated it is then; in terms of your prior comments. Your counter arguments are becoming increasingly obtuce as a result.
Of course he wanted to leave; that's not in dispute here is it???????
yes it is see the post i responded to -
my response is consistent - he wanted out, if we agreed a transfer he would be gone - if he was in "football manager" he would be gone - hence we didnt let him leave.
no judgement on not letting him go for free, £10m or putting £100m pricetag on him- thats somehting you have imagined.
First and foremost; IF there was a buyer that fit HIS criteria he'd more than likely be gone.
Lets leave it at that.....
I agree with this point - it doesn't negate mine though.
His 'fresh challenge' announcement was badly advised, by either his agent or his ego. It backfired badly because Barca and Real Madrid had other targets in mind at the time. It's done and dusted now and we move on. He obviously still wants to join another club and that will either happen in January or the end of this season.
For now he needs to buckle down to 'life after the transfer window saga' and show his commitment to the club for the time he has left here. That's the mark of a professional which the likes of the top clubs will be looking for.
For now he needs to buckle down to 'life after the transfer window saga' and show his commitment to the club for the time he has left here. That's the mark of a professional which the likes of the top clubs will be looking for.
All your point ultimately amounts to is Spurs are eventually part of the overall equation. Big deal....
Fact is, at the point of this past window, we are less of a factor than a) What CE wants and b) Who wants him..... UNLESS you think we are unreasonable to expect a fair price for him.
Thus the notion that we are preventing his move is a distortion of the truth.
nope and never suggested this - you decided to go off on that tangent. All I said is if the club let him he would have gone.
Killer point mate! :roll:
If she'd let me, I'd shag Rhiana.. Never mind the fact that we've never met and she probably wouldn't find me to be her type anyway.
Trying to work my way through the analogy - but you don't think he will end up at one of those clubs next summer? if you do your analogy is junk.
It was flippancy that's all.... Point is I am the least decisive factor in that scenario. Make sense now?
Your assertion is no less obtuce.
as i said at the outset, you were seeing shit that wasnt there.
