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Scouseinthehouse said:
Dunno' if anything official has come out the last couple of hours but the local paper down there tea-time was saying they didn't expect Southampton's 'not for sale' stance to change.

Which would make absolutely zero sense at all on any level after he's completely sabotaged his reputation and Southampton career today. Can't remember the last time a player ever went to these depths to get out of a club.
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Pierre Van Hooijndonk or however you spell it
 
There you go. And that was what, back the mid/ late '90's?

He's hung himself completely out to dry here and is fair begging Southampton to accept anything from Liverpool. Again.

" ..... I would like Southampton to consider the interest in me from top clubs should it still exist .....''

There's only one top club 'officialy' been seen to walk away and end their interest. City and Chelsea never put anything officially out like that. He just can't outright name that one club after all the hoop la from early the summer.

Timing is everything here. And there's three weeks for things to settle and Southampton to flip it onto him and not end up looking weak. As mightly ****** as their support is going to be.

That first game down at St. Mary's is going to be a riot.


 
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wkdsoul said:
Chimbonda was the most recent one i can think off... still in his kit on the final day.

Plenty have just handed in a request though.
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I cant say not followed the thing at all my full summer has been based around fantasy football and this one has little meaning for me till its resolved. Only going off what people have posted on here seems to be a bit more to it than a transfer request though from what you guys post
 
Transfer requests get a disproportionate amount of air time to the power they actually have.

Berahino handed one in. Didnt move for 2 years. Didnt get to Spurs either
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
There's only one top club 'officialy' been seen to walk away and end their interest. City and Chelsea never put anything officially out like that. He just can't outright name that one club after all the hoop la from early the summer.
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So what your saying is clubs are only interested in a player if they openly declare a public interest and publicly try to unsettle the player? No wonder Southampton are rightly annoyed.
 
gooner16 said:
So what your saying is clubs are only interested in a player if they openly declare a public interest and publicly try to unsettle the player? No wonder Southampton are rightly annoyed.
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I'm saying if you read between the lines of that statement he's asking for one thing without directly asking for it and opening up all that controversy again.

You could look on it another way as it would be a totally sh*tty trick from Liverpool to now not go back in for him and get this done after he's fair sabotaged everything between himself and Southampton/ their fans today. That's career suicide as far as continuing at that club is concerned.
 
Contract until 2022 (I think), and he's 26 so no rush to sell. Also, he won't sit out the year because
a) his stock as a player also will dip
b) World Cup year

If I were Southampton, I would sell. Mainly because he's not really a 60+ mil player and they can get 2-3 good young players for that and still get a mid-table finish. However, they are not *forced* to sell.
 
VVD will go to the highest bidder. The only thing that's almost certain is that he wants out. Saints will have a bidding war, and VVD will be happy with any CL elite side
 
Not sure Mike, think it could be a Morata situation all over again. Madrid happier to sell to anyone but United, and if it's to United, it's going to rinse them.

Bad blood between Soton & Liverpool, I reckon if Chelsea bid anything close to the £60M mark they'd rather accept that rather than trying to suck a few extra mill from Merseyside. Pure speculation though
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Dunno' if anything official has come out the last couple of hours but the local paper down there tea-time was saying they didn't expect Southampton's 'not for sale' stance to change.

Which would make absolutely zero sense at all on any level after he's completely sabotaged his reputation and Southampton career today. Can't remember the last time a player ever went to these depths to get out of a club.
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Peter Odemwingie driving to QPR, Raheem Sterling saying he wouldn't sign a new contract with Liverpool if they offered him 900,000 a week and then being sick for training, Marcos Rojo refused to train at Sporting to push through his move to United, Yaya Toure talking about how he felt disrespected and most of all Gallas threatening to score own goals if he was played for Chelsea
 
Still, to follow up with such a statement basically killing yourself from ever playing for that club again ..... Pretty rare to see things get as ugly as this.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
You could look on it another way as it would be a totally sh*tty trick from Liverpool to now not go back in for him and get this done after he's fair sabotaged everything between himself and Southampton/ their fans today. That's career suicide as far as continuing at that club is concerned.
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In one sense yes, but it also sends out the message that Liverpool will openly disrupt a player's career, issue a public apology only to go back on that apology within 2 months. How can other clubs respect Liverpool after a blatant disrespect from Liverpool to another club?
 
Right, which is why L'pool still have to pick their moment here after the dust has settled. They have to be seen to be doing things the right way and van Dijk has just opened that door again.

But as there's still three weeks left this window I'm as non-concerned with how long this takes as I have been all summer. He'll be at Anfield when it's all said and done. Never had a doubt in my mind on that since just before the season ended.
 
Liverpool seem happy enough to have a player force their way out a club to them, but attacked Sterling left, right and centre for doing the same to them. Very much double standards
 
Mike. said:
Liverpool seem happy enough to have a player force their way out a club to them, but attacked Sterling left, right and centre for doing the same to them. Very much double standards
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Was thinking the same, one called a snake and $terling, the other would be called a legend if he forced his way to Anfield XD Both left/want to leave for new a challenge and to increase their chances of winning trophies, can't fault either tbh.
 
Oh the hypocrisy of most every football club and it's fans. (But yeah Rh, 'both' didn't leave for that reason. One's taking a massive step up. One stepped sideways at best for the money.).

Still bemused how anyone thinks van Dijk handing in a transfer request still isn't directed solely as a plea to L'pool as Southampton had no issues dealing with any other club to this point without that. Bar the one who had to make the B/S apology and now have to bide their time to come back in.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Oh the hypocrisy of most every football club and it's fans. (But yeah Rh, 'both' didn't leave for that reason. One's taking a massive step up. One stepped sideways at best for the money.).

Still bemused how anyone thinks van Dijk handing in a transfer request still isn't directed solely as a plea to L'pool as Southampton had no issues dealing with any other club to this point without that. Bar the one who had to make the B/S apology and now have to bide their time to come back in.
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No disrespect to Pool. But don't think it was a sideways step. City are way ahead Pool especially when he moved.
 
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