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Sounds like but isn't. In both cases we didnt rip up the squad and expect them to stay. In both cases we didnt refuse them to leave because we wanted them to be part of what could very well be a sinking ship - rather we looked to get the best possible deal for both them and us. In both cases we didnt do an overhaul of the entire structure of the club from the chairman that brought them in down to the coaches that made them what they were.Sounds like bale last season and Modric for the previous two seasons.
I feel for Saints fans. We were all pissed with Berbatov when he did the same thing to us. Players aren't loyal in this day and age.
Any Spurs fan who thinks he's right to do this is a hypocrite. We should take a warning from this before we rush to buy him. As said, there is very little loyalty in the game anymore.
Sounds like but isn't. In both cases we didnt rip up the squad and expect them to stay. In both cases we didnt refuse them to leave because we wanted them to be part of what could very well be a sinking ship - rather we looked to get the best possible deal for both them and us. In both cases we didnt do an overhaul of the entire structure of the club from the chairman that brought them in down to the coaches that made them what they were.
Yes the player is kicking up a fuss but I daresay he's very much entitled to do so. Them trying to force him to be part of a team that isn't the one he signed for is a completely different scenario. It only worsens the situation and alienates further an already disenfranchised player.
And personally im just tired of people comparing this to bale and modric. They're completely different.
The contractual position is of course the same. But Berbatov, Bale and Modric certainly weren't told "we have sold all our best players but you have got to stay."It's amusing to be on the other side of this drama for a change, after the four very different experiences prior to selling Carrick, Berbatov, Modric and Bale.
It's less amusing to watch SC members perform mental gymnastics trying to work out reasons why Berbatov, Modric and Bale were treacherous filth and Schneiderlin is just a principled character looking after his career.
The situations are broadly identical. The sales at Southampton this summer are not relevant. What is relevant is that Berbatov, Modric, Bale and Schneiderlin (but not Carrick), having signed contracts, all, in their very different personal styles, tried to use the resulting, probably genuine personal stress and emotional upheaval as a lever to force their clubs to sell them.
You can approve or disapprove, you can understand or be unsympathetic, but suggesting that the cases are different is just pro-Spurs prejudice.
Regardless of sentiments, he signed a contract and gets paid to do a job. He should be busting a gut for Southampton even if he does want a move, as should every player.
Regardless of sentiments, he signed a contract and gets paid to do a job. He should be busting a gut for Southampton even if he does want a move, as should every player.