And my point is he could have got injured in the next game or in training or shopping in Lidl, and it would still have potentially lost us £100m. You can't not play people for fear of injuryOf course they can. That's why you don't play a £100m+ asset when he's close to a move away. That's the literal point of my argument.
It was a community shield game - a glorified friendly - there was no need risking it.
Yep, he's no Jame Milner.At least he hasn't been leading us on to believe he will sign
Which is why I was saying Sane's sale would have opened up the possibility to sign a foreign CB at a more sensible price because his sale would have opened up a foreign spot in our squad.
Yep, he's no Jame Milner.
Not getting a fee over getting one.He's made the same amount of commitment to us so far, as Milner did.
Which is worst ? German rags or dippers ?
If you think of the money he has lost already by not signing a new contract with us it must be pretty clear he is off, say he was getting a rise of £80k per week and he could have been earning this for over 12 months that is a lot of coin to miss out on. The wages on offer at Bayern must be pretty impressive for him to turn down a contract offer from us.
When does his contract actually run out? my worry is that he doesn't go at the end of the season but holds out for another 12 months and goes next January when Bayern would get him for peanuts.
Only cos Real was stupid. If they were smart they would have waited as Diaz only wanted to go there.We sold Diaz for 20m 6 months before the end of his contract.
Summer in German media it was reported that they are offering him £320k a week. So not exactly a surprise he is going there. Ironic that Bayern has to attract players with money.If you think of the money he has lost already by not signing a new contract with us it must be pretty clear he is off, say he was getting a rise of £80k per week and he could have been earning this for over 12 months that is a lot of coin to miss out on. The wages on offer at Bayern must be pretty impressive for him to turn down a contract offer from us.
When does his contract actually run out? my worry is that he doesn't go at the end of the season but holds out for another 12 months and goes next January when Bayern would get him for peanuts.
Only cos Real was stupid. If they were smart they would have waited as Diaz only wanted to go there.