This is the third time that Vinnie has pulled this stunt. He fell out big time with Hamburg because he insisted on playing in the Olympics against their wishes ... and a month later joined City. He did the same thing with Mancini in 2013. He was out for TWO MONTHS for us but then insisted on turning out for Belgium, even though RM personally told Wilmots that he wasn't fit enough to play. Mancini told the press he wasn't happy ... and next thing you know, there's whispers that Vinnie has got the huff and is thinking of joining Barcelona. A few weeks later, Bobby gets the bullet. Now, after being plagued with injuries all last season, he was out for 50 days and missed 14 games, including not starting the last six games, he turns up early for preseason because he is supposedly determined to give us his best this year ... and promptly gets injured again. He's been out for a month and is obviously not match fit yet insists on playing for Belgium again. I like Vinnie a lot but at some point this begins to look like taking the piss. Don't some clubs have a rule that if you are not fit enough to play for the club in the last game before international duty, you are automatically not fit enough to play for your country? Or did I just make that up? In any event, that seems like a fair rule of thumb to me.
