Quote Originally Posted by ozleeds View Post
That is not the end of. I don't get how a player wants to go goes bs. He has a contract a club does not have to let them go if they wanted to play hardball. He says he wants Barca who is a basket case and will be for a while to come. Chelsea is up there and will be for a long time to come. He is offered more money every week and the club gets money upfront instead of getting bits and pieces. We are not a rich club we can't afford to do this crap.
I know he'll go where he wants but that's beside the point as the club holds all the cards.
Ohh you have an unhappy player is like saying a murderer has a mental condition.
No, they (the club), don't "hold all the cards", never have, never will. The player and their agent are all powerful since the EU ruling on freedom of contracts (can't remember but it's named after a player of some sort, Bowman or something). Doesn't matter what the club's want, only what the player wants, anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't understand how the game works nowadays.