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He doesn't need to drum up interest and I doubt any of the top clubs would see the article and say - oh yeah I'd forgotten about him. If he sells him now he'll get that chucked back in his face.
Why the statement then today, when nobody has even talked about VvD for weeks? #tobesthegreatandwisesage
Maybe he just wants to put it to bed, remove any ambiguity and get the player to accept that he's going nowhere, just a thought like He's talked about virtually every day on the sports channels ffs
You mean you didn't hear his name brought up after your defensive shambles at the weekend by assorted pundits like?
Nothing from any club though. Pundits talk and can talk ****e all the time, its what they're paid to do and there is nothing on the line for them, doesn't mean anything is happening or will happen.
It's been a game of cat and mouse, the player wants the move and is sulking on his own. They don't want to sell, especially to you after the tapping up. The question is will they hold their nerve, today's statement says they will, but we'll see.
Krueger says Van Dijk will soon be reintegrated back into the Southampton squad. "Well, first of all, they have experienced it here before on multiple occasions and it hasn't been a problem," he added. "I can go back to Morgan Schneiderlin in our first summer and I could list others, but let's not do that. because he's moved (twice) you mean?
Nope, he played really well for them that season and they got their money anyway the following summer
So the message he wants to send isn't to stay and build Southampton but get your moves planned a year in advance
And hopefully we'll do it with Ford. Subtle difference though is that Liverpool, according to the Indy, were assured by Ford in June that he had no intentions whatsoever to move to Barca this year. Then they lost Neymar and told him it was this season or never... Anyway, I don't blame Soton one jot, though I think they'll find they might come up against M'lud and contract law if we meet any offer made for VVD and they refuse to let him join us (yes, I do remember the Heinze case, but there was/is a convention about players moving between our clubs). Just don't think they'll sell at all this window, what with new owners and making a statement.