Pepe Reina

[spud_gun]

Doesn't sound entirely happy about leaving.

Not his decision, not told about it before we agreed to loan him out. FFS.

We (the fans) can't really complain about player loyalty, respecting contracts etc when the club are quite happily going about their business in this way.

[Kenneth]

In what way? Giving a player an option to move if they want?

[ChesterDave]

Negotiating behind his back.

[dom9]

We (the fans) can't really complain about player loyalty, respecting contracts etc when the club are quite happily going about their business in this way.

Of course we can.

This place is full of people complaining about one thing or another.

[Tee]

Of course we can.

This place is full of people complaining about one thing or another.

And people complaining about other people complaining all the time.

[Kenneth]

Negotiating behind his back.

Yeah, pretty poor excuse to have a pop at the club/manager/anyone.

[dom9]

And people complaining about other people complaining all the time.

Absolutely.

[EwarWoo]

Rightly or wrongly, he feels he should have been told before the bid was accepted.

If you told your player before terms were agreed wouldn't that be tapping up your own player on behalf of the interested party?

[SB]

Yes they do. And it norbs me off.



Was he really?

I think so yeah.

[spud_gun]

Of course we can.

This place is full of people complaining about one thing or another.

[SB]

@IHMU4EVA: Just told the missus that I want to shag the next door neighbour. But if she says no then I want our relationship to stay intact. #Reina

[Neil Young]

If you told your player before terms were agreed wouldn't that be tapping up your own player on behalf of the interested party?

Of course. I hope we lodge an official complaint about ourselves, maybe even seek compensation from us.

In other words, no. The clubs are allowed to talk to each other. The player and the prospective buyer aren't.

[rodo]

hard to feel sorry for him when hes moaning about the club negotiating behind his back when he would of been off like a shot if barca had come in for him

[Neil Young]

At least it confirms that he didn't want to leave (unless to Barcelona) so a loan deal was the best we could get if we didn't want him on the books after buying Mignolet.

So the earlier charge of the club being incompetent for letting him go on loan was without any foundation.

[EwarWoo]

Of course. I hope we lodge an official complaint about ourselves, maybe even seek compensation from us.

In other words, no. The clubs are allowed to talk to each other. The player and the prospective buyer aren't.

Vwoosh!

I wasn't insinuating we broke any rules you daft pillock, just that if we had have told him, as he wanted, it would be just doing what the tapping up rules are there to prevent.

i.e., whilst not against any rules, it would be a silly thing to do.