Transfer Rumour Lamine Kone

[collymcd]

If they wanted to keep him they would've offered him a new contract.

Why would they need to do that? He's under contract for another 3-4 years. If they wanted to keep him surely that is enough.

 

[mahermi1]

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but if Juve were interested in Kone I'd say he'd probably pick them too...

Difference is Juventus didn't want him, so he did string us along. Think there would not have been as much angst against him, if he would have said weeks ago, that he had no interest in moving to Everton. Then we could have moved on to other targets, Witsel done us no favours whatsoever.

 

[chippy1722]

I don't like players handing in transfer requests and such but it's difficult to argue against his reason why. He was promised a new contract numerous times and then when Moyes came in he wasn't offered one anymore. I wouldn't stand for that in my job either tbh

I wish we would have done the same to Gibson.

 

[Eggs]

I don't like players handing in transfer requests and such but it's difficult to argue against his reason why. He was promised a new contract numerous times and then when Moyes came in he wasn't offered one anymore. I wouldn't stand for that in my job either tbh

...yes, he might be forcing a revised contract rather than a move but there are two sides to every story and Sunderlands version of his contract position might be different to his.

 

[ToffeeMark]

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but if Juve were interested in Kone I'd say he'd probably pick them too...

Maybe, but the money in Italy isn't great, they had their day and England is the top league in Europe

Remember Lescott, Moyes loves CB's handing in transfer requests....

I'd rather a player didn't do it but he may have said it off the record and Sunderland hierarchy said you'll have to hand in a transfer request to appease the fans..who knows

 

[BlueToff]

Difference is Juventus didn't want him, so he did string us along. Think there would not have been as much angst against him, if he would have said weeks ago, that he had no interest in moving to Everton. Then we could have moved on to other targets, Witsel done us no favours whatsoever.

Juventus did and do want him. They expressed interest but weren't willing to match our bid. They relied on Witsel to take matters into his own hands, and he has all likelihood been promised a move there on a 'free' next summer.

And we won't have put all our eggs in one basket. We will have sounded out other targets while we were waiting on a decision.

 

[Eggs]

I wish we would have done the same to Gibson.

....Gibson's was a renewal situation, this lad wants an improvement on the contract he signed not that long ago.

 

[BlueToff]

Maybe, but the money in Italy isn't great, they had their day and England is the top league in Europe

Remember Lescott, Moyes loves CB's handing in transfer requests....

I'd rather a player didn't do it but he may have said it off the record and Sunderland hierarchy said you'll have to hand in a transfer request to appease the fans..who knows

This is partly my thinking as well mate - I'm not trying to jump to conclusions either way Hopefully we see some real progress on this over today/ the weekend.

 

[John Osters Love Child]

...yes, he might be forcing a revised contract rather than a move but there are two sides to every story and Sunderlands version of his contract position might be different to his.

the guys been there 6 months and whilst he was instrumental in keeping them up they may want to get another season out of him before bumping his money up. I think that's fair enough. I can kind of understand Kone's position too - he was made promises which he now feels have been broken but handing in a transfer request seems extreme.

 

[Eggs]

Maybe, but the money in Italy isn't great, they had their day and England is the top league in Europe

Remember Lescott, Moyes loves CB's handing in transfer requests....

I'd rather a player didn't do it but he may have said it off the record and Sunderland hierarchy said you'll have to hand in a transfer request to appease the fans..who knows

....or to secure an extra £1.8m for the club. We forced Fellaini to hand in a request as the window closed to secure the club an extra £2.8m.

 

[Nil Satis Niasse Optimum]

the guys been there 6 months and whilst he was instrumental in keeping them up they may want to get another season out of him before bumping his money up. I think that's fair enough. I can kind of understand Kone's position too - he was made promises which he now feels have been broken but handing in a transfer request seems extreme.

Probably told him to hand one in if he wants to leave, otherwise they'll have to pay him a (laughable but true) loyalty bonus if they sell him without him explicitly requesting a transfer. Happens all the time.

 

[Nil Satis Niasse Optimum]

Ps what contrasting stories Sunderland's Kone and our Niasse are.

Niasse - bought in Jan for 13m and we can't even give him away
Kone - bought in Jan for 5m and they'll receive more than treble what they paid for him

 

[Eggs]

...nothing new here I suspect;

http://talksport.com/football/lamin...sunderland-amid-interest-everton-160812206060

 

[Eggs]

Ps what contrasting stories Sunderland's Kone and our Niasse are.

Niasse - bought in Jan for 13m and we can't even give him away
Kone - bought in Jan for 5m and they'll receive more than treble what they paid for him

.....Coleman bought for £60k and now worth £20m+, I think record in the transfer market is always a good way to judge a manager and RM certainly blotted his with Niasse.

 

[Groucho]

Contracts mean little in today's game.

I suppose that him saying to Sland 'giz more money and I'll stay' is as close to loyalty as we can expect.

Maybe when Koeman said we were too nice, he could've been referring to us and our 'old fashioned' view of players' intentions toward us?

Good defender though isn't he?