Blades bid for Lita

[Richi Royal]

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1518604,00.html


Not going anywhere after all...

[CMRoyal]

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1518604,00.html


Not going anywhere after all...

Phew!

[Thaumagurist*]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

[Sun Tzu]

Blades well and truely put in their place....

My earlier explanation seems to have been spot on as well !!

AP - wasn't the 'gentleman's agreement' part of the problme - Man Utd / Everton / Tim Howard or something ? i thought there had been a ruling that you simply could not have any influence on picking another team - except in the case of a loan deal

[Archie's penalty]

A wonderfully terse knock back from Stevie C:

Manager Steve Coppell added, "As I have said many times, I believe that all transfer business should be conducted 100% in private so I have no further comment."

Reminds me of his 'zero significance' Birmingham comment.

[Alan Partridge]

Blades well and truely put in their place....

My earlier explanation seems to have been spot on as well !!

AP - wasn't the 'gentleman's agreement' part of the problme - Man Utd / Everton / Tim Howard or something ? i thought there had been a ruling that you simply could not have any influence on picking another team - except in the case of a loan deal

Thought I remember it happening with Defoe once before, I'm not all that sure to be honest just that it's happened. I would agree with the legislation that he could play against anyone. If you sell him, he's not your player anymore and he should be able to play against anyone.

[Alan Partridge]

Said in my first post that I wonder if the not agreeing terms was simply Leroy didn't want to go there and that's the case. Good stuff.

[Sarah Star]

I see I should accept what the club say rather than the BBC then...bunch of amateurs

[One Beer is never enough.]

The official response seems to be in very pi$$ed off phrasing. Guess they arent happy at all about it going public

[Sun Tzu]

On the other hand the concept of 'restrictive covenants' is used in other areas - you can sell land or a building to someone but still restrict what they can use it for even after you no longer own it.

Perhaps if you were really cheeky you could allow a player to play against you but put a clause in the deal forbidding him to score against you !

[Archie's penalty]

The official response seems to be in very pi$$ed off phrasing. Guess they arent happy at all about it going public

It's like Sheffield United are a fly they are swatting off

[CMRoyal]

Well, if Leroy thought the reception he received last Friday was good, just wait till the next time he performs at the Mad Stad...

[Only one Trevor Morley]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

it doesnt quite say that. it says that Lita didnt want to go - it makes no comment about whether we accepted the bid or not.

[Stranded]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

From their point of view we had accepted it. If Leroy had said yes, he would have gone.

[Thaumagurist*]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

it doesnt quite say that. it says that Lita didnt want to go - it makes no comment about whether we accepted the bid or not.

It's obvious that we turned it down, considering that we asked Lita whether he was interested in going.

[Arch]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

it doesnt quite say that. it says that Lita didnt want to go - it makes no comment about whether we accepted the bid or not.

It says the club "put it to him". That's half way to accepting it. Basically they'd have accepted it if he did.

[Thaumagurist*]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

From their point of view we had accepted it. If Leroy had said yes, he would have gone.

While I agree with your second sentence, I disagree with the idea that their point of view is that we had accepted it. Lita said no and we're obviously not keen on letting a player, who wants to stay, go, so I'd say that we hadn't accepted the bid at that point. We probably said "Thank you for the offer, we'll speak to the player." before coming back and saying "I'm afraid that the player does not wish to move, so we'll be turning down the offer."

[Royal-DLG]

SSN have caught up now...

"Leroy Lita rejects Sheffield United move"

at Sheffield, completely shown up by Leroy!

Lets hope he can score a second hattrick of the season against Wolves on the 27th now!

[westongeezer]

erm

[CMRoyal]

Ah, I see that we didn't actually accept the bid. Why do other sources insist on making up stories?

it doesnt quite say that. it says that Lita didnt want to go - it makes no comment about whether we accepted the bid or not.

It's obvious that we turned it down, considering that we asked Lita whether he was interested in going.

The scenario I imagined was:-

Sheff U: How much for Lita?
RFC: A million (or whatever)
Sheff U: OK, done
RFC: Right, we'll put it to the player
...
RFC: Sheff U want you for a million. Interested?
Leroy: Nah, I'll wait till the summer
RFC: OK...
...
RFC: Sorry, guys, he's not interested


Somewhere in there, no doubt Sheff U representatives contacted Leroy's agent but weren't able to muster his request for all the tea in China to tempt him away from potential Premier League and/or being a free agent in the summer.