by sandman »
04 Sep 2013 23:06
Ian Royal Scutterbucketz “The owner has done an enormous amount of work on it,” said Hammond. “It’s credit to him that we’ve managed to have a conversation with him (Sissoko).
“But a player that experienced and with his calibre will not be rushed into a decision.”
I agree that it's quite something that they even got this chap into the Madejski, but im still not convinced that they even believed they had a chance of signing him.
Why. The. oxf*rd. Would. We. Talk. To. Him. If. We. Didn't. Think. We. Could. Sign. Him.
Since when has the club given a oxf*rd about pandering to the peanut gallery?
We don't f
ucking need him but at least we think we can sign him. His signing on fee will be large, he will not be on a pittance and that signing on fee with those wages will take up money that we could use to sign players we do need in January. Frankly he appears to be another name player "gift" that the owner wants to sign on the manager's behalf whether he's wanted by the coaching staff or not.