KC Royal I couldnt care less about Sidwell and the sooner he leaves the better. That may sound incredibly harsh but he's been wanting to leave for weeks, and his attitude towards the club (who don't forget have given him the chance to be where he is now) smacks of complete disrespect. Unless we break our wage structure to keep him (which until he's proved himself in the Prem I don't think we should even consider) he'll be leaving whether it's this year or next year. I'd rather we get the money for him now while we can, the last thing we want is get nothing for him at all.
I was under the impression that if we sell sidwell, we pay alot to arsenal from an old transfer fee clause... i could be mistaken though.
On the subject of Siddy, a friend put it in perspective for me:
forgot about the contract fiasco for now, let him play his football. If he plays great and is a key factor in keeping Reading in the prem that will be great. If he still wants ££ that isnt on offer at the end of the season than let him go; 20m (about that isnt it?) is gonna be in the bank for being a prem team so thats better then cashing in now and being championship bound again, surely? -of course this whole argument is built on the basis that Sidwell will make a huge difference to us at Prem level... which i hope he can. until then like topflight il be backing him on the pitch 100%
