Sorry Fabian, but you're still a ******.

[Toronto Villa]

Can we not just pretend this never happened and delete the last few days of anger from the H&V history books? Our kids don't need to learn about this.

[shirley_villan]

Soz bloke.

[TopDeck113]

Well if I've learnt anything from this, it is to save my ire until I see the departing player ITSOTP.


Having said that, modern football is still shit.

[Kevin_Brum12]

Think a few of us may be eating a few hats.  A chocolate bowler sounds delicious.

[newtonsballs]

Well if I've learnt anything from this, it is to save my ire until I see the departing player ITSOTP.


Having said that, modern football is still shit.

I agree with your last sentence. However, what does ITSOTP stand for !? Please note I'm old and frail.

[Villan For Life]

Well if I've learnt anything from this, it is to save my ire until I see the departing player ITSOTP.


Having said that, modern football is still shit.

I agree with your last sentence. However, what does ITSOTP stand for !? Please note I'm old and frail.

In the shirt on the pitch?

[Legion]

In The Shirt On The Pitch.

[olaftab]

I have always looked upon him as a son I never had. Never doubted him (yeah ok sorry for the pathetic outbursts in the FB thread)

[newtonsballs]

Many thanks to VforL and Leeg

[Theo]

Je suis Delphy.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I never gave him abuse. 

All hail me.

[manic-road]

 I didn't give him abuse either but chuffed he's staying against all probabilities. Give the captain a new contract with either no release clause or one which is much higher 

[paul_e]

I didn't give him abuse either but chuffed he's staying against all probabilities. Give the captain a new contract with either no release clause or one which is much higher 

Given we don't know the details of the clause that may not be needed.  It could easily have been that he was allowed to talk with CL clubs this summer for a fee of £8m but the clause ends in September.  I've said this on here a few times recently, what the press express as a release clause and the actual contract are likely to be very far apart.  The above makes sense  in that the conversations his agent had been having with clubs about his potential free transfer can carry on but with a comparatively small fee now involved and Delph has the option to see what's on the table.

Take the Suarez situation as another example (as a great example of the press knowing fuck all) we all know Arsenal triggered it and Liverpool said no, if it's as simple as that the club are in breach of contract and Suarez can take them to court and probably get the contract paid up in full and have any club in the world offering him a contract as a free transfer.  What actually happened is that he got a new Liverpool contract on apparently significantly improved terms about 2 days later.  My thinking is that the clause probably said if Liverpool chose to veto the transfer they could but that would automatically trigger a new contract offer with the value of that already set.

[old man villa fan]

I didn't give him abuse either but chuffed he's staying against all probabilities. Give the captain a new contract with either no release clause or one which is much higher 

Given we don't know the details of the clause that may not be needed.  It could easily have been that he was allowed to talk with CL clubs this summer for a fee of £8m but the clause ends in September.  I've said this on here a few times recently, what the press express as a release clause and the actual contract are likely to be very far apart.  The above makes sense  in that the conversations his agent had been having with clubs about his potential free transfer can carry on but with a comparatively small fee now involved and Delph has the option to see what's on the table.

Take the Suarez situation as another example (as a great example of the press knowing fuck all) we all know Arsenal triggered it and Liverpool said no, if it's as simple as that the club are in breach of contract and Suarez can take them to court and probably get the contract paid up in full and have any club in the world offering him a contract as a free transfer.  What actually happened is that he got a new Liverpool contract on apparently significantly improved terms about 2 days later.  My thinking is that the clause probably said if Liverpool chose to veto the transfer they could but that would automatically trigger a new contract offer with the value of that already set.

The American owner was quoted as saying that they did not think it was enforceable

[flybo]

I never thought he would leave and it was just paper talk