Players' Concerns

What you turned down £5m to let a player away for the season? Are you Mad Jack McMad of Mad Street, Madchester? Needless to say I would normally have gone with the loan.

From my experience players who want away wont be satisfied unless your winning silverware and even then if AC Milan come knocking your going to have to let them go if the price is right. Case in Point Kerlon is part of my Doncaster squad now he has a release clause of £38m, offers in that region and I will let him go regardless of how much it would hurt me to see him go.

Ok, the circumstances were that I had already accepted for a left winger to go on loan, also for £5m as I had two great players there. The deal was actually done at the start of Feb, so it was even better offer than it seems, about £1m a month infact.

When the offer came in on the second guy, I couldn't turn it down or I'd be too short on the left and the sqaud was thin anyway. He didn't want out at the time, but when I refused the offer, that was when he became upset.

If a player wants out I will always let them go, I am by no means shy of the market, but I wont be forced into doing business in January either.

I am just hoping that the player might change his mind before the next window as he is one that I'd like to keep. The player who did go out on loan was actually loaned for most of last season also for £2.5m so I have now made £7.5m on a player who cost £60k, and he's still on the books!