http://empireofthekop.com/2016/04/27/german-coach-tells-weird-joe-gomez-jamie-vardy-transfer-tug-of-war-tale/Came across this earlier, it's also on the Sky Sports website.
Looks like we were at some point in talks with Red Bull Leipzig over selling him to them, before he decided to opt for Liverpool instead.
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That would have been appalling.
That club is the MK dons of German football, and by the way they are not Red Bull, but Rasen Ball. That company only owns 49% of the club, and are not allowed to call it Red Bull. He would have been playing for one of the most hated clubs in Germany. Many of their games are marked by well organized and classy demos against their existence from other fans.
Also doesn't say we were trying to sell, just that Red Bull were trying to buy
And I can believe the spivs would have sold him but that's them not KM
If she's allegedly hawking our youngsters to lower leagues (overseas or otherwise) do you think she really meant to say Ryman Premier League stars ...?
Happy to be corrected, but I don't recall them applying those sorts of tactics to the playing squad.
We also had deals done with Baldock, Quinn, Aluku (sp?) and others and pulled them at the last minute.
But you are right. They generally let the manager get on with it and didn't sack Powell either. They cut his budget but when Kevin Cash pulled his backing their only plan was to sell. They weren't interested in the football any more but they did let it tick over.
Bad as Roland is that doesn't mean the Spivs were good owners though.
Kevin Cash pulling out, and I've asked and asked but never been able to find out why, in the March of the promotion season was were it all went wrong again.
Compare that to the scandalous sales of Morrison and Yann - the current owners are much much more damaging IMO.
Agreed, they have big aspirations to join the elite clubs in Germany.
Hardly comparable to MK Dons either, they pulled in some crowds of over 40k towards their end of their promotion year in the 3rd tier.
If Red bull continue to back them, they'll probably gatecrash the top 4 within 2 seasons.
Well worth a read